This is a weak ass move to me.
		
		
	 
If his late career "plays him out the Hall Of Fame", that means he was never going in anyway.
Anybody else with the first decade of their career comparable to Russell's, is locked in.
How is the end of Aaron Rodgers' career going? What was the end of Favre's career like, and speaking of Favre, talk about a guy who had virtually all his success in the beginning...
Marino wasn't bouncing team to team but did he have some stellar ending?
A lot of what's happening to Russ is on him, similar to Basketball Russ, in an underrated way. He doesn't work well with others and alienates people around him. Whether teammates, coaches, etc. But lets stay keeping it real, somebody had to QB the team with the legendary defense. I'm the biggest LOB Homer there is, yall know I stand on, 
LOB is THE greatest defense in NFL history...
But name me a legendary defense that didn't have a legendary QB outside of the '85 Bears. Was Bradshaw a great QB (for his era), or was he carried by an iconic defense? Or does that only apply to Russ?
Russ should get into Canton. If he doesn't, no tears from me, this man gets to fukk on Ciara the rest of his life, has a net worth of $165 million, and has a Super Bowl ring. I won't be shedding tears if he doesn't get in...
But if the question is 'should' he get in, absolutely fukking yes. In his prime you're only undebatably putting the last stretches of Manning, Brady, Rodgers, and Brees over him. Russ was certainly better than everybody's new HOF guy Stat fukking Padford!
	
		
	
	
		
		
			Richard Sherman, the man who only lined up on one side of the field and not have to worry about facing the opponent's best WR each week because of it, always running his mouth.
His success is a byproduct of his other 10 teammates as well as the defensive scheme of their defensive coaches.
Russell Wilson's contributions to the Seahawks success extremely outshine Sherman's contributions.
		
		
	 
All the pieces worked because of each other but we not taking nothing away from Sherman. All-Time great corner on the greatest defense to ever exist.
Russ also deserves his flowers for the LOB run, somebody had to be the QB. 
But if I was making an argument for LOB contributions over Russ, its that when LOB was in the midst of the greatest defensive run ever (4x consecutive #1 scoring defense 2012-15; still #3 scoring defense in '16), the Hawks went to two Super Bowls and had a .700 win percentage (11.2 wins/year), with an 8-4 playoff record---->when the Hawks declined and Russ was a legit Top 5 QB 2017-21 (and he ascended to Top 5 level in '15), the Hawks were still a .615 win percentage (9.8 wins per16), but missed the playoffs twice and had a 1-3 playoff record. 
	
		
	
	
		
		
			Russ once threw 4 interceptions in a playoff game and they still one. Sherman is correct.
		
		
	 
Russ also threw the game winning touchdown. LOB absolutely kept them in that game, but Russ threw the game winning touchdown.