Bill Polian Ron Wolf chosen as Hall of Fame finalists

The announced in August that a special "contributor" category to the voting proce s, starting with next year's cla s. We've learned the first two nominees. Former general managers Bill Polian and Ron Jose Iglesias Jersey Wolf were both chosen Wednesday as finalists for the Hall's Cla s of 2015. They will need 80 percent of the vote from voters on January 31. Polian is well known for building Dan Straily Jersey up three different franchises as a personnel chief: The 90's , the expansion , and the during most of the era. Polian's sometimes contentious relationship with the media didn't hurt him in the proce s. "Wow! I don't know what to say. ," Polian said Wednesday via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Charean Williams.Wolf worked under Al Davis in Oakland from 1963-1990, with a notably frustrating three-year run with the expansion from 1975-1978. Wolf then was hired as general manager in Green Bay in 1991, where two of his biggest early Mark Trumbo Jersey moves were to hire coach Mike Holmgren and trade for Brett Favre. Wolf's Jonathan Schoop Jersey scouting methods and ways of running a personnel department are still widely used around the NFL. Williams and eight other voters spent Wednesday going through eleven po sible nominees, including former GM Gil Brandt, who now works with NFL Media. Only nine contributors have been selected in the last 49 years of voting, and the trend. Polian and Wolf e sentially will not be competing "against" modern era players to be inducted. They will Chance Sisco Jersey be finalists, and considered separately from the players. Much like the senior's committee nominees, Polian and Wolf should both have a solid chance to be chosen. The latest Around The NFL Podcast discu ses the top 10 for 2014. Find more Around The NFL content on .