Today is Redskins Day
Today Redskins fans the world over proved yet again that we are the best fans in the world. And don’t take my word for it, ESPN anchors Trey Wingo and Tom Jackson agreed that there was more burgundy and gold in the crowd than the colors any other team could muster for a hall of fame induction. I can’t tell you what it means to me to have seen this today. As a Skins fan who is older than he’d like to admit, my love for this team was formed by Art Monk and Joe Gibbs and Darrell Green. Seeing read
The NFL today inducted six former greats to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The six players were: DE Fred Dean (1975-1985, San Diego and San Francisco) CB Darrell Green (1982-2002, Washington), WR Art Monk (1980-95, Washington, N.Y. Jets, Philadelphia), CB Emmitt Thomas (1966-78, Kansas City), LB Andre Tippett (1982-93, New England) and OT Gary Zimmerman(1986-1997, Minnesota and Denver). Clearly, this was Washington’s showcase. From the red-and-yellow clad crowd to the pig’s snouts to the respons read
He’s #81 in your playbook, but you can refer to him from now on as Hall of Famer Art Monk. Former Washington Redskins teammates Art Monk and Darrell Green are among the six players who are about to be enshrined at Canton, Ohio. Monk won three Super Bowls with the Redskins and was the NFL’s single-season receptions leader with 106. He also set a league mark by grabbing at least one pass in 164 consecutive games. Green was a seven-time Pro Bowl cornerback and four-time All Pro who helped the read
Darrell Green and Art Monk walked across the stage waving their arms and urged thousands of Redskins fans to give them one more salute read
A year ago, I wrote a piece about the anti-Cowboys bias that exists in Hall of Fame voting (in my opinion), especially with regard to Cowboys who played in the 1970s. This bias has affected, of course, Bob Hayes and Chuck Howley, but my more specific concern focuses on those Cowboys who were on the all-decade team of the 1970s yet who are not in the Hall of Fame. This includes free safety Cliff Harris, receiver Drew Pearson, and defensive end Harvey Martin. Of this year’s class, I have no prob read
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