nerdmann
13 years ago
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/05/donald-driver-eyeballs-franchise-records-canton/ 

Packers receiver Donald Driver has won his first career Super Bowl. And as he climbs the list of all-time franchise receiving records, he’s thinking about another goal.

The Hall of Fame.

Receiver Tim Brown, who played in a Super Bowl but never won one, planted the thought of a championship equating to Hall of Fame consideration into Driver’s head before the Packers beat the Steelers in early February.

“He sat down and said, ‘If you win a Super Bowl come Sunday, they will have to look at you as a candidate for the Hall of Fame,’” Driver said of Brown at his charity softball game Sunday, per Kareem Copeland of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “For him to say that, that was something that made me dream about it even more. … When Tim Brown tells you they have to look at me as being a candidate, I shook my head that night and said all I have to do is win the Super Bowl and maybe I’ll get the opportunity to maybe one day be there.

“Will that dream ever come true? I don’t know. I hope it will. For me, that’s a goal. . . . It was never a goal early in my career. But when you get to winding down and you feel you’ve done a lot, not just for the organization, but for the community, that should stand for something. To me, that’s all that matters.”

Far more realistic is Driver’s goal of passing James Lofton as the all-time franchise leader in receiving yards. Lofton holds the record with 9,656 yards; Driver needs only 40 to match him.

Driver also needs only 12 touchdown receptions to match Sterling Sharpe with 65. Catching Don Hutson’s 99 touchdown catches likely is out of the question.

What could help Driver’s Canton cause even more than numbers would be more Super Bowls. With the Packers loaded on both sides of the ball and poised to compete for the foreseeable future, membership on, say, the first time to win three championships in a row would deliver plenty of cheesehead-wearing bronze busts to the Hall of Fame.

We know that talk of three in a row is extremely premature. But with the Packers one of the favorites to win it all again in 2011, who knows what will happen come 2012?

PFT wrote:



Pardon me if I'm wrong, but didn't Lombardi win three championships in a row? Two of which were the first two Superbowls.
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Greg C.
13 years ago
I love Donald Driver, but the chance of him making the Hall of Fame is zilch. There have been a few years where he may have been a top ten receiver in the league, but he was probably never even a top five. There are too many other WR's who would go in there ahead of him.
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vikesrule
13 years ago

.... There are too many other WR's who would go in there ahead of him.

Originally Posted by: Greg C. 


Cris Carter..one of the all time best WR's. Been out of the league for 9 years.
Still hasn't made it into the HOF.

Zero2Cool
13 years ago

Cris Carter..one of the all time best WR's. Been out of the league for 9 years.
Still hasn't made it into the HOF.

Originally Posted by: vikesrule 



Without checking his stats, I'd agree. I think he should be in there, the Hall of Fame that is. I think he was one of the best WR to play the game. I'd say top 25.
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zombieslayer
13 years ago
No All-Pros. Not enough TDs. No year, Driver was really the "dominating WR." Note that Steve Smith (Panthers) won't even make the Hall and he was unarguably the best WR in the NFL one year, being one of the only WRs to ever get a triple crown (receptions, TDs, yards).

He will be a Packer HoF but not an NFL HoF. It's too bad as he's one of my fave players ever.
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Cheesey
13 years ago
I'd love to see him get in.
Heck, Jerry Kramer SHOULD be in but isn't, maybe Driver can sneak in.
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mi_keys
13 years ago

No All-Pros. Not enough TDs. No year, Driver was really the "dominating WR." Note that Steve Smith (Panthers) won't even make the Hall and he was unarguably the best WR in the NFL one year, being one of the only WRs to ever get a triple crown (receptions, TDs, yards).

He will be a Packer HoF but not an NFL HoF. It's too bad as he's one of my fave players ever.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 



This. He'll be on that next tier of players that are just below the HOF. If he can come back healthy and have a good year (like 50-60 catches and 600-800 yards) he'll finish in the top 30 in both receptions and receiving yards all time but he only has 53 TDs, which puts him in the mid 80s. It won't be enough.

He could make the HOF if he has two more years of 70-80+ receptions, 1,000+ yards, and a total of 18tds with two more rings to boot but that's only going to happen on Xbox and Playstation.


To nerdman,

Yes the Packers won a threepeat from 65-67, winning the first two Super Bowls in the process. The Packers also achieved a threepeat from 29-31. We're the only franchise to do it. No one has done it entirely in the Super Bowl era though.

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zombieslayer
13 years ago

This. He'll be on that next tier of players that are just below the HOF. If he can come back healthy and have a good year (like 50-60 catches and 600-800 yards) he'll finish in the top 30 in both receptions and receiving yards all time but he only has 53 TDs, which puts him in the mid 80s. It won't be enough.

He could make the HOF if he has two more years of 70-80+ receptions, 1,000+ yards, and a total of 18tds with two more rings to boot but that's only going to happen on Xbox and Playstation.


Originally Posted by: mi_keys 



This is a long-shot, but Driver can get in under these extreme circumstances.

The other way to get in is for us to win the next 2 SBs and for Driver to somehow be the SB MVP of both games.

Both are very unlikely.
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Zero2Cool
13 years ago

This is a long-shot, but Driver can get in under these extreme circumstances.

The other way to get in is for us to win the next 2 SBs and for Driver to somehow be the SB MVP of both games.

Both are very unlikely.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 



Only because Aaron Rodgers and Charles Woodson will get them. 😉
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PackerTraxx
13 years ago
I agree his chances are slim at best, but good luck to Donald. It would be a nice surprise if he made it. Jerry Kramer not being in is ludecrous. See my sig.
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