Jack Silverstein

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Rahimi & Grote Show · Jack Silverstein talks Hall of Fame candidacies for Charles Tillman, Olin Kreutz, Lance Briggs · 10 Feb 2026 podcast

He had the 1988 NEA MVP award, which is the one that's voted on by players.

So he didn't win what's considered the actual MVP, but he won an MVP that's voted by players.

And it is a phenomenal class.

I'm happy for all five of them.

The controversy has overshadowed the fact that this is a great, great group.

That is correct.

So we don't know.

All we know is that he had the highest and that no one else was at 40.

How do you fix the process?

So the first thing that they would need to do is they should go back to having five modern era candidates basically get in.

You don't need these smaller classes.

I think one thing that the Pro Football Hall of Fame does a really good job of compared to basketball and baseball is really getting the best of the best in

You're talking about a sport with 53 players on a roster, 11 on each side with so many different job descriptions.

And you really want to be able to honor all of them because they all factor into whether you win or lose on Sunday and whether you win or lose all the way into the playoffs and to a Super Bowl.

So to me, you want to be able to honor all of these different positions.

And that means that you need enough slots for all of them.

So that would be number one.

I would say get back to that.

You definitely want to separate the seniors from the coaches and the contributors.

You don't want to force voters to combine those.

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