You decide: Is Tony Gonzalez a Hall of Famer?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="thumbnail" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 13px 8px 8px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 600px; z-index: 1000;"><div class="holder" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; width: 1px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Tony Gonzalez" border="0" height="426" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-50fd8fc8/turbine/la-sp-sn-tony-gonzalez-20130121-001/600" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;" title="Tony Gonzalez" width="580" /><div class="small" style="font-size: 11px; margin-top: 6px; padding: 0px;">Tony Gonzalez walks off the field for perhaps the final time. <span class="credit">(<span class="photographer">John Bazemore / Associated Press</span>)</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #292727; float: left; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;"></div></span><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #292727; float: left; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;"><span class="byline" style="display: block;">By Houston Mitchell</span><div class="date" style="color: #930000; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0px;"><span class="dateString" style="display: inline;">January 21, 2013</span><span class="dateTimeSeparator" style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: white; display: inline; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-left: 6px;">, </span><span class="timeString" style="display: inline; text-transform: lowercase;">11:14 a.m.</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/football/atlanta-falcons-ORSPT000032.topic" id="ORSPT000032" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> tight end <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/football/tony-gonzalez-PESPT002661.topic" id="PESPT002661" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Tony Gonzalez">Tony Gonzalez</a> might have played in his final game Sunday. His team lost to the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/football/san-francisco-49ers-ORSPT000057.topic" id="ORSPT000057" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> in the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/football/national-football-league-ORSPT000007.topic" id="ORSPT000007" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="National Football League">NFL</a> championship game, and many are expecting him to call it a career.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">"It's probably the last time I'm going to wear that uniform," Gonzalez said after the Falcons' 28-24 loss. "I didn't want to take it off, to tell you the truth. All good things come to an end, and like I said all season long, this is probably my last one. What an unbelievable ride."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Gonzalez said throughout the season that he was 95% sure this would be it for him.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">He said he will discuss his plans with his family before making his final decision on retirement.<br /><br />"I'm not going to cry about it," Gonzalez said after the conclusion of his 16th season. "I walk away with the satisfaction I left everything, absolutely everything, every time I was on the field. I wish it would have culminated with the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/football/super-bowl-EVSPR000004.topic" id="EVSPR000004" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>, but it didn't."<br /><br />Gonzalez is second on the career receptions list with 1,242 and is the most decorated tight end in NFL history, ranking first at the position in catches, yards and touchdowns. Overall, he is sixth with 103 touchdown catches and seventh with 14,268 yards receiving yards.</div></div><script src="http://player.espn.com/player.js?&playerBrandingId=4ef8000cbaf34c1687a7d9a26fe0e89e&pcode=1kNG061cgaoolOncv54OAO1ceO-I&width=576&height=324&externalId=espn:8864908&thruParam_espn-ui[autoPlay]=false&thruParam_espn-ui[playRelatedExternally]=true"></script></div>

Tony Gonzalez You decide: Is Tony Gonzalez a Hall of Famer?

Tony Gonzalez walks off the field for perhaps the final time.  ( John Bazemore / Associated Press ) By Houston Mitchell January 21, 2013 ,  ...

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