Mean or not my question is simple?

Question

If Reggie White was not deceased would he or would he not have gotten in the Hall of Fame this year I know he had an incredible career i was a fan of his i just wanted others insight to this?

the reason i ask this is there are a lot of players who have been on the ballot numerous times that have not been selected Michael Irvin for instance i didn't enjoy Irvin as a player i am a 49ers fan but eh was incredible, Art Monk should be in the Hall.

Answer 1

For sure is one of the best D lineman to ever play. Read all of this.



Reginald Howard White
Defensive End -- Tennessee

Height: 6-5
Weight: 300
Born: Dec. 19, 1961; Chattanooga, Tenn.
Passed Away: Dec. 26, 2004; Cornelius, N.C.
High School: Howard, Chattanooga, Tenn.
NFL Experience: 15 seasons (1985-98, 2000)
NFL Teams: Philadelphia Eagles (1985-92), Green Bay Packers (1993-98), Carolina Panthers (2000)
USFL Experience: Two seasons (1984-85, Memphis Showboats)
NFL Games Played/Started: 232/228
Pro Bowl Selections (13): 1986-98

At a Glance
Named to 13 straight Pro Bowls (1986-98).
Two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1987, 1998).
His 198 sacks in 15 NFL seasons currently rank second all-time behind Bruce Smith, who retired with 200 sacks in 19 seasons.
Collected a franchise-record 124 sacks in only 121 games with the Eagles from 1985-92. Also posted the most sacks in Packers history, 68, from 1993-98.
Recorded 221 sacks as a professional, including 23 with the Memphis Showboats of the USFL from 1984-85.
Dropped 75 different NFL quarterbacks, including most-frequent victim Phil Simms (15).
Believed to be the first athlete, other than Jackie Robinson and Wayne Gretzky, to have his number retired by three teams in the same season (Green Bay Packers, University of Tennessee and Philadelphia Eagles in 2005).
The epitome of a team leader, shook off assorted injuries to start his final 73 games, including playoffs, from the 1995 postseason until his final contest in 2000 with Carolina. Missed just one non-strike game during 15 seasons in the NFL.
In earning a Super Bowl XXXI ring with Green Bay, sacked New England's Drew Bledsoe three times, a Super Bowl record.
Averaged 1.75 sacks per game, a league-leading 21 sacks in just 12 contests during a strike-shortened 1987 season with Philadelphia.
Twice led the NFL in sacks, sharing the NFL record for number of seasons leading the league.
His nine consecutive seasons with 10-or-more sacks remains an NFL record and his 12 seasons with 10-or-more sacks is surpassed by only Bruce Smith's 13.
At his peak, could run a 4.6 in the 40-yard dash.
Elected to NFLs 75th anniversary all-time team, and the only member of Pro Football Weekly's all-decade team for both the 1980s and 1990s.
An ordained Baptist minister since age 17, nicknamed "The Minister of Defense" as a senior in 1983 at the University of Tennessee.
Had a significant impact in helping to usher in the era of unrestricted free agency, becoming the first big-name player to switch teams when he signed with Green Bay in 1993. The only significant personnel change on a defense that ranked 23rd the year prior, helped Green Bay improve to No. 2 in his first Packers season.
Bio
The most honored athlete ever to play defensive end in the National Football League's long history, Reggie White was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a first-ballot inductee, Feb. 4, 2006
During a singular and distinguished 15-year NFL career, he earned selection to 13 consecutive Pro Bowls (1986-98), a league record until Bruce Matthews broke the mark in 2002
Currently ranks second all-time with 198 quarterback sacks
Long a legitimate icon in his game, White had seen his talents, performance and persona elicit the ultimate in superlatives for more than a decade
The prepossessing Tennesseean was larger than life, literally and figuratively -- a man apart, both at his position and off the field
Twice led the NFL in sacks, sharing the NFL record for number of seasons leading the league
In 1987 (while playing just 12 games due to the players' strike) set an NFC mark, 21 sacks, that stood until the Giants' Michael Strahan eclipsed the total with 22_ in 2001
His nine consecutive seasons with 10-or-more sacks remains an NFL record and his 12 seasons with double-figure sacks is surpassed by only Bruce Smith's 13
Fritz Shurmur, the late Green Bay defensive coordinator, paid White the ultimate compliment, calling him "the cornerstone and foundation" of the Packers
Without a due-justice method to adequately measure White's electrifying impact upon the Packers' defense in his six seasons there, the best example was probably 1996
Under White's leadership that year, Green Bay reached the summit, finishing as the NFL's top-ranked unit for the first time since 1967
White and his colleagues led the league in fewest points allowed (210) and set an NFL record for fewest touchdowns allowed in a 16-game season (19)
His unit's rankings consistently held top spots in many defensive categories since his arrival upon the Green Bay scene
The Green Bay defense soared to second place in 1993 (from a distant 23rd the previous year), when the former Philadelphia Eagles superstar joined the Green and Gold as the most sought-after performer to become available with the advent of unrestricted free agency in the National Football League
Head coach Mike Holmgren, for one, was able to put the 1993 performance in practical perspective
White "made us a better football team -- no question about it," Holmgren said, documenting this assertion by noting, "We went from 23 on defense to two -- with no noticeable dramatic personnel changes, except for one man."
Still at the very top of his game after 13 years, White again saw his on-field superiority documented in 1997 by his selection to the Pro Bowl for an NFL-record 12th straight year, breaking a tie with the San Francisco 49ers' Jerry Rice (1986-96) and the Cincinnati Bengals' Anthony Munoz (1981-91) for the most consecutive times chosen since the 1970 league merger
Based largely on his then-status as professional football's all-time sacks leader, White earned a distinguished reservation on the National Football League's 75th Anniversary All-Time Team in August of 1994
With 12 career postseason sacks, ranks third in NFL history behind Willie McGinest (16) and Bruce Smith (14_)
Sacked 75 different quarterbacks over his NFL career, including most-frequent victim Phil Simms (15_)
Earlier in his career, he had become the fastest player in league history to record 100 career sacks, reaching the century mark in only 93 games, 21 games faster than No. 2 Lawrence Taylor (114)
One of the game's most durable performers, he missed a non-strike game for the first time in his career late in the 1995 season (Dec. 10 at Tampa Bay due to a hamstring problem), but was back at his customary stand the following week
Had played in 166 consecutive 'union' contests to that point, one of the longest such streaks in NFL history
And, despite assorted injuries one would expect late in the career of a lineman, still started his final 73 games in succession, including playoffs, from the '95 postseason to his final contest in 2000 with the Carolina Panthers
Was the only player in NFL history to register double-digit sack totals in nine consecutive seasons (1985 through 1993)
He in 1993 also became the first Packers defensive end chosen to the Pro Bowl since Ezra Johnson in 1978
Impressively productive since his selection by the Eagles as a first-round pick in the NFL's supplemental draft of USFL players in 1984, White amassed 1,151 tackles (822 solo), including his 198 sacks
He also posted three interceptions and 57 passes defensed, and forced 32 fumbles and recovered 21, two of the latter for touchdowns
In addition, he supplemented those contributions by registering two safeties and blocking four kicks (two FGs, one PAT and one punt)
The only player to be selected by Pro Football Weekly on its 1980s and 1990s All-Decade teams, he customarily lined up at defensive end, but also used his strength and speed to wreak havoc on blocking schemes from various positions along the line during his career
Launched his pro career with the USFL's Memphis Showboats (1984-85), posting 193 tackles (120 solo) and 23_ sacks, and forcing seven fumbles in 34 starts.
Reggie White's Pro Statistics

