David Baker announced earlier this week that plans are in the works for a special Centennial Class of 20 inductees for 2020. Pending approval from the Hall’s board of directors Aug. 2 Jordan Scarlett Jersey , seniors candidates will take 10 spots on the ballot.Five modern-era candidates, two coaches and three contributors will make up the rest of the class.Baker, though, did not provide details on who will select the seniors, coaches and contributors. Clark Judge of Talk of Fame Sports Network suggested a blue-ribbon panel.Normally David Montgomery Jersey , five of the nine members of the seniors committee meet at the end of August to decide the seniors candidate(s), while five of the nine members of the contributors committee do the same to decide the contributor finalist(s). Judge polled the nine seniors committee members about their three favorites, and the straw vote came up with 14 names. Duke Slater and Maxie Baughan (pictured) were clear favorites, with Alex Karras, Cliff Branch and Ken Riley “not far behind http://www.bearsfootballauthentics.com/riley-ridley-jersey-authentic ,” Judge reports. Drew Pearson, Al Wistert, Randy Gradishar, Mike Curtis, Jimbo Covert Shareef Miller Jersey , Tommy Nobis, Joe Klecko, Chuck Howley and Cliff Harris also were mentioned.Slater was the first African-American lineman in NFL history and one of the top linemen of his era. He was the only African-American player in the NFL in 1927 and 1929. He made All-Pro six times and never missed a game for injury.Slater was a Hall of Fame finalist in 1970 and ’71.Baughan made the Pro Bowl nine games and seven times was named All-Pro during his first 10 seasons with the Eagles and the Rams. The linebacker is a member of the Eagles’ Hall of Fame but has never made the list of finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.Wistert, Pearson and Harris were first-team all-decade selections, with Harris the only one of the seven first-team all-decade selections missing from the Hall of Fame who ever has made the list of finalists. Harris was a modern-era finalist in 2004. The Lions said in February that they were still figuring out what they wanted to do with guard T.J. Lang and they announced their decision on Friday.Lang has been released after two seasons with the team. General Manager Bob Quinn and head coach Matt Patricia released a statement thanking Lang for his efforts.“We would like to personally thank T.J. Lang for his two seasons with the Lions. He represented everything you could want from a football player and team captain. We all publicly saw him perform on the field at a very high level http://www.eaglesfootballauthentics.com/zach-brown-jersey-authentic , but what was seen in the building every day was a player who had great leadership, professionalism and passion for the game of football. It meant a lot for T.J. to play in his home city and we have the utmost respect for him as a man. We wish T.J. and his family all the best in the future.”Lang played 13 games in his first season with Detroit, but head and neck injuries limited him to six games last season. He was set to make $8.25 million during the 2019 season and have a cap number over $11.5 million. The Lions will get over $8.8 million of that space back by moving on without Lang.