NFL Network analyst and former Chargers and Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who was picked for the Hall of Fame on Saturday, found some time to run through some Q&A with The Post’s Steve Serby:

Q: What’s your definition of a Hall of Famer?

A: I would just say a guy that was consistent over a long period of time.

Q: Favorite Rex Ryan memory as a Jet.

A: Go get an effin snack (smile).

Q: How did you feel after beating the Patriots in the 2010 playoffs?

A: I felt like I came full circle, like it was a bit of redemption for me, because I got to that point with the Chargers and I couldn’t play because I tore my MCL [in 2007 playoffs]. And so at that time I felt like I let my team down.

Q: Losing the 2010 AFC Championship in Pittsburgh.

A: I think about that game every so often, and getting off to a slow start like we did.

Q: Why did you get off to such a slow start?

A: I don’t know. It was like we were walking in mud at the beginning of the game … like we needed time to get going. It was a weird, eerie feeling.

Q: Did you feel that was your last chance to get to your first Super Bowl?

A: No, because I felt like we had the team to come back, we’d be back in the playoffs trying for it again.

Q: But you’re not unfulfilled that you never reached the Super Bowl?

A: No, not at all. I understand that you have to be extremely lucky to make the Super Bowl. So many things have to go right … injuries … it’s kind of the luck of the draw, you know? And so, no, I have no regrets about that.

Q: Why did Mark Sanchez fizzle the way he did?

A: I think that because Mark had no veteran to learn from. I always felt like if they could have kept Chad Pennington there when Mark first got there, just for a year or two, then I think Mark would have been better off. I think it was too much on him early, and he just couldn’t progress in the way that we hoped he would.

Q: What advice would you give Odell Beckham Jr.?

A: A player has to come to that point on his own. Nobody can force a player to mature. It’s like trying to force a baby to walk. Think about it. He has to be ready to mature and to settle down when it’s time for him. I would just tell him to continue to focus on his craft, trying to be the best player not only on the field, but you got to start to be the best player off the field as well. At some point, you have to become that player that we can trust off the field.

Q: Did you have a problem with him going to Miami?

A: I personally didn’t. I wouldn’t have done it. Hey, we used to have guys go to Vegas on their off days — playoff week. And I tried to stop them, as a captain, but couldn’t stop me, so guys are going to do whatever they want to do.

Q: Why did you try to stop them?

A: I wanted four weeks of total focus. No partying. Just give me four weeks in the playoffs.

Q: So you would have advised Odell not to go.

A: Oh, absolutely.

Q: What was your reaction when Eli Manning spurned San Diego on Draft Day 2004?

A: I was a bit upset about it. You’re looking forward to having a young quarterback like Eli as a teammate, and I always felt like it’s a privilege to play in the National Football League, it’s not a right. And so the fact that he was basically saying, “I don’t care about that. I don’t want to play there, it’s my right that I should go somewhere else.”

I just thought it was the wrong way of doing things. But I know his reasons now, so it was the best move for him and his family.

Q: How did Junior Seau’s suicide affect you?

A: Junior was a friend, and [I] learned a lot from him when I first got to San Diego, and he spent time just kind of teaching me what it takes to consistently be available on the field, like how to take care of your body. I used his same massage therapist throughout my career. Junior taught me about getting in the cold tub every day. Actually, Junior told me where I should propose to my wife.

Q: Where did you propose to your wife, LaTorsha?

A: LaJolla on the Cove, in La Jolla (Calif.).

Q: How did you propose?

A: (Laugh) I had a champagne glass, and I told the waiter to pour champagne in both glasses, put the ring inside my glass, and bring it back to us. So we’re sitting there drinking, and the ring is in my champagne glass, and my wife is just talking away. I’m thinking, “Let me hurry up and finish this champagne before she realizes something is in my drink.” Well she never realized, and so my last drink, I caught it right in my teeth with the diamonds sticking out, and she’s talking, talking, then she finally noticed the ring.

Q: What was your on-field mentality?

A: For me, it was about having a weakness. Being able to do every single thing that was asked of me so that I wouldn’t have to come off the field. And then, one of the things I always used to go back and forth with my running backs coach was he believed that you should only try to get four yards at one time. I never believed that. I believe every time I touch the ball I should try to score a touchdown. Right, wrong or indifferent, that was my mindset.

Q: What was it about Walter Payton that caught your eye?

A: Didn’t have a weakness. There was nothing that Walter couldn’t do. And then, he can even throw the football at the running back position. On top of that, he just seemed so gracious, well-spoken, and his teammates loved him. He was just a guy to me that was larger than life.

Q: Emmitt Smith?

A: I grew up a Cowboy fan, in Texas (chuckle). When Emmitt came along, he became that new role model for me, a new guy to look up to. And then he backed it up. The thing about Emmitt I appreciated was he had great balance. If I could take one attribute from him that I would want for myself, just his balance.

Q: What would you take from LaDainian Tomlinson?

A: Probably the stiff-arm.

Q: How would you describe your running style?

A: My running style varies. It’s times where I can be extremely elusive, but there’s times where I also can power through people. But also, there are times where I can create a mismatch out of the backfield and run routes. There are times where I can throw the football. So my running style was whatever I needed it to be, honestly.

Q: Your single-season-record 28th rushing TD in 2006.

A: Marty Schottenheimer told me when I was coming to the end of my career, he said, “LT, even if you never win a Super Bowl, you had a lot of championship moments.” And that day was a championship moment, doing it in front of the home crowd, the eruption after it happened, the celebration in the stands. … It was a championship moment.

Q: The original L.T., Lawrence Taylor?

