I seriously don't get the Namath thing myself. He's essentially in the HOF for making a guarantee of a Super Bowl win. A game he pretty much Trent Dilfer'd his team to a win in. In the modern era they at least have the guts to hand the MVP award to one of the Jets Defensive players, or at least Matt Snell, instead of Namath.
He had a couple seasons he threw for a lot of Yards in the AFL, and also a ton of Interceptions.
There's probably a handful of QB's who played around his era who put up better numbers and will probably never get a sniff of the HOF, and somehow Namath slipped right in with little resistence.
Outside of the relative difficulty of the card, I don't understand why it's such a holy grail of the hobby.
Maybe compare him to Johnny Mize or Lou Brock (no slouches), but Mantle is a head-scratcher for me.
Not that it's not a valid question as his cards ARE very extremely sought after compared to others of his era. I just don't quite get it.
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11-27-2015, 06:56 PM
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