{"id":1515,"date":"2024-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/antonio-gates-misses-hall-of-fame-cut-nfl-chargers\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:00:00","slug":"antonio-gates-misses-hall-of-fame-cut-nfl-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/antonio-gates-misses-hall-of-fame-cut-nfl-chargers\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Gates Misses Hall Of Fame Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n Antonio Gates<\/strong><\/a> will have to wait at least 12 more months for his gold jacket … TMZ Sports<\/strong> has learned the NFL legend did NOT make this year’s Hall of Fame cut.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Our sources tell us when officials made calls Thursday morning to inform finalists and their reps if they got the green light or not to Canton … Gates received bad news.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n It’s, of course, shocking … as most pundits believed the 43-year-old was definitely deserving of the first-ballot nod.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n After all, the ex-tight end compiled 11,841 receiving yards on 955 catches … while recording 116 total touchdowns. According to Pro Football Reference’s Hall of Fame Monitor<\/strong><\/a> metric system, only three tight ends in the history of the league — Tony Gonzalez<\/strong><\/a>, Rob Gronkowski<\/strong><\/a> and Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/a> — were more deserving of a bust.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Gates himself certainly appeared to think he was in … he told us back in November he believed he and Julius Peppers<\/strong><\/a> were going to get the call.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n