Photo Essay    Bud Light    Top 10 candidates for Hall of Fame
induction  The list of nominees for the 2012 Hall of Fame Class
was released Wednesday, with some new names, old names, and guys
you might have never heard of.  Picking the 10 best candidates
out of 103 is a task only a tad easier than doing the power
rankings. What makes narrowing the field challenging is taking
into account each player, coach or contributor's impact on the
league. As an NFL historian, I take it very seriously. Saying
that Jerome Bettis is not deserving of top-10 status is not a
whimsical statement. He was fantastic, but never the NFL’s best
running back.  While that bar might seem too high, gauging a
player's Hall of Fame credentials lends itself to some tough
scrutiny. Sterling Sharpe and Sam Mills got left behind. But the
hardest cuts were former Atlanta tackle Mike Kenn and Buffalo's
Mr. Do-It-All, Steve Tasker. Tasker, the greatest special-teamer
of all-time, made it to 11th, getting beat by a player who also
had his initial