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

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Originally Posted by memphisskin

I don't know if Irvin is a first ballot HOFer, but there's probably no way he doesn't get in soon.

Monk probably won't make it. Teams never feared Monk, or tried to take him out of the gameplan. He quietly moved the chains and was an integral part of our SB successes but the more dangerous receivers always lined up opposite Monk, like Gary Clark or Charlie Brown. He was extremely solid, definitely a great Redskin, but if you go by stats or reputation Monk is just not quite there. I don't think it's going to happen for Monk, he was just never the driving force for us on offense, but that's not to minimize his contribution to the Redskins because the guy was fantastic for us. But if he played for any other team would we even know who he was? Quiet, unassuming, dependable but where did he stand out?

When DG comes up next year he's a first ballot HOFer. Monk, he may get in eventually but I wouldn't count on it.

Monk may not have ben a driving force like you state above and Deffenses may not have to game plan just for him. But IMO when people are elected into the HOF I think that stats and how they effected the game should be taken into consideration.

Now some may wonder how Art Monk changed the game of football. It can be clearly seen that he was a prototype WR of todays bigger and stronger recievers. I mean look at Art Monks Height, 6'3" and Weight, 210 lbs. Now look at the top recievers in the leage today, Terrel Owens - Height - 6'3', Weight - 226lbs. Randy Moss - Height 6'4" Weight - 210.

I guess what I am trying to say is that Art Monk was a reciever before his time. I know that Owens and Moss will probably exceed Monks career but at the time that Art Monk played not every Wide out was built like him. Now just about every reciever in the leauge is almost molded like him. IMO Art Monk not only was a Redskin great, he also helped the progression of the game and the Wide Reciver position.