If Bill Belichick has to wait a year so 49ers’ Roger Craig makes the Hall of Fame, that’s a no-brainer

I reacted with puzzlement and amazement when the news broke that former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick will not be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot.

In the days since, I’ve done an about-face. If Belichick has to get snubbed for Roger Craig to be enshrined, I’m OK with it.

Same with Ken Anderson and L.C. Greenwood.

It doesn’t mean it’s right or just.

When the voting system pits someone who is an all-time great in a strategic sense against an athlete who put his blood...