Hall of Very Good: 15 of the Best NFL Players That Aren't in Canton

We're firmly in the Remember Some Guys period of the NFL calendar, and what better way to do so than with the Hall of Very Good? You kinda-sorta know a Hall of Very Good player when you see one, but we followed two loose rules when putting this episode together. First, if a player ever advanced to the semifinalist stage in Hall of Fame voting, he was too good to be in the Hall of Very Good. Second, he had to immediately conjure memories of legitimate peaks. Check both those boxes, and you're a Hall of Very Good candidate. So who made the 2026 class? Allow Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman to walk you down memory lane on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.

0:00 Welcome to the show
1:29 The rules
2:40 DeSean Jackson, we love you
5:03 Ryan Kerrigan
7:25 Robert is devastated
10:13 Tamba Hali
14:36 Matt Forte
17:52 Warrick Dunn
18:31 Back in my day...
23:08 Thomas Davis
27:51 Michael Bennett
32:35 We're arguing about numbers again
33:38 Stephen Davis
36:49 A walk down commercial memory lane
38:59 Mike Iupati
39:35 "What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?"
41:25 Snacks Harrison
46:17 D'Brickashaw Ferguson
49:27 Sean Lee
55:51 Jordy Nelson
1:01:22 Reggie Nelson
1:03:19 Rapid fire additions & honorable mentions

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