HOUSTON - On Saturday morning, the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 48-member selection committee will gather in a room at the George R. Brown Convention Center to pick the class of 2017 for Canton.
Most, though not all, committee members are sportswriters. Hall of Famers James Lofton and Dan Fouts are also members. We will spend between seven and eight hours in that room discussing the 15 modern-era finalists, including former Eagles Brian Dawkins and Terrell Owens, senior committee nominee Kenny Easley and the two nominees in the “contributor’’ category - Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue.