The NFL Hall of Fame will announce its newest members on Saturday Feb. 6—just ahead of Super Bowl 50—and there’s already a little controversy after the HOF paired down its possible inclusion list to 15 finalists.
Included are first-timers Brett Favre and Terrell Owens, who leapfrogged over second-time eligible wideouts Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt. The former Rams stars will now have to wait for at least one more year for entrance into the NFL’s most exclusive club.
The news didn’t sit well with former Rams coach Mike Martz, who coached the pair from 2000–05 during the team’s “Greatest Show on Turf” period when the Rams were an offensive juggernaut.
“‘Surprised’ isn’t the word,” Martz said in an interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “You can’t print how I felt when T.O. leapfrogged those two. That’s just plain out-and-out ridiculous.”
