For the seventh straight season, Hines Ward was a Hall of Fame semifinalist. And for the seventh straight season, Ward will not wind up in Canton, Ohio.
While that doesn’t impact the great career Ward had or how he’ll be remembered in Pittsburgh, he admits it’s frustrating to not have gotten that knock on his door yet.
Speaking with Jim Rome on The Jim Rome Podcast, Ward admitted it’s been a long wait, one that will continue at least another year.
“It’s frustrating,” he told Rome. “But I only can control what I can control.