Is Eagles star Lane Johnson on a Hall of Fame track? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
With Jason Kelce, it’s not even a question anymore.
The news Wednesday that Kelce had made his seventh Pro Bowl only hammered home what we already knew. He’ll be a Hall of Famer.
He’s done enough. Whether or not he does decide to continue his career beyond 2023, his credentials are ironclad.
He’s now got seven Pro Bowls to go with five 1st-team all-pro honors, a 10-year streak without missing a start, two Super Bowl appearances and one championship. Every other center in NFL history who’s been an all-pro five times is already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, from Bulldog Turner of the Bears in the 1940s to Dermontti Dawson of the Steelers in the 1990s. This year’s all-pro teams will be announced later this month.
But what about Lane Johnson? Will he ever join his close friend and long-time teammate in Canton?
Johnson is 2 ½ years younger than Kelce, signed through 2027, still playing as well as ever, and while it may be a little early for the Hall of Fame conversation, Johnson is piling up the sort of honors that the Hall voters notice.
Johnson was named to his fifth NFC Pro Bowl team on Wednesday, and even though the Pro Bowl game itself has become an irrelevant skills competition, the honor is important for Hall of Fame candidates. Especially on the offensive line, where there are no real stats to measure. So Pro Bowls and all-pro teams are one of the first things the voters look for.
And Johnson’s resume just keeps growing.
“I think he’s been such a great player for longer than he’s been given the national credit for it,” Kelce said Thursday. “Really, his whole career he’s been, if not the best, one of the best tackles every year, especially this past year, on the right side. So I think for him to get another one toward the end of his career can go a long way for what I think is hopefully a very legitimate case for him getting in there.”
Let’s take…
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Publish date : 2024-01-05 02:12:55
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