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Adam Schefter says Mike Shanahan is a ‘no-brainer’ for Hall of Fame

Wait, Mike Shanahan isn’t in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

Current Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton assumed Shanahan wasn’t in yet because he wasn’t eligible. Shanahan is eligible, and a Hall of Fame nod is long overdue. ESPN’s Adam Schefter believes Canton could be calling soon.

Shanahan, who has not coached since 2013, more than meets the qualifications of being out of pro football for five years. And after winning two Super Bowls as head coach and one as an assistant, and coordinating two of the first six offenses to score 500 points, one should wonder why he is not in the Hall.

Thankfully, Schefter makes it very clear why, in 2025, the buck stops here for Shanahan and the Hall.

“I do know, having been a voter for four or five years in the past, that if I were in that room, you would have my undivided support,” Schefter said during a recent episode of his podcast with Shanahan, via Aric DiLalla of DenverBroncos.com. “And I certainly hope there are enough other people that also feel that way.

“Again, when you have the records that you do, the marks that you set, the championships that you have, the MVPs you coached and the coaching tree you produced, this should be, to me, if you don’t mind me saying, a no-brainer.”

While Schefter can only do so much, seeing those in the media campaign for such a legendary and innovative coach is a positive development, and Shanahan might now have the momentum to finally reach Canton as a member of the 2025 class.

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