{"id":15267,"date":"2017-10-12T06:46:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T10:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=15267"},"modified":"2025-05-03T10:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T14:13:00","slug":"throwback-thursday-art-monk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2017\/10\/12\/throwback-thursday-art-monk\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Art Monk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was exactly twenty five years ago today that Art Monk broke the all time career receptions mark.<\/p>\n<p>So celebrate your Throwback Thursday by Hail-ing the greatest receiver in Redskins history:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ttMonk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ttMonk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ttMonk.png 1000w, https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ttMonk-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ttMonk-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ttMonk-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On October 12, 1992, Monk caught a pass against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football, to go past Steve Largent (Seahawks) with his 820th career reception. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Redskins Top Plays: Art Monk Breaks Record 10\/12\/1992\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YHNAz-5pg7M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ultimately Monk would finish his career with 940 receptions &#8211; a record broken by Jerry Rice in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Monk also finished with the most consecutive games with a catch (183), and the first player in the league to score a touchdown in 15 consecutive seasons. He was aslo the first player to record at least 35 catches in the same 15 consecutive years.<\/p>\n<p>888 of those 940 catches were with the Redskins. and he converted almost two thirds of those into first downs. <\/p>\n<p>He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008. He received one of the best receptions any inductee has ever received:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/Id8N8LkCuig<\/p>\n<p>Hail!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was exactly twenty five years ago today that Art Monk broke the all time career receptions mark. 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