Spots in the NFL Hall-of-Fame are reserved for the best of the best. They are reserved for those athletes who dedicated their entire lives to their craft and somehow managed to rise above the rest. The odds of players having a Hall-of-Fame caliber career are slim. The chances of actually being selecte

Spots in the NFL Hall-of-Fame are reserved for the best of the best. They are reserved for those athletes who dedicated their entire lives to their craft and somehow managed to rise above the rest. The odds of players having a Hall-of-Fame caliber career are slim. The chances of actually being selected are even less. However Ed Oliver Jersey , if the players have the right mix of talent, heart and luck, they may one day sport the coveted gold jacket.Determining the odds an NFL player will make the Hall is difficult. Every year a Selection Committee--comprising of 46 media members from around the United States--gather like a fellowship to elect new Hall-of-Fame members. The Committee doesn't have to meet a quota when determining entrants as they can select any number of players, but have usually elected between six and seven dating back to 2005. The largest class the Committee inducted was in 1963, which held 17 members.The selection process is strenuous and seemingly random, as you can see by the following list. Unlike Baseball, numbers don't always determine an NFL's players chance to be inducted Cody Ford Jersey , although, yes it plays a big part. Players like Greg Lloyd and Terrell Davis didn't destroy the record books. Other players may have been great on the field, but even better off it, which helps their candidacy. I suppose in Baseball, this would be called padding the numbers. So maybe, after all, there are similarities between the sport's selection process...but I digress.In any case Devin Singletary Jersey , padding the numbers makes the process tedious, sometimes biased and most certainly not always fair. Some questionable players have entered the Hall, while many deserving players have been left out. And it is the latter that will examine today. Again, I did not use a statistical formula to determine who should make the cut, but you will notice that each player is examined on an individual basis and often compared with others at their position who did make it. While this may not be the most fair representation of a worthy candidate, it may be the best we have. Raiders cornerback Nevin Lawson announced on social media that he tested positive for a performance enhancing drug and will miss the first four games.The NFL suspended Lawson, who said he unknowingly took ostarine.According to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) Dawson Knox Jersey , “ostarine is not approved for human use or consumption in the U.S., or in any other country, [and] there are no legal medications that contain ostarine.” USADA lists 72 products on the high-risk list that contain ostarine, and 19 products contain ostarine but do not declare it on the label.Lawson posted his statement Monday night:“I love my teammates, cherish the privilege of playing professional football for the Oakland Raiders organization and look forward to starting my sixth NFL season with passion and hunger. That is why it is so difficult for me to stomach what I recently learned, which will lead to me being suspended for the first four games of the 2019 NFL season.“Despite being very cautious about what I put into my body, I discovered that a test determined that I ingested something that is on the NFL’s banned substance list. Specifically Brian Burns Jersey , that substance is Ostarine, which I have never knowingly taken.“Unfortunately, it does not matter, as I am responsible for knowing every single ingredient that goes into my body, and I apparently failed in this regard. This disappointing and temporary setback says nothing about my constant drive and daily commitment to be a better player and human being, a priority of mine which will continue for the rest of my life.“I want to apologize to my family, my teammates Greg Little Jersey , my fans and the entire Raiders organization that trusted I would be on the field Week One and for the entire 2019 NFL season. I can only promise to give my all when I am permitted to return to the field and will take even extra care in ensuring that no impermissible substances are consumed in the future.”Lawson, who signed a one-year deal worth up to $3.05 million in the offseason, has 54 career starts. The Raiders’ depth chart has him on the third team, though the team might have listed Lawson there knowing he would miss four games.Gareon Conley and Daryl Worley are expected to start, with Lamarcus Joyner covering the slot. Trayvon Mullen and Nick Nelson are the top backups.