Mark Gastineau, Ron McDole for HOVG

[bachslunch]

Two DEs not in, with honors:

Mark Gastineau (4/5/none)
Ron McDole (4/2/allAFL)

[JuggernautJ]

The Dancing Bear also holds the record for most interceptions for a defensive lineman with 12.

[sluggermatt15]

Joe Klecko was inducted last year. Why not Gastineau this year? He's an excellent nominee!

[sheajets]

Gastineau received some horrible health news of late(dementia, Alzheimers AND Parkinsons), butbefore then I was happy to see him put his life back together. Can't say I was very fond of his personality and showboating. He was a ME guy who was never well liked in the locker room.

However as a pure player, you could make a very strong case for him being in the actual HOF.

1982 Defensive Player of the year

1980 - 11.5 sacks
1981 - 20
1982 - 6 (projected 10.5)
1983 - 19
1984 - 22
1985 - 13.5

He was an All-Pro 5x during that stretch.

Heck he was even leading the league in sacks in 1988. 7 sacks in 7 games.

To me the 6 season stretch of pure dominance between 1980-1985 should get him in, but he was just so disliked by everybody around the league

[sluggermatt15]

I would also vote a "yes" for Ron McDole. He doesn't have as many flashy numbers as Gastineau or Klecko, but still achieved impressive feats - most INTs by a DL, 2 championships, one of the seventy greatest Redskins, etc.