A lot of people, sportswriters included, forget it's the "Pro" Football HOF, not the NFL HOF. You have to take Kelly's play in the USFL into acct as well...those were some great years for Jimbo. Now, most will point out that the USFL wasn't a great league and I agree, but it did showcase Kelly's arm. There are two of Kelly's best years and there all but forgotten by most. Take away Marino's first couple of years, and see how much closer they are in stats. Kelly had almost 10K yds in two years there! Add that to his 35K in yds and he's at 45K. Also Marino had over 8,200 attempts vs Jimbo's 4,700. That's a HUGE difference! I bring this up because a lot of people just look at raw#'s, and that's not the total picture. Kelly was a GREAT leader and called his own damn plays...what QB does that these days, or even back then?!?! Not many, and he did a great job of mixing it up. Don't you think Kelly could have thrown for a ton more yds if he wanted to? Reed, Lofton, Beebe, Metzelaars, Thomas....Jimbo had weapons,, but he was unselfish as hell. He deserves to be a first ballot HOFer because he was a game changer, a difference maker...and that's what a true HOFer is.