HOUSE Posted November 19, 2014 Posted November 19, 2014 (edited) Steve Tasker, special teams/wide receiver Houston Oilers, 1985-86; Buffalo Bills, 1986-1997 If Ray Guy made it in last year and fellow kicker Morten Andersen is worthy of the semifinalist list again this year, why can't the premier special teams coverage guy of all time get a bronze bust? Tasker could also block punts and was -- as Jim Kelly has pointed out many times -- a reliable wideout when called upon. I asked Nate Burleson -- another former wideout who also had to cover kicks early in his career -- about the viability of putting a special teamer like Tasker in the Hall of Fame, and this is what he said: "He impacted the game. And if he was the best at what he did, he should make it." On that note, the special teams dynamo was impactful enough to make seven Pro Bowls. <SNIP, see video> http://www.nfl.com/n...in-hall-of-fame Edited November 19, 2014 by HOUSE
Best Player Available Posted November 19, 2014 Posted November 19, 2014 Steve Tasker, special teams/wide receiver Houston Oilers, 1985-86; Buffalo Bills, 1986-1997 If Ray Guy made it in last year and fellow kicker Morten Andersen is worthy of the semifinalist list again this year, why can't the premier special teams coverage guy of all time get a bronze bust? Tasker could also block punts and was -- as Jim Kelly has pointed out many times -- a reliable wideout when called upon. I asked Nate Burleson -- another former wideout who also had to cover kicks early in his career -- about the viability of putting a special teamer like Tasker in the Hall of Fame, and this is what he said: "He impacted the game. And if he was the best at what he did, he should make it." On that note, the special teams dynamo was impactful enough to make seven Pro Bowls. <SNIP, see video> http://www.nfl.com/n...in-hall-of-fame I agree, but he will probably be a very old man when they open the Steve Tasker special teamer wing on Canton.
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