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WR Cris Carter (All B1G, All-American, 8x Pro Bowler, 3x All Pro, NFL HOF)

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Cris Carter gets to eat crow with Calvin Johnson
Posted by Mike Florio on October 9, 2011

The Lions return to Monday Night Football for the first time in a decade. Before kickoff, a guy who last played in the NFL a decade ago will sit down with Detroit receiver Calvin Johnson for an interview that will include a few bites of fried crow.

Cris Carter has interviewed Johnson for a feature that will be included in the ESPN pregame show. Less than two months ago, Carter created a stir by omitting Johnson from Carter?s personal list of the top five NFL receivers ? and then by stubbornly refusing to change his mind. (Recently, Carter did.)

Johnson tells the team?s official website that Carter had an explanation for the slight. ?He just goes off what he knows,? Johnson said. ?He told me that he didn?t know what I was. I can?t blame him for that. We haven?t been out there like that as a team.

?But now he knows.?

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/09/cris-carter-gets-to-eat-crow-with-calvin-johnson/
 
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chillinvillian;2052380; said:
I heard Cris on Mike and Mike this morning. He said Myer hire is going to bring some sizzle to the B1G, but then he said we haven't had a good offence in a while. To me he sounded biter. Did anyone else hear the show?
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I'll overlook the grammatical errors, only to ask:

Is that something you disagree with?
 
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Holy crap! Cris Carter is a bad man.


If you missed his section on gameday with Hakeem Nicks, try and look it up later. I just watched him have a challenge with Hakeem Nicks and the jugs machine and it was incredible. :bow:
 
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Cris Carter still waiting on the Hall of Fame
February, 3, 2012
By Kevin Seifert

In 1994, Cris Carter set an NFL record with 122 receptions over the course of a 16-game season. Shortly thereafter, the Pro Football Hall of Fame received and put up for display his full uniform, commemorating an achievement that figured to stand for some time.

The very next year, Herman Moore caught 123 passes for the Detroit Lions. Since then, the NFL has seen a 143-catch season (Marvin Harrison for the Indianapolis Colts in 2002) and another 123-catch campaign (Wes Welker for the New England Patriots in 2009). Welker also caught 122 passes this season. In fact, since Carter's 122-catch season, NFL wide receivers have produced 13 seasons that would have broken the record of 112 catches that Carter eclipsed in that 1994 season.

Recent Hall of Fame WRs
Player Career Span Year Inducted
Jerry Rice 1985-2004 2010
Michael Irvin 1988-99 2007
Art Monk 1980-95 2008
James Lofton 1978-93 2003

Carter was without question one of the best wide receivers of his era, but if I had to make an educated guess about why he has not yet been enshrined in the Hall of Fame, I would blame his timing. He produced his best seasons at the start of an NFL passing frenzy that has inflated statistics and left Hall voters reluctant to reward them.

There are 21 wide receivers in the Hall, fewer than any position except tight end, place-kicker or punter. And as the first chart shows, only four receivers whose careers began in the past 35 years have been elected. One of them, Art Monk, was enshrined 13 years after his retirement. A second, James Lofton, waited 10 years.

Hall voters might not agree, but the numbers suggest they haven't prioritized receivers as much as some other positions. And those who value the position have no doubt been torn in recent years by the presence of three quality candidates: Carter, Andre Reed and Tim Brown.

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http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/38131/cris-carter-still-waiting-on-the-hall-of-fame
 
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They just cut the list of modern-era candidates from 15 down to 10. Cris Carter is still on the list. They will be announcing the enshrinees shortly. If I remember correctly this is further than Carter made it last year.
 
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