What About Russ?

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Originally Posted by smootsmack

Lost in all the Monk HOF hoopla is the fact that another Redskin is a Hall of Fame finalist-Russ Grimm

On the one hand, he was a dominant player in the 80s-four time pro bowler, first team all-decade, 5 NFC Championship games, 4 Super Bowls, 3 Titles.

On the other hand, how do you really measure his impact? It's not like he's a RB where you can say well he rushed for X yards and scored Y touchdowns. He was a guard. And does the fact that he was part of such a formidable and famous offensive line actually hurt him? Because was he more valuable than Jacoby, May, Lachey, etc, if Grimm gets in should they all?

Personally, I'd love to see Grimm get in but I think it will it take at least a couple more tries before he's truly consider one of the top 6 candidates.

What do you guys think?

I think that they all should get in, I mean like you say he was part of a fomidable and famous offensive line. Just as formidable and famous as the "Mighty Steel Curtain" deffense of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 70's and look at how many deffensive players from that famous D are in the HOF.

But as SC pointed out look how long Bob Kuchenberg ben waiting to get in. O-linemen dont put themselves in the spotlight enough to make a dent in the media's eyes, even though with out the O-linemen the Young's, Marino's, and so on wouldnt be eligiable.