Re: Our old friend Trent Green retired
Trent Green probably would not get 1/3 the necessary votes for HoF induction, but, perhaps people will take a closer look at this:
Looking at the best 4 year span of each man's career:
Kurt Warner [99-02] 1,079-for-1,612 (67.0%); 101 TDs/64 INTs (about 3:2); 14,043 yards (Y/A: 8.7)
Trent Green [02-05] 1,303-for-2,056 (63.4%); 94 TDs/52 INTs (about 2:1); 16,334 yards (Y/A: 7.9)
There's a lot of people who feel confident that Warner will pass his HoF exam in 6 or 7 years, and the numbers he put up in Stl. were totally cartoonish. I mean, Tom Brady has never bettered 8.3 Y/A, and that 8.7 Warner's average in four years as a Rams starter.
But Green was right there step for step just a few years later. For Trent, he just got caught up in the QB explosion of 2002-2004 (Gannon, McNair, Manning, McNabb, Brady, Brees (the big ones), even Vick to an extent), unfortunately, and it probably cost him the necessary pro bowl recognition for HoF consideration.
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according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
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