Bobby Bufford
Banned
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2019
- Messages
- 701
- Reaction score
- 153
- Points
- 43
https://www.steelers.com/news/asked-and-answered-june-4
Is it just me, or are some of these questions dumb? And answering them takes no wisdom or insight.
This one's not bad though...
I have a game-worn and signed 99 jersey, but even I know he didn't have the production over a long enough span to make the Hall. And, it hurt that he ate himself out of top performance. 260 is one thing, 290 is another for an ILB.
Is it just me, or are some of these questions dumb? And answering them takes no wisdom or insight.
This one's not bad though...
NICHOLAS PELCHAR FROM PURCELLVILLE, VA: Do you think that Levon Kirkland belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame? He is my favorite Steelers linebacker. Along with defensive end size for his time, he covered tight ends.
ANSWER: I don’t want to come across as someone who is disparaging Levon Kirkland’s Steelers’ career, but he simply was not a Pro Football Hall of Fame caliber player. That’s not to say that Kirkland didn’t have some very good seasons, and in the 32 regular season games of the 1996-97 seasons Kirkland had nine sacks, six interceptions, and three forced fumbles, plus another three interceptions in four playoff games those years. But doing that for a couple of years doesn’t constitute Hall of Fame production.
I have a game-worn and signed 99 jersey, but even I know he didn't have the production over a long enough span to make the Hall. And, it hurt that he ate himself out of top performance. 260 is one thing, 290 is another for an ILB.

