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"Do you think ex-Saints LB Rickey Jackson will ever get into the Hall of Fame?" A Louisiana fan asks about a Saints player. I class Jackson among the second echelon rush linebackers. In the first echelon is Derrick Thomas, a finalist last year. Ranking alongside Jackson is Andre Tippett. But if you want to rank him with the pure pass rushers, he doesn't measure up to Richard Dent. And if you want to place him alongside the pure OLB's, I'd give Chuck Howley the nod over him. Does that mean he's undeserving and will never make it? No. He was a great player. In a year in which the competition is not that tough, I'd vote for him, and he could sneak in as a dark horse candidate.



"Derrick Thomas is definitely a first tier pass rusher, but I think Ricky Jackson ranks above Andre Tippett. O.K. he say, Ricky doesn't measure up to Richard Dent when it comes to pure pass rushers(I personally think he do), but Dent didn't have to cover RB and TEs either, if Ricky was a DE we wouldn't be having this conversation, he would've been compared to the likes of a Reggie White or a Bruce Smith. Now, Chuck Howley was truly a great one in his time, but Chuck didn't have all the responsibilities Ricky had, that's the thing about CITY CHAMP; he did everything great he had no weaknesses, Ricky rushed the passer, stuffed the run, and covered like a safety. Dr. Z said he could sneak in as a dark house, that's a shame because someone who played the game like Ricky Jackson should be automatic, I bet you if he would have played the game in the 50 or 60's he would've been in along time ago. I guess they appreciated warriors with gladiator hearts in days a lot more than they do today. Man, it just me off that he's not in."

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