It's about time. For 8 years Art Monk has had to wait and see if the voters thought enough about him to elect him to the Hall of Fame and in 2008 they finally did.
Monk's teammate Darrell Green was also elected to the Hall, but unlike Monk he was elected on his first try.
When I think of the Redskins, these are the guys that come to my mind. My dad and I always talked about Monk and Green and I can still remember when Green ran that 4.2 40 on his 40th birthday. I carried a small clip from the USA Today about that incident in my wallet for years.
I was living in Utah at the time Green retired and I can still remember seeing a small thing on The Washington Post's web site where they wanted fans to share their memories about Green. I wrote in and told them about the clipping I carried in my wallet and to my surprise, they actually ran it in the paper.
These guys were the Redskins and truly epitomized what it meant to be a part of this great franchise. Congrats to both and hopefully there are a few more ex-Skins that will get in in the year to come.
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Glad Monk finally got it, because he derves to be there. Plus now the Eagles add another member to their Hall Of Fame list. :-)
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