ESPN's NFL Live: Monk should be in the HOF

[Cush]

they were just talking about the new candidates for the Hall Of Fame & said that Art Monk should already be in.

[RedskinRat]

No disagreements here. I think it's a joke he's not.

[Gmanc711]

I agree. Unfortunatley, I dont think he'll get in for at least another few years, because of all the first ballot guys that are coming up. The day he goes in, will be the first time I'll actually watch the hall of fame ceremony.

[aehs77]

Russ Grimm and Joe Jacoby are also on the list this year

[cpayne5]

The guy held a couple records when he retired! No reason why he shouldn't be in the HOF.

OT: Anyone else notice they let Jerry Rice have Steve Largent's #80?

[monk81]

Originally Posted by cpayne5

The guy held a couple records when he retired! No reason why he shouldn't be in the HOF.

OT: Anyone else notice they let Jerry Rice have Steve Largent's #80?

I thought it was very unclassy for Rice to ask for a number that had already been retired. Steve Largen showed class by giving it up. I think Rice needs to hang it up...............

[Redskins8588]

This is pretty werid if you ask me, Art Monk was with the redskins from 1980-1993. I may be wrong but wasn't Norv Turner in his first year as a head coach when we let Monk go? Fastforward to the present and Norv is out in Oakland and look who gets let go, Jerry Rice another vet from the 80's. I am begining to think that Norv doesnt like the older proven recievers and wants young talent of which he can not find if his life depended on it.

[Bozzy]

Originally Posted by Redskins8588

This is pretty werid if you ask me, Art Monk was with the redskins from 1980-1993. I may be wrong but wasn't Norv Turner in his first year as a head coach when we let Monk go? Fastforward to the present and Norv is out in Oakland and look who gets let go, Jerry Rice another vet from the 80's. I am begining to think that Norv doesnt like the older proven recievers and wants young talent of which he can not find if his life depended on it.

No, Monk was let go when Richie Petibone was the HC.

[monk81]

Originally Posted by Redskins8588

This is pretty werid if you ask me, Art Monk was with the redskins from 1980-1993. I may be wrong but wasn't Norv Turner in his first year as a head coach when we let Monk go? Fastforward to the present and Norv is out in Oakland and look who gets let go, Jerry Rice another vet from the 80's. I am begining to think that Norv doesnt like the older proven recievers and wants young talent of which he can not find if his life depended on it.

The story I heard was Monk and Jack Kent Cooke had a falling out.......and that's why he ended up going to the Jets.....BTW this question came up before if a player played for multiple teams it is the inductee's choice to chose what team he goes under in the HOF, or does the hall assign the team where the player played the longest....or the last?

[aehs77]

you'd be hard pressed to find anybody on this site to disagree. I went to his camp 3 years and he was the nicest guy.(his son was a dick)

[cpayne5]

John Konoza (the statistician for 106.7WJFK) got me an autographed picture of Monk the night he set the record.

[FRPLG]

It is a travesty that he is not in the HOF. I for my life don't understand why there is even a discussion about it. Anyone who can look at his career know he should have been a first ballot HOF. When he retired he was arguably the second best reciever in history. Of course since then he has been passed by on multiple records but this is a different era. It is shameful that he is not in and it is shameful that no one will make a big deal out of it.

[monk81]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

It is a travesty that he is not in the HOF. I for my life don't understand why there is even a discussion about it. Anyone who can look at his career know he should have been a first ballot HOF. When he retired he was arguably the second best reciever in history. Of course since then he has been passed by on multiple records but this is a different era. It is shameful that he is not in and it is shameful that no one will make a big deal out of it.

WITH LOTS OF SARCASM.....
He's not flashy enough, he has good moral character, and isn't self promoting...................just too classy, blue collar, and too quiet.......

HAIL TO ART MONK!!!!!!

[celts32]

It's a f-in joke. How can a guy who held the all time receptions record not be in the hall of fame while guys like James Lofton get in ahead of him? The one's responsible for Monk not being in the hall are the 2 jackass SI writers Peter King & Paul Zimmerman. Those two make it a personal mission every year to keep Monk out for some reason. I don't see how he will ever get in as long as those two big mouths have a say in it...

[Gmanc711]

What the hell did Peter King or Paul Zimmerman ever do to deserve to keep someone like that out of the hall of fame. Fire both those assclowns, cause its a freaking sin that this guy isnt in.