NightLink: Freeney Endorses Dent

by Dane Noble on Jun 24, 2009 6:02 PM CDT Comment 23 comments

Many of us remain puzzled at the fact that Chicago Bears great Richard Dent has been bypassed several times for enshrinement into the NFL Hall of Fame. Dent recently got endorsed from another defensive powerhouse, Indianapolis Colts' Dwight Freeney.

If enough people make enough noise, eventually Dent will get the nod. Until then, guess it is just an unnecessary waiting game. Freeney on Dent:

"I grew up a Giants fan, but Richard Dent made me respect the Bears," Freeney wrote. "He was a dominant force on one of the most dominant defenses in the history of the NFL. When you think of the 1985 Bears defense, you think of two men: Mike Singletary and Richard Dent.

"And his stats speak for themselves. He had 137.5 sacks as a defensive end. The benchmark is 100. That’s like hitting 500 home runs in baseball. And everyone knows it’s not easy to play for a long time in this physical league, but he played for 15 seasons at a very high level."

How long before Dent gets voted in?

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Hopefully Next Year

It seems like they are going to make him wait and wait and wait and I do not understand why. I think maybe he needs a weak defensive crop for the voters to chose from.

by GallopingGhost on Jun 24, 2009 6:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I recall awhile ago

that there was a growing thought among voter that the Bears had too many enshrinees. Obviously, you cannot keep him out forever (or least we hope not), but it is possible they are making him wait.

If that is an issue, I wonder if they have considered that after all the ‘85 players that need to go in, have gone in, the Bears won’t have anymore inductees for some time, so they can put in as many Steelers or Cowboys as they like in that time.

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Jun 24, 2009 8:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

interesting thought

As a lions fan I have to ask you, since that team is there anyone who could be concidered for the HOF? Carrier? he was prett awesome for a long time and I do beleave when it’s all said and done you have 2 should be HOF’s on that team right now, I wonder /as a lions fan that is/ whats it like to have HOF’splay in front of you year after year? Pending injuries we have 1 and that is MEGATRON oh sorry guys I’m not on the “prideof detroit” that would be Calvin Johnson. I am Just curious about what the other teams fans in the old Norris Div. think.

by davis0169 on Jun 24, 2009 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol we know who Megatron is, since thus far he is your only offense...

Since we have yet to see how Kevin Smith, Stafford and Pettigrew. But Johnson needs Stafford to become at least a slightly better than average QB, since the odds are against him that he’ll win a Super Bowl in Detroit…

(Asshole Sr) "If you learn one thing here, NEVER pass out in Ohio."

by ThorCo on Jun 24, 2009 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Add a note

WCG, you bring up a good point. I think it might be that that team didn’t win more than one SB. Dent could be suffering from a team, at least on paper, should’ve won another title or two.

"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus

"Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!" - Homer

by propheteer on Jun 25, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow

Hello Bear nation, first off I have to state that I live in Michigan and am a DIE-Hard Lions fan so don’t hate on me too much. But how in the world can Richard Dent not be in there with most every other Bear from that 85 team? If ever there was a guy that you would think of as a shoe in it would be Dent as well as that entire D-line. And I’m not even a real bears fan, unless they are playing the Pack or the V-queens. I was in aw of that entire team from coaches to players, He must of ticked off some powerful people at some point after his career to not be in there. The guy was a beast; like most of that D-fence. I’m just saying Someone on this site should start a petition to get him the attention he so justly deserves. And on a side note I give you guys my condolences on trading for that crybaby from Denver, Watch out for my Lions this year also we are going to restore the roar again this year. This isn’t the same franchise that has been getting beet up on for the last 8 years, we finally got rid of our achilies heal (MILLEN) and it only took 8 years and the first ever 0-16 team to do it.

by davis0169 on Jun 24, 2009 10:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

ROFL

And on a side note I give you guys my condolences on trading for that crybaby from Denver, Watch out for my Lions this year also we are going to restore the roar again this year.

BWAHHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA

So since you guys are a new team will there be less of this kind of fan pride?

I'm teaching fools some basic rules.- MR.T

by Ditkavsworld on Jun 25, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Spelling… grammar… maybe it is Detroit, after all. Sorry, fella.

"They tried to take out the quarterback, and if they managed that, they tried to take out the backup." - Bears SB20 TE Emery Moorehead, on the mentality of *that* defense

by Spongie on Jun 25, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's just say,

I look forward to the day I change my WCG name.

by rdent4hof on Jun 25, 2009 8:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

was waiting for you to chime in...

thought you’d be the first one to reply, especially since i originally assumed that you posted it!!!

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

by windycity72 on Jun 25, 2009 8:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually I did post a comment about it yesterday.

I just haven’t motivated myself to do a FanPost yet.

But since you were waiting, what a FREAKIN, FRIGGEN, F***** joke. Outside of Reggie White, No one did it better during Dent’s career. He was absolutely dominant for years. The article also says, Dent invented the slap rip “where he used his outside hand to slap at the off. tackle before ripping past him with his inside arm.” I’m not sure if that is completely accurate, but his slap rip was truly a thing of beauty. And if you did not game plan around him, you paid for it ALLDAY.

Dent will get in to the HOF. I have no doubt in my mind (though its bonkers he hasn’t yet).

The Bears I do feel are deserving of the Hall, but will not get there imo: Wilber Marshall, Steve McMicheal and J. Hilgenberg.

by rdent4hof on Jun 25, 2009 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought I saw on NFLN

Top 10 Pass Rushers that Deacon Jones invented the slap on the side of the helmet but Dent certainly did use to perfection.

by GallopingGhost on Jun 25, 2009 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Omg.

I just realized what your username means. Lol. Wow. I feel dumb. I had never figured it out until just now – when it hit me like a train. Hahahaha.

"A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year." - Walter Payton

by HoneyBear on Jun 25, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't feel dumb

But WOW that’s funny…. LMAO!

Hey, at least you know now.

by rdent4hof on Jun 25, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

One of the biggest problems for Dent getting in, in my opinion, were Ditka's comments

When he played for him, Ditka rarely complimented Dent. Supposedly, he thought he didn’t give a good effort all the time and it was his way of “motivating” Richard. Who knows, maybe it worked. He used to refer to him as “Robert” just to get under his skin as a way of saying he wasn’t playing hard enough to be called his real name. That was a pretty highly publicized action when it happened and I think it left a black mark on Dent’s career.

by BearFan611 on Jun 25, 2009 11:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Richard Dent

he stops the run, he stops the pass, puts all QBs on their ass … and the dude is a pimp! David Garrard, JaMarcus Russell … you’ve got nothing on Dent!

Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.

by junkhorse on Jun 25, 2009 11:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Awesome

One part Shaft, one part Indiana Jones and two part Bad Mother F*****.

by rdent4hof on Jun 25, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i remember running into him... or closer to the truth,

…running into his chest!!! i remember looking up, then looking further up… and lo and behold… RICHARD F’IN DENT!!! about a year after sweetness died(i still can’t believe it’s 10yrs), some of the ‘85 team had a bit of an impromptu reunion at this nightclub on wells. duerson was there, fencik, oh yah, who could forget kevin butler’s wife!!!

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

by windycity72 on Jun 25, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs