CANTON, Ohio — Something was missing when the name Ken Stabler was called out at Thursday's Pro Football Hall of Fame Gold Jacket ceremony for the Class of 2016.
Not counting the jacket itself — we'll get back to that — the proceedings did not include Stabler, who died from colon cancer July 8, 2015. He was passed over as a Hall of Fame Candidate since first eligible in 1990, including three times as a finalist (1991, 1992, 2003).