John Lynch and Tony Dungy named Hall of Fame semifinalists

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will once again have two Hall of Fame candidates this year, and they'll be the same two people we saw last year: both Tony Dungy and John Lynch have been named semi-finalists in the selection process for the  2016 Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Lynch and Dungy have a chance to make it into the Hall of Fame. It will be Dungy's second attempt, and he came close to getting in last year. Lynch will have a tougher case given that he's already spent years on the sidelines, but Buccaneers.com posted an excellent article arguing that he should get in a couple of months ago.

Simeon Rice was also on the list of 108 initial nominees, but did not make the cut down to 25 semi-finalists. The next step will be cutting down to 15 finalists in January, before deciding on the five modern-day nominees who will make it into the Hall of Fame. They'll potentially be joined by senior candidates Ken Stabler and Dick Stanfel as well as contributor Edward DeBartolo Jr.