Undrafted in 1999 out of North Texas, Brian Waters defied the odds to become a successful Offensive Guard in the National Football League, most notably with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he was named to five Pro Bowls (plus one more with New England) and made two First Team All-Pro teams. The 2009 Walter Payton Man of the Year winner is historically the only AFC Offensive Lineman to have won an Offensive Player of the Week Award.

Making four consecutive Pro Bowls and a First Team All-Pro Selection, Asante Samuel was an integral part of a pair of Super Bowl Championships for the New England Patriots. Samuel led the National Football League in Interceptions twice, had 51 overall, and became one of the more recognized Defensive Backs in the NFL.

A former Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year at the University of Texas, Casey Hampton was drafted 19^th overall in 2001 by the Pittsburgh Steelers, which would be the only team that he would ever play for professionally. 

Hampton would become the starting Nose Tackle as a rookie and would hold that role until he retired after 2012.  Hampton was never an All-Pro, but he was selected to the Pro Bowl five times.  The former Longhorn was a steady anchor for Pittsburgh’s defense, which was the main reason that they won Super Bowl XL and XLIII.

At one point, we here at Notinhalloffame.com debated openly that Donovan McNabb played himself out of the Hall of Fame, with horrific stints in Washington and Minnesota, but if he had won that Super Bowl (the one he threw up in), would that discussion even be held?

What we have here is a six-time Pro Bowler who was a legitimate dual-threat with his legs and arm and was constantly in the top ten annually in key offensive stats for pivots, but again was mostly considered at the top of the second tier of QBs, or at the very best the lower end of the elite.  He may not have won that Super Bowl, but he took Philly to the NFC Championship multiple times, without having a top-flight receiver (save for that one year with Owens).  He could pass, he could run, but he was always polarizing, and based on his votes here, he remians in that dubious category.

Without question, McNabb made the Eagles better for years, but that failure to win the Super Bowl will be what many decision-makers will point at should they keep him out.