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Personally, I just get tired of King's constant praising of the Patriots- for once Billick was right on something. All the talk of them doing it "the right way" with "no egos" eventually wears me down- I know they have won 3 Super Bowls, enough already :frusty:
As for Monk, even as a big fan, he is a tough case. Not talking to the media does hurt you (just look at Jim Rice in baseball). Also, Monk never had that one big play at one big moment like Swann- the Super Bowl catch vs. the Cowboys helped pull him in. But if big game performances was the ONLY thing that let you in, Bob Horry would be in there in a heartbeat.
Still, Monk deserves to be in no matter what King says. He has the numbers, he was a respected WR during his prime years (ask the Broncos or Bills over whether they prepped for him), and he set a record of which took over a decade to break in a non pass-happy era. That has to stand for something. In a way, Monk personifies the kind of team first guy King just loooooooves in the Pats- quiet, does his job well, performs and goes home.
And that's all I have to say on that.