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2012 Pro Football Hall Of Fame Passes On Former Raiders WR Tim Brown

Former Raiders wide receiver Tim Brown, who played in LA from his rookie season in 1988, played through the move to Oakland in 1995 and left the team in 2003, let it be known via Twitter that the NFL Hall of Fame passed on him again and that he wasn't happy about it.

Raider nation!! Don't bother to watch tonight they passed on me again!! In fact, no wrs made it again. Gotta get some of y'all in there!! 19 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

Brown holds a few Raiders franchise records, including his with 14,734 receiving yards, 99 touchdowns and 1,070 receptions. Brown's 14,934 career receiving yards places him in fourth place in the history of the league behind Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens and Isaac Bruce. He's ahead of Randy Moss, Marvin Harrison and James Lofton. The only wide receivers in the top 10 to be in the Hall of Fame are Lofton and Rice.

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