Oakland Raiders' legend Jim Plunkett a true icon: Thoughts from a Reader's Side

besides the great former RAIDER "lyle alzado" (rest in peace) plunkett is one of my best RAIDER players in the RAIDER history. this guy deserves a h.o.f. recognition. two superbowl victories! but has not gotten the credit for it. we cannot take away credit to stabler or ray guy! but plunkett, should have gone first! my opinion. go RAIDERS!!!

RAIDER MISTERIO wrote:

besides the great former RAIDER "lyle alzado" (rest in peace) plunkett is one of my best RAIDER players in the RAIDER history. this guy deserves a h.o.f. recognition. two superbowl victories! but has not gotten the credit for it. we cannot take away credit to stabler or ray guy! but plunkett, should have gone first! my opinion. go RAIDERS!!!

Plunkett had major struggles early in his career(prior to his Raider days) and that may be what is keeping him from getting HOF recognition. I really think Ray Guy and Kenny Stabler need to be in there; especially Guy since he was the best at his position. Another one that I think needs to be in is LB Rod Martin...

...And DE Greg Townsend; he has more sacks than hall of famer Howie Long.

Ray Guy is most deserving of HOF.... I really like Plunkett...But I agree with TR He wasn't stable prior to being a Raider...Gannon was the same way...he became a Raider and became a starter.

right now the race was or is stabler and guy. and i say ray guy, would be different kind of h.o.f. man, we have so many that could go and (tom flores) would be my next pick! so many to choose from. i like that!(LOL)

Guy and Stabler are deserving.  I believe Flores tops my list.

i definetely would vote on that one OVER ALL. another man with no recognition to be a runner-up!!(COACH) TOM FLORES. a two time superbowl winner AND did it with our OAKLAND RAIDERS!!! that is (two) ladies and gentlemen! may have not been the winningest coach in the nfl but credit enough to win two for the RAIDERS!

A lot of guys think that great players from their team should be in the HOF if they're not there already. I guarantee you that if I were to make a list of great players not in the HOF, the majority would be Raiders. There would probably be more Raiders on my list than all other teams combined. My top 5 is still Ray Guy, Kenny Stabler, Rod Martin, Greg Townsend, and Tom Flores.

I really liked Jim Plunkett for a long time. I have 2 books about him that I've read for a long time. He is a very interesting man and a great sensitive guy (which I like). He is very handsome too, by the way. And a great football player (one of the best of all-time).

Jim Plunkett looked like he had down syndrome. He rally wasn't that good either, like he sucked.

"really"

He could play thats for sure...he threw meatballs but always manged to get the job done....thats all you can ask for....

LeanaJo76 wrote:

I really liked Jim Plunkett for a long time. I have 2 books about him that I've read for a long time. He is a very interesting man and a great sensitive guy (which I like). He is very handsome too, by the way. And a great football player (one of the best of all-time).

Jim Punkett ate man meatballs.