Favre a Hall finalist

To no one’s surprise, Brett Favre is among the 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  The list was pared on Thursday night and the former Packers great is expected to be a slam dunk, first ballot inductee when the class of 2016 is voted upon and announced the day before Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, California.   Favre is joined by two other first timers on the list of finalists, Terrell Owens and Alan Faneca.  Former linebacker and Green Bay assistant coach Kevin Greene also made the cut again.  Others on the list include Kurt Warner, Marvin Harrison and former coaches Don Coryell and Tony Dungy.