Jared Allen did have better career numbers, and more individual accolades. He played 13 more games than Rice.

Edit: Allen was great, but he had that peak year of 22 sacks as well that people remember, and the rest of his career was probably not as good as a player like Rice. It's a tougher debate and I end up doing mental gymnastics a bit.

Simeon Rice vs. Jared Allen: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison | Stathead.com https://share.google/vnVGL1gjhXUhE0PHz

Sapp was an all-time great, so it is extremely hard to make a Hall of Fame case for Simeon. But I’m sort of upset that Jared Allen got in. Does Simeon have to better numbers than Jared Allen?

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I agree to a point, I mentioned how stacked that Tampa defense was with 4 hall of famers plus Rice.  But the same argument could/should be made for Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis and I think Mathis makes it to the HoF before Rice, and Freeney is already in.

Edit: also, yeah Sapp was a BEAST lol