Tackles Sacks Interceptions Fumbles
Year Team GP GS Total UT AT No Yds No Yds LG TD PD FR FF
1984 Mem. (USFL) 16 16 95 52 43 11 - 0 0 0 0 - 1 2
1985 Mem. (USFL) 18 18 98 68 30 12 - 0 0 0 0 - 1 5
1985 Phil. (NFL) 13 12 100 62 38 13 - 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986 Phil. (NFL) 16 16 98 83 15 18 - 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
1987 Phil. (NFL) 12 12 76 62 14 21 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1988 Phil. (NFL) 16 16 133 96 37 18 - 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1989 Phil. (NFL) 16 16 123 82 41 11 - 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
1990 Phil. (NFL) 16 16 83 59 24 14 - 1 33 33 0 4 1 4
1991 Phil. (NFL) 16 16 100 72 28 15 - 1 0 0 0 13 3 2
1992 Phil. (NFL) 16 16 81 54 27 14 - 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
1993 GB (NFL) 16 16 98 67 31 13 87 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
1994 GB (NFL) 16 15 59 41 18 8 71 0 0 0 0 7 1 2
1995 GB (NFL) 15 13 46 37 9 12 96 0 0 0 0 4 0 2
1996 GB (NFL) 16 16 36 21 15 8 50 1 46 46 0 6 3 3
1997 GB (NFL) 16 16 46 36 10 11 73 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
1998 GB (NFL) 16 16 45 33 12 16 98 0 0 0 0 5 0 4
2000 Car. (NFL) 16 16 27 17 10 5 45 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
NFL Totals (15 seasons) 232 228 1151 822 329 198 - 3 79 46 0 57 21 32
NFL Playoffs 19 18 51 47 4 12 - 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Eagles Totals (eight seasons) 121 120 794 570 224 124 0 2 33 33 0 26 12 18
Packers Totals (six seasons) 95 92 330 235 95 68 476 1 46 46 0 30 8 14
USFL Totals (two seasons) 34 34 193 120 73 23 - 0 0 0 0 - 2 7
USFL Playoffs 2 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - -

Additional statistics
Safeties (2): vs. Washington (12/8/85) and in the playoffs at New Orleans (1/3/93)
Blocked field goals (2): at N.Y. Giants (10/12/86) and vs. St. Louis Cardinals (12/7/86)
Blocked PAT: vs. Atlanta (10/30/88)
Blocked punt: vs. Tampa Bay (10/27/96)
Touchdowns (2): 70-yard fumble return at Washington (9/13/87) and 37-yard fumble return at Phoenix Cardinals (9/13/92).

Answer 2

PROBABLY

Answer 3

He probably would have made it in. Aikman was selected in his first year of eligibity and numerous others, too. I don't think it is mean, just stupid to ask something like this.

Answer 4

He lost me when he said that God told him to go to Green Bay instead of San Francisco. Huh?

Answer 5

If he was one of the all-time greats at defensive end then dead or alive he deserved to be in the HOF. He had passed the 5 yr waiting period.

Answer 6

He was too good and MEAN not to make it.

Answer 7

Any answer has to be pure speculation. Because we cannot know what he may or may not have accomplished had he lived.

Answer 8

he probably wouldn't have made it this year but the guy was bound to make soon.

Answer 9

uhhh, he is IN the hall of fame..
http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=257

Answer 10

mean