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ART MONK = HALL OF FAMER !!!!

Man I hope he makes it.

David Bieler
Great Falls, VA

He definitely had a Hall of Fame carreer.

Niki Hurrey
Flint Hill, VA

Not only do I agree that he should be in the Hall of Fame, but I am sick and tired of the media being the one who makes these type of decisions. It should be fan based and beyond that, why not let the current HOF members vote. You'd see alot less hypocritcy that way. A man who has earned a spot, is alot less likely to deny a man his if he has earned it.

Art Monk should be there - no doubt about it !
For all of the above reasons and then some.

Terri Russell
Edgewater, MD

As a supplement from my previous post, here is the write-up on the HOF press release on ARt Monk....

Art Monk

Wide Receiver. . .6-3, 210. . .Syracuse. . .1980-1993 Washington Redskins, 1994 New York Jets, 1995 Philadelphia Eagles. . .16 seasons, 224 games. . .Selected by Washington in first round (18th player overall) of 1980 NFL Draft. . .Prototype for today’s bigger, stronger receivers. . .Caught 58 passes as a rookie and was unanimous All-Rookie choice. . .Had 50 or more receptions in a season nine times. . .Gained 1,000 or more receiving yards in a season five times. . .Set then-NFL records for catches in a season (106), most consecutive games with at least one reception (164), and career receptions (820). . .Finished career with 940 catches. . . Had finest season in 1984, catching eight or more passes in six games, five games of 100-plus receiving yards, and in one game caught 10 passes for 200 yards. . .Named Redskins 1984 Most Valuable Player. . .First Redskin to produce three consecutive 1,000 receiving yard seasons. . .A three-time Pro Bowl selection, was All-Pro choice in 1984 and 1985. . .First- or second-team All-NFC three times. . .Born December 5, 1957 in White Plains, New York.

Art Monk personifies what the NFL says it wants in its players. He personifies sustained excellence on and off the field. He is a quiet but driven man who let his actions speak for themselves and respected the game and his opponents.

If the Hall of Fame stands for Integrity, Excellence, and Respect for the Game then there can be no candidate more deserving than Art Monk. Statistically, he held every important receiving record during his career and was a member of three NFL Superbowl Championship teams. He was a member of the highest scoring offense in NFL history in 1991. He achieved all of this while demonstrating the class and professionalism that the NFL could only dream of getting in one of today's players.

If you wish to single out a player as a role model for today's youth and today's NFL players who aspire to the Hall, you can find no better example than Art Monk.

Get him in...he is long due.

Scott Coward
Greenville NC

i won't repeat what others have already said.

Andrew Hill
London, ON, Canada
Redskins fan for life.

No need to repeat what has been said

Craig Steele
Chesapeake VA
Die Hard Redskins Fan... forever.

As quoted (I believe by Joe Theisman) "Art Monk was Jerry Rice before there was a Jerry Rice". Art Monk is without a doubt the best all time receiver the Redskins have ever had and one of the best to ever play the game of football. On top of that, he is a class act and definitely deserves to be inducted into the the Hall of Fame.

Dan Hines
Dover,DE

This is not even open for discussion, Monk is a HOF'er period!!

Allen Maxted
Adelaide, Australia

Yes - even here in Australia we have heard of Art Monk and his many achievments

Danny Carmical
Spotsylvania, VA

Two words.... "It's Time!"

Ryan Hensley
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Art Monk left the game holding almost all receiving records. He is the epitome of class and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

Nicholas Piro
Keokuk, Iowa

Go Art, Deserves it entirely, no question about it.

George Evans
Richmond, VA

I don't know any player who deserves to be in the Hall of Fame more than Art Monk. The fact that he isn't already is a travesty.

His statistics speak for themselves. So does the quality of his character.

Mary Ann Peden-Coviello
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The Press and ALL HOF voters should be line up and slapped silly until they realize that they passed up putting a lead pipe lock of a first ballot HOFamer in Mr. Monks first year eligible and then compounded that travesty by passing on him three more times. The two WR that went in in Monk’s “place” joined almost every other member of the 70s Stealers in the HOF. The funny thing is that their numbers do compare to Monks but are just shy of his. OH, wait I maid a mistake I added Swann and Stallworth’s numbers together. That was their COMBINED number of catches that don’t equal the Art of reception’s numbers. Monk never held down a job on MNF or self promoted. He never had a QB that would be confused with a HOF QB, even though he did have a ton of QBs throwing him passes. Yes every 3 or 4 years he had to adjust to another average QB; no Terry Bradshaw, Jim Kelly, Troy Aikman, Joe Montana, Steve Young, or Dan Marino. If you have a HOF ballot to cast and Monk is not on it you should ask your self is this personal. Did Monk not give you an interview at one time or do you just think you’re making some insane statement about a man that once held 3 NFL records. Here is another simple fact; he has more catches then ANY WR currently in the HOF.

Jerry Rice and Micheal Irvin would not have had the numbers that they have playing in a run first offense with Joe Average at QB. Plus neither one had the likes of Gary Clark and Ricky Sander sucking up passes that would have gone their way. By the way Clark and Sanders had better numbers then those two Stealtown WRs that went in ahead of Monk!

Joseph Rose:

I think that Art Monk deserves to be inducted into pro football's Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

Shawn Holmes
San Antonio, TX
I think that Art Monk deserves to be inducted into pro football's Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

Scott Moore
Las Cruces, NM
Monk has earned the Hall.

Three superbowls. Held every recieving record at one time or another. Has class. What else does the guy need to do. I guess he shoulda just done some cocaine like Irvin. If Art doesnt get in and Irvin does it's a travesty.

what a joke. of course he deserves to go.

ooops...

Jamie DeLozier
Gaithersburg, MD