An expanded process might offer an opportunity for former Green Bay Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and don't count out former coach Mike Holmgren, nor Cecil Isbell, a star from early Packers history.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Wednesday a list of 12 finalists for both its Seniors Committee and Coach/Contributor Committee selections for the Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
Of those 12, three from the seniors group — players whose careers ended in 1996 or earlier and are thus no longer eligible for "modern era" selection — and one from the coach/contributor group will be forwarded to the Hall of Fame Selection committee for consideration.