I believe Ken Riley should be in the HOF along with the other Kenny. Who else from the team deserves that honor and who from the current team do you think has a great chance? I certainly think Geno and AJ both have a shot. John Dahlgren, Clinton, MI
JOHN: As the Cincinnati selector on the panel of Pro Football Hall of Fame voters, I consistently support and vote for many Bengals whenever they're on the ballot.
Don't forget another senior candidate besides the Kennys that should be in, wide receiver Isaac Curtis. He changed the game so much as the prototypical 21st century wide receiver that they changed the rules. The next time you see a DB called for illegal contact, thank Paul Brown because he knew Sir Isaac could defy gravity if given the space.
Did you know that Ike had more catches and TDs than Lynn Swann and more career yards per catch than John Stallworth, two Steelers wide receivers from his era that are in the Hall?
And please don't forget another senior that should at least be in the discussion. Max Montoya, the Bengals' all-time right guard, went to three Pro Bowls as a Bengal, one as a Raider and made pro football reference's first-team all-decade team for the 1980s.
As the best right tackle of his era, Willie Anderson must be in as the Bengals' best Modern Era candidate, those players who have been retired fewer than 25 years. Simple. If Walter Jones, Orlando Pace, Jonathan Ogden and Willie Roaf are in there as the best left tackles of that same era, Willie has to be in, too. And before Tony Boselli.
Running back Corey Dillon should be in, too. He has two of the top 16 rushing games of all time. Only Hall-of-Famer O.J. Simpson is on that list twice. He broke the single-game rookie rushing record, which stood for 40 years before he broke it in 1997, and the single-game record, which stood for nearly 23 years before he broke it in 2000. He is one team's all-time rusher (the Bengals) and another's single-season leader (the Patriots) and has a Super Bowl ring. A better resume, I think, than the Colts' Edgerrin James, inducted this year with a career rushing total of 12,246 yards. And James belongs.
I always used to tell Dillon, rush for 12,000 yards and you're in. That seems to be the magic number for backs. Every retired running back who rushed for at least 12,000 is in and I'll vote for Frank Gore and Adrian Peterson as well as Dillon. C.D. ended up with 11,241.
And you can make an argument for Chad Johnson, although he only played 11 seasons and just doesn't have the career numbers. But for five years in the middle of the oughts, nobody was better. He's the only receiver in this century that led his conference four straight years in yards. The only receiver to do that ever is Jerry Rice, the greatest of all-time, they say.
No question Green and Atkins. Geno is headed to a first- ballot election. The man has made eight Pro Bowls and his 75.5 sacks are in the top ten on the list of pure interior players. And he's closing in on guys like La'Roi Glover (83.5) and Howie Long (84).
Green has many Canton credentials. He's the only receiver in the 50 years of the merger to be named to the Pro Bowl in his first seven seasons. And in that same period, only four receivers had more yards in their first 110 games than Green did in his first 110. The problem is, that was in 2018 and he's played just one game since.
Green may be 32, but few doubt he won't be at least be a very good player for four or so more years. Will those career numbers be good enough? With the way they chuck the ball in this era, I think he's got to get at least 13,500 yards to stop any kind of a debate. He should get in, but, you know, bam, with this number just put him in with no questions asked. That 13,500 puts him ahead of Steve Largent and Andre Reed and within fewer than 500 yards of Cris Carter and James Lofton, Hall-of-Famers all.
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