The Pro Football Hall of Fame has a strong representation of the Green Bay Packers. With 34 past players honored in Canton, only the Chicago Bears (39) have a greater number. This year, a former Packers player, Jahri Evans (who had the majority of his career with the New Orleans Saints), is among the 15 modern era finalists for induction.
Along with Evans, Green Bay has two individuals previously associated with their franchise nominated for enshrinement after being selected as finalists by the senior committee: wide receiver Sterling Sharpe and head coach Mike Holmgren.
Recently, Hall of Famers Brett Favre and LeRoy Butler leveraged their platforms to advocate for their ex-teammate, Sharpe, who many think deserved a spot in the Hall of Fame long ago.
Green Bay Packers icons Brett Favre and LeRoy Butler support Sterling Sharpe’s induction into the Hall of Fame.
Favre and Butler both recently talked with TMZ in interviews. In both instances, the Packers legends supported their former teammate and encouraged the senior committee to act properly and induct him into the Hall of Fame.
“He wasn’t the quickest,” Favre remarked, “he wasn’t the tallest, but he was definitely the smartest — possibly the smartest football player I’ve ever played alongside.” “And that says quite a bit.”
If Sterling Sharpe had played for 12 or 13 years, he would be considered the GOAT. “He would have been the greatest ever,” Butler remarked about Sharpe if his career hadn’t been limited by injuries.
Sterling Sharpe Achieved Impressive Stats for the Green Bay Packers
Owing to a neck injury sustained at the conclusion of the 1994 season, Sharpe participated in only seven NFL seasons. During that period, he was chosen for the Pro Bowl five times and named First Team All-Pro three times. He recorded career totals of 595 catches, 8,134 yards, and 65 touchdown passes.
Sharpe topped the NFL in receptions on three occasions, receiving yards once, and touchdowns two times. In 1992, he achieved the wide receiver triple crown by topping the league in all three statistics (108 receptions, 1,461 yards, 13 touchdowns).
In his last season, Sharpe topped the NFL with 18 receiving touchdowns, a single-season record for the Packers that only Davante Adams has equaled.
The reality is that since Terrell Davis, the Pro Football Hall of Fame running back for the Denver Broncos who also played just seven seasons and had a shorter peak than Sharpe, was enshrined in Canton years ago, the Green Bay icon should also be inducted.
