Zac Taylor goes above and beyond endorsing former Bengals great for Pro Football Hall of Fame induction
Ken Anderson receives a resounding endorsement from Bengals HC Zac Taylor.
Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson is one of three senior finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2026, and the current coach of the Bengals, Zac Taylor, couldn’t be happier about it.
“Huge fan of Ken Anderson,” Taylor said Wednesday. “He’s always been great to me through good times and bad. He’s an example of a guy when we’ve struggled, who was there still supporting me, genuinely supporting me and our team and the direction we’re headed, and I genuinely appreciate people like that.”
Anderson is one of five senior finalists up for induction, including former Patriots coach Bill Belichick and Pats owner Robert Kraft. But if it were up to Taylor, Anderson would’ve been in yesterday.
Zac Taylor heavily endorses Ken Anderson’s Hall of Fame bid
Anderson has been a long-time Hall of Fame hopeful for being one of the most accurate passers in NFL history. The four-time Pro Bowler led the league in completion percentage in three different years. He retired with the fourth-highest completion rate at 59.3% amongst long-term starters.
Add in the rest of the accolades, which Taylor is well aware of, and you have yourself a clear Hall of Fame candidate.
“He absolutely should have been in the Hall of Fame a long time ago,” Taylor said. “He should absolutely be in now. I mean, statistically, he’s in a better position than a lot of people that are in it. NFL MVP, Man of the Year, led his team to the Super Bowl. I mean, all the great performances, the completion percentage, everything he’s done, statistically, he should be in it right now. So this year is the year he absolutely, absolutely, should be in it.
“If he’s not, then it’s a shame.”
Anderson has been here before. The voting committee has rejected his case twice before only to bring him back in a stacked group of finalists. Ken Riley, one of Anderson’s greatest teammates, made it through posthumously as a senior inductee in 2023. Riley is one of only two Bengals immortalized in Canton, OH along with Anthony Munoz.
Anderson can make it three with enough votes in the coming months. He’s got a strong advocate coaching his former team.
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