Seahawks great Kenny Easley gives awesome HOF speech

Kenny Easley became the fourth member of the Seattle Seahawks to join the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player this weekend. His speech was magnificent. What else would you expect?

On Friday, Kenny Easley joined three other Seahawks in the pro football Hall. Steve Largent, Walter Jones and Cortez Kennedy predated him. The only reason Easley was not enshrined in Canton earlier was probably the relative short length of his career. Seven years. But Easley made those seven years matter.

During Easley’s speech on Saturday, he spoke passionately about several topics. His speech matched his playing style: intense and controlled. Easley made the argument more safeties should be in the Hall of Fame. Probably keeping in mind two current Seahawks that will be coming up behind him, Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor.

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Easley also said he thinks the greatest safety ever was Ronnie Lott. Obviously, it is difficult to argue with Easley on this. Both players were contemporaries in college and the pros. Easley played at UCLA and Lott at USC. Then both players played on the west coast, though for teams that accomplished vastly different things. Easley’s teams attempted to make the playoffs. Lott’s teams tried, and succeeded, to win Super Bowls. Easley was clear on who he thought was the best

"In the last 30 years there has been no better thumper, ball-hawking, fiercely competitive or smarter defensive back in the NFL than Ronnie Lott. He was the best. There, it’s settled, and because I said so."

On one current issue, Easley did not hold back. And good for him. Easley said black-on-black violence needs to stop, but so do police shootings. To this, Easley stated

"Black lives do matter, and all lives matter, too. But the carnage affecting young black men today from random violence to police shooting across this nation has to stop. We’ve got to stand up as a country, as black Americans and fight the good fight to protect our youth and our American constitutional right not to die while driving or walking the streets black in America."

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Whether one agrees with his view points or not, any 12 should be proud that Easley was not afraid to speak his mind. Just as he was not afraid to doll out punishment on the football field. There are more Seahawks who will join the pro football Hall of Fame. Easley will help get some of them in.