A: A guy that was passionate about the game and just could do everything. It’s funny because when I see him, he calls me Baby L. T. (laugh).

Q: What are your thoughts on Spygate?

A: There are times where you look back during that era of Spygate, of games you had with the Patriots, and it makes you wonder. I just got to be honest that, “Man, did they know stuff about my team?”

When you’re playing them, and you work on certain things throughout the week that you haven’t done yet, but they seem to know how to defense it. To me, I have questions about was my team a victim of Spygate. I will never know.

Q: Deflategate?

A: I think it’s a misdemeanor. I mean, all teams, all quarterbacks, do something to the football to try to gain a little edge how they like the football.

Q: So you thought the four-game suspension…

A: I thought it was too much.

Q: Do you think it will affect Tom Brady’s legacy at all?

A: I don’t think so, because it was a misdemeanor. I think the coverup was worse than the actual lie.

Q: Why did you hate the Raiders so much?

A: Marty instilled that in me when he first got there. He made it clear how much he hated the Raiders, and I remember when we got ready to play the Raiders, it was considered Raider Week and it was a big deal around Charger Park. His hair was on fire that week. He was on edge.

Q: How would San Diego fans would accept the Raiders if they were to move there?

A: I don’t think they would ever accept the Raiders. The people there, I guarantee you, they wouldn’t go to the games.

Q: Who were the fiercest competitors you ever played against?

A: Ray Lewis and Troy Polamalu.

Q: Your real father (Oliver) passed away after your MVP year in 2007.

A: Once they went through the divorce, we went through a period of time where I hardly spoke to him, I hardly saw him because maybe the rift between he and my mom. And then, when I got a little bit older and was able to drive, I was able to see him and spend a lot of time with him throughout my college career. So we had a really good relationship, but as a kid, you have a lot of questions why dad is not around. So I had those same questions.

Q: Describe your mom.

A: She was so awesome, man, she so supportive. At a young age, she saw the passion in me and really pushed me. At six years old, I asked my mom for a weight set. And she looked at me: “What kid at six asks for a weight set? Why?”

And I said, “Well, if I want to make it to the NFL mom, I got to start to get bigger.” And she chuckled. But the next Christmas, she had a weight set waiting for me. At 12 years old, I used to go the Boys & Girls Club. Saw a flyer, Jay Novacek Camp, it had Emmitt Smith’s name on it. Grabbed that flyer, took it home, I said, “Mom, please I got to go to this camp, it’s going to change my life.” And she looked at it and she said, “Baby, that’s a lot of money, we don’t have that type of money, I don’t think we can make that happen.”

So of course I left the room all dejected. A month later she calls me in the room and said, “That Jay Novacek Camp you wanted to go to, well, I got the money, you’re going to be able to go.” She helped my dreams come true and just kind of molded me and pushed me to be who I am today.

Q: Is your wife like your mom?

A: Oh yeah, she’s very opinionated. She’s smart, and a great mother, and has a way of keeping me humble if you will. They say you always marry someone like your mom (chuckle), I guess I really did.

Q: How does she keep you humble?

A: She just had a way of keeping things in perspective, even when I started to get a lot of success in the National Football League. Even if it was going on David Letterman or Jay Leno or whatever it was. As athletes, sometimes we need somebody to check us a little bit. I started to really get entrenched in trying to be the best, and training and all that stuff, and even if it was doing a show or an interview or whatever, she always told me I had to have some balance. I had to have a life outside of football, because one day football is going to be over, and then what?

Q: How did the birth of your son, Daylen, six years ago change your life?

A: The first thing obviously it gave me more patience. But also I realized that the things that I went through with my father, I don’t want my son to go through with me. Every step of this kid’s life, every step of the way in his journey, I want him to be able to depend on me.

Q: Who are athletes in other sports you admire?

A: Michael Jordan; Jimmie Johnson, seven-time NASCAR champion; Tiger; Roger Federer.

Q: You play a pastor in “God Bless The Broken Road.”

A: I grew up in the church, and I’ve been around pastors a lot. I know how they think, I know kind of their mannerisms, the way they act. It was fairly easy to adapt and learn how to play that role. … I’m still in shape, and still work out a lot, so if I was cast for a role in an action movie, I think that’ll be good as well.

Q: What kind of role would appeal to you in an action movie?

A: Maybe just being a tough guy, beating somebody up (laugh).

Q: Three dinner guests.

A: Dr. Martin Luther King; President Obama; Jesus.

Q: Favorite movie?

A: Remember the Titans.

Q: Favorite actor?

A: Samuel L. Jackson.

Q: Favorite actress?

A: Angelina Jolie.

Q: Favorite entertainer?

A: Cedric the Entertainer.

Q: Favorite meal?

A: My brisket or my barbecued ribs.

Q: Which running back in the Super Bowl could make the biggest impact?

A: Devonta Freeman, because he’s a guy that can do a little bit of everything, and so I think it would be difficult for the Patriots to match up against him. It’s hard to kind of game plan how to stop him because he can do so many things.

Q: Your prediction?

A: I’m picking Atlanta. I just think it’s their year. I think that offense has been so explosive, but I also think they are able to adjust with Kyle Shanahan in certain ways that can give the Patriots problems, meaning those backs coming out of the backfield, using both of them. And I think they’ll run the ball on the Patriots. And I also think we don’t give them enough credit for what they do on defense, especially of late. They’re building something much in the mold of Seattle’s defense, I really believe that.

Q: Do you think Roger Goodell would be relieved if he didn’t have to hand the trophy to Brady?

A: No question (laugh). I think he would be very relieved. He does not want that to happen.