He will get in but again I think the standards are weak, they are so weak that now the league is going back and readjusting for the past (guys like Gilmore and McGinnis, both of whom I like a lot, getting in after all these years). Howard racked up a lot of accolades at a time when the position was paper thin. Today it's back to being pretty robust and no one even thinks about him. He did have a dominant stretch when I think you could look at him as a top 2 or 3 player in the league but it was short, then he had a couple more years where he was very good. Overall he has not realized his potential and never grew in a way that would ensure he'd stay nearly as relevant into his old age. When I think HOF I think about players like Howard in his prime who play at that level or close to it over about ten seasons.