Addressing Cliff Christl’s Story About Why Jerry Kramer Isn’t in Canton

April 29, 2014   ·   Bob Fox   ·   Jump to comments

Cliff Christl of Packers.com wrote an interesting article last weekend that talked about why right guard Jerry Kramer is not yet in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Since I have written several articles about this subject myself, I thought I would address the three main points about why Jerry is not in Canton, at least according to what Christl has heard through the grapevine as the Green Bay voting representative at the Hall of Fame.
The three points are:
1) Too many Lombardi-era Packers are already in the Hall of Fame.
2) Kramer may have struggled against Merlin Olsen and Alex Karras.
3) Kramer may not be the best Lombardi-era offensive linemen not in the Hall of Fame.
I wrote my most recent article about the injustice of Kramer not being inducted into the Hall of Fame last August after it was announced that Jerry would not be among the two senior candidates nominated by the Seniors Committee for 2014.
Here now is my response to the points that Cliff ...

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