DMN: Blog: Jerry rules out Ring of Honor class this year
by Tim MacMahon
Unless Jerry Jones changes his mind, Texas Stadium has seen its final Ring of Honor ceremony.
"We've got our thoughts on timing, as we go through the year, as we play each of the games," said Jerry, the one-man selection committee. "We want to give a lot of sensitivity and we didn't think it would be the right timing for the Ring of Honor, for a player going in the Ring of Honor, for what we're doing in leaving Texas Stadium. So we won't be doing anything in the Ring of Honor this year."
I can't think of a better way to honor the history of Texas Stadium than to give a couple great players who came before Jerry's reign their long overdue day in the sun.
Drew Pearson, who made the biggest catch in America's Team history, deserves that. You could make a strong agument that Pearson belongs in the Hall of Fame. He has a Super Bowl ring and stats that compare favorably with Canton-enshrined Lynn Swann's numbers. He should join Bob Hayes and Michael Irvin as Ring of Honor receivers.
Deceased DE Harvey Martin, the South Oak Cliff product who was co-MVP of Super Bowl XII, would be next on my list. His franchise sacks records -- a would-be NFL-record 23 in a season (in 1977, before sacks were an official stat) and 113 in a career -- might never be broken.
But Jerry plans for The Triplets, who were inducted in 2005, to be the final Ring of Honor class inducted in Texas Stadium. That's a shame.
Unless Jerry Jones changes his mind, Texas Stadium has seen its final Ring of Honor ceremony.
"We've got our thoughts on timing, as we go through the year, as we play each of the games," said Jerry, the one-man selection committee. "We want to give a lot of sensitivity and we didn't think it would be the right timing for the Ring of Honor, for a player going in the Ring of Honor, for what we're doing in leaving Texas Stadium. So we won't be doing anything in the Ring of Honor this year."
I can't think of a better way to honor the history of Texas Stadium than to give a couple great players who came before Jerry's reign their long overdue day in the sun.
Drew Pearson, who made the biggest catch in America's Team history, deserves that. You could make a strong agument that Pearson belongs in the Hall of Fame. He has a Super Bowl ring and stats that compare favorably with Canton-enshrined Lynn Swann's numbers. He should join Bob Hayes and Michael Irvin as Ring of Honor receivers.
Deceased DE Harvey Martin, the South Oak Cliff product who was co-MVP of Super Bowl XII, would be next on my list. His franchise sacks records -- a would-be NFL-record 23 in a season (in 1977, before sacks were an official stat) and 113 in a career -- might never be broken.
But Jerry plans for The Triplets, who were inducted in 2005, to be the final Ring of Honor class inducted in Texas Stadium. That's a shame.
posted by The Gryphon at 8:18 AM
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