Like I said, there's just too many intangibles for him to be HOF material. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets it though. Of the major sports leagues, only baseball's HOF is prestigious, where you have to prove you're the best of the best.
What do you mean by “intangibles”? Just list your reasons you think keeps him from the HOF. Then I’ll list all the reasons he gets in. His list of NFL records is pretty long not including his top five and top ten positions in almost every stat...
Problem with the baseball HOF is it’s so stats driven. I mean I know baseball loves their stats, but stats don’t define best. And of course now that they’re not letting steroid guys in, even if most of their career was before steroids were against the rules, they’re really losing the ability to claim it’s the best players, or that they’re telling the story of baseball.
Fact is Roethlisberger was a gamer. Not just in the stats but in the sheer guts. No losing seasons. 3 trips to the big dance. Lots of crazy 4th quarter drives. And just plain fun to watch. The only question to me is 1st ballot or not. Given the off the field stuff I’d say not 1st ballot.