There may be a Silver and Black presence at the Pro Football Hall of Fame next summer for the second straight year, righting another long-standing wrong.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday that late Raiders wide receiver Cliff Branch is the senior committee nominee to be voted on next February. He will need 80 percent of the voting committee’s approval. As a senior committee nominee, Branch will not be going against any other competition.
Traditionally, the senior committee nominee gets voted in. That’s how Raiders’ legendary quarterback Ken Stabler was elected in 2016. So Branch has an excellent chance of being voted into the Canton, Ohio, museum.