What More Must Taysom Hill Do Before He Retires To Be Considered An NFL Hall Of Fame Player?
#1 is BS
Ditching his QB ruse? Do you know his record as a starting QB? Is it a limited sample size? Sure, but when called upon, he came through!
#2 is BS!
Can you tell me how many games Hill has missed in his entire career, due to injury?
I don't have a say, in anything having to do w/the Hall, but Taysom is performing at a level not seen since Jim Thorpe! Payton saw his potential but never used him the way he should have. He performed at a stellar level in everything ever asked of him. He was criminally underused.
First, Im not going after TH. I think the guy is special. I WISH he would've not been the backup QB, ever. Fact is yes, he is 7-2. That is a bit misleading if we are being honest but sure. 7-2 is 7-2. But, he is 7-2 and is 34 years old. If he was a legit NFL QB, we would've put him there long term, or some other QB needy team would've traded for him. Substitute the years he spent trying to play QB with him playing the role he has this year and you may be having a legit conversation about his Hall worthiness. His time spent as a QB/Backup QB hurts his Hall chances because starting at 27, he would've had to rack up stats from jump. Not having so many inactive and little used games would've helped.
He was never a legit long term answer at QB. Since you are reading this the wrong way...let me try something else.... if he wasn't chasing the QB position and instead focused on being what he has been this year, he would have a better chance at the HoF. You can call it whatever you want, or believe he was the next Dan Marino. The point is, if he spent the years playing full time joker instead of backup QB, he wouldve put up better numbers. This is a HoF case, not the QB you think he should have been. Im not saying anything negative other than, he didn't start in the NFL till 27. So if at any point he was going to be a serious HoF candidate, he didn't have time to chase the QB position.
On the 2nd point, maybe not due to injury, but he has never played more than 41% of the teams snaps on offense except the 2 seasons where he started 4 and 5 games respectively at QB, boosting his snap count. And he has only had 1 season where he played north of 50% snaps. In the 21 season he had a comp % under 60%, and threw more INT than TDs in his most snaps as a QB. He has been inactive or played 0 snaps in 24 games. That's nearly 1.5 seasons. Add on that the MANY games where he had just a few touches and it equals a whole lot of time.
But this isn't me bashing TH. You cant try to frame it that way. Im telling you why he wont get in the HoF. I am not questioning his ability as a football player. I love watching the guy play. I wish I could've watched him play more. He is unlike anyone else Ive seen.
And I do appreciate Artifactual putting that together, it was an interesting read and one of the better posts you'll find. But it just isn't going to happen.