CANTON, Ohio — Jared Allen's going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame today, achieving the greatest individual honor you can reach in the sport. And as that began to dawn on him, it became clearer with the perspective that age brings.

Being part of a great team was always the point.

As he considered where his bust would reside from steps away earlier this summer, the legendary defensive end thought about two seasons in particular. He led the league and nearly set a single-season record with 22.0 sacks in 2011 — for a 3-13 Vikings team.

Four years later, he fought through injuries and recorded a grand total of 2.0 of his 136.0 career sacks as a bit player for a Panthers team that went 15-1 and made it to a Super Bowl in the town where he grew up.

For all the quarterbacks he tackled and

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