When Pro Football Hall of Fame voters meet to decide who merits inclusion into their select fraternity, they deliberate all day on the Saturday before the Super Bowl. Presenters open each debate by making a case they hope will compel fellow voters to approve of the candidate. Preparations can be extensive and exhaustive, as the presenters look for every possible reason to get their guy into the Hall of Fame.



Some players are so easy to make a case for that the presentation is literally less than five words. I believe one happened in 2016 when Brett Favre was inducted into Canton. That presentation went very quickly:



“He is Brett Favre.”



The presenter then sat down. Let’s not waste anyone’s time on something so incredibly obvious to anyone familiar with the NFL. We have lunch to eat.



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