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Hall of Fame recipient Terrell Owens has not been in the Hall of Fame yet and he still has no plans to leave.
“This past weekend was a further indication of why I would not go,” Owens told Bob Glauber News Day. ‘No respect for anyone who came in, but I just do not understand the process. Calvin Johnson climbs [on the first ballot]. It has nothing to do with Calvin himself. The man was an animal. But there is no justification [receivers Torry Holt and Reggie Wayne] who did equal or greater things. ”
Johnson’s election on the first ballot remains confusing, as he has spent only nine seasons in the NFL and has never played for a team that won a playoff game. He is 32nd on the list of all time, well behind Wayne and Holt.
Yes, Johnson was dominant in his day. He holds the singles season record, with 1,964. And he achieved that distinction in 2012 with a Lions team that won four games and lost 12.
Owens, who advanced to Canton on the third try but had to make it for the first time, boycotted the ceremony and held his own event at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.