Aeneas Williams voted into Hall of Fame

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Aeneas Williams, who played for the Rams from 2001-2004 at cornerback and safety, has been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Williams had 55 career interceptions and played in eight Pro Bowls. This was the third time he was a finalist to get into the Hall.

Williams will be joined in Canton in 2014 by Derrick Brooks, Walter Jones, Andre Reed, Michael Strahan, Ray Guy and Claude Humphrey. Congratulations to Aeneas and all the 2014 Hall of Fame class.

The third-leading sacker of all time, Kevin Greene, was passed over again by the voting committee, as well as the sixth-leading rusher of all time, Jerome Bettis. Greene had 18.5 more career sacks than Strahan, in the same number of seasons. Bettis and Greene made the list of final ten candidates this year, which is at least an improvement for Greene, who was only top-15 last year. They were joined by Charles Haley, Marvin Harrison and Will Shields. The last five were Morten Anderson, Tim Brown, Tony Dungy, John Lynch and a scumbag who used to own the 49ers.

Harrison's omission, when he is the second-leading wide receiver of all time, is more than a little weird. The committee looks to be sticking to a policy of one modern-day player per position and decided this year was finally Reed's turn.

Eligible for the class of 2015: Kurt Warner, Orlando Pace, Isaac Bruce AND Torry Holt. The primary non-Ram who will be a first-time eligible is the late Junior Seau. The committee wouldn't need to look beyond those five for next year's class if they hadn't screwed around so long with wide receivers; Rams fans will probably have to settle for Warner and Pace in 2015. Anything less, btw, voters, and I'll be on the road to Canton with my torch and pitchfork.

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