NFL Honors Show and Hall of Fame Announcements

Tonight's a fairly significant night, in that the NFL will unveil both its season honors as well as this year's Hall of Fame inductees.

For the Bears, that means waiting with bated breath for the announcement that Orlando Pace will enter the Hall of Fame, despite that awful 2009 past-his-prime campaign. That is seriously the lone Bears' connection to this year's Hall of Fame class.

The Honors list holds just as much Bears' intrigue. Jared Allen is up as a finalist for this year's Salute to Service award opposite Vincent Jackson. For more on Allen's Homes for Wounded Warriors projects, click here.

Here's what's up for tonight's festivities:

NFL Honors Show and Hall of Fame Announcement:
Time: 9 PM ET / 8 PM CT
Channel: NBC (Pre-show extravaganza on NFL Network at 8 ET / 7 CT)

Awards:

AP Most Valuable Player

AP Coach of the year

AP Offensive player of the year

AP Defensive player of the year

AP Offensive rookie of the year

AP Defensive rookie of the year

AP Comeback player of the year

NFL Sportsmanship award

NFL.com Fantasy player of the year

Walter Payton NFL Man of the year

FedEx Air and Ground players of the year

Play of the year

Salute to service award

2015 Hall of Fame Finalists

Will Shields, Guard - 1993-2006 Kansas City Chiefs

Morten Andersen, Kicker - 1982-1994 New Orleans Saints, 1995-2000, 2006-07 Atlanta Falcons, 2001 New York Giants, 2002-03 Kansas City Chiefs, 2004 Minnesota Vikings

Jerome Bettis, Running Back - 1993-95 Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams, 1996-2005Pittsburgh Steelers

Tim Brown, Wide Receiver/Kick Returner/Punt Returner - 1988-2003 Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, 2004 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Don Coryell, Coach - 1973-77 St. Louis Cardinals, 1978 -1986 San Diego Chargers

Terrell Davis, Running Back - 1995-2001 Denver Broncos

Tony Dungy, Coach - 1996-2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2002-08 Indianapolis Colts

Kevin Greene, Linebacker/Defensive End - 1985-1992 Los Angeles Rams, 1993-95 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1996, 1998-99 Carolina Panthers, 1997 San Francisco 49ers

Charles Haley, Defensive End/Linebacker - 1986-1991, 1999 San Francisco 49ers, 1992-96Dallas Cowboys

Marvin Harrison, Wide Receiver - 1996-2008 Indianapolis Colts

Jimmy Johnson, Coach - 1989-1993 Dallas Cowboys, 1996- 99 Miami Dolphins

John Lynch, Free Safety - 1993-2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2004-07 Denver Broncos

Orlando Pace, Tackle - 1997-2008 St. Louis Rams, 2009 Chicago Bears

Junior Seau, Linebacker - 1990-2002 San Diego Chargers, 2003-05 Miami Dolphins, 2006-09 New England Patriots

Kurt Warner, Quarterback - 1998-2003 St. Louis Rams, 2004 New York Giants, 2005-09 Arizona Cardinals

(Senior Finalist) Mick Tingelhoff, center

(Contributor Finalist) Bill Polian, executive

(Contributor Finalist) Ron Wolf, executive

This is your open thread for tonight's events. As always, Open Thread Responsibly (TM).