Monk
Pro bowls are hardly a gauge of how good a player is. We all know how much BS is involved, it's more of a popularity contest. BTW/ Riggo only went to ONE Pro Bowl, should he not be in the hall?
That's because Gibbs Redskins were a running team in the redzone. Year in a year out we led the league in rushing TD's. Why throw when you can pound it in with Riggins, George Rogers, and Gerald Riggs? Monk was also a great blocker and was used in that capacity a lot.
Look at the Redskins RB TD totals year by year:
1983: Riggins had 24 TD's. Reggie Evans 4, and Nick Giaquinto 1. That's a total of 29. For comparison, the Dolphins in 1983 only scored 14 TD's on the ground and the 1983 Seahawks with Largent who scored 11 times, only scored 16 rushing TD's.
1984: Riggins had 14, Otis Wonsley 4, and Joe Washington 1. That's 19. The Seahawks had only 7 rushing TD's that year, Largent scored 12 times.
1985: Riggins 8, George Rogers 7, and Keith Griffin 3. That's 18. The Seahawks only had 8 scores on the ground that year.
1986: George Rogers scored 18 rushing TD's and Kelvin Bryant 4. That's 22. In that same year the Niners scored only 14 times on the ground and Rice had 15 TD catches. The Seahawks had 14 total on the ground too, and Largent caught 9.
That's all the #'s I'm gonna go through now, but I think my point is beyond clear. Gibbs was a run first guy in the redzone, and for good reason. Don't penalize Monk bc/ he was surrounded by excellent backs who could pound it in.
And? It takes 10 yards to get a first down. That's what he was, a first down machine. He was unstoppable at what he did. On 3rd and 8 the D knew the ball was going Monk's way, but there was nothing they could do. I'd give my left nut to have a guy like him on the Redskins now, you can have the speedsters like Coles who fail to hold on to the ball going across the middle on 3rd down.
BTW/ Cris Carter averaged 12.6 per catch, should he not be in the HOF?
Bottom line, Monk set records for catches in season, career catches (BTW/ every guy who has ever held this record is in the HOF), and consecutive games with a catch (consistency counts for something, right?)
Let me offer you some quotes:
http://www.thehogs.net/History/ArtMonk/
And from Redskins.com: From Gibbs...
http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=5759
There's some more stuff I'll post if I can find it, basically showing how much of a leader he was. Monk meant more to the Redskins then numbers can show.
Pro bowls are hardly a gauge of how good a player is. We all know how much BS is involved, it's more of a popularity contest. BTW/ Riggo only went to ONE Pro Bowl, should he not be in the hall?
Yeah, and that time that he led the league in catches he caught 106, the first guy ever to catch 100 or more in a season, he broke a 20+ year record and his number stood for 10 years before Rice broke it with 112. 106 catches in 1984 is like 150 today.
That's because Gibbs Redskins were a running team in the redzone. Year in a year out we led the league in rushing TD's. Why throw when you can pound it in with Riggins, George Rogers, and Gerald Riggs? Monk was also a great blocker and was used in that capacity a lot.
Look at the Redskins RB TD totals year by year:
1983: Riggins had 24 TD's. Reggie Evans 4, and Nick Giaquinto 1. That's a total of 29. For comparison, the Dolphins in 1983 only scored 14 TD's on the ground and the 1983 Seahawks with Largent who scored 11 times, only scored 16 rushing TD's.
1984: Riggins had 14, Otis Wonsley 4, and Joe Washington 1. That's 19. The Seahawks had only 7 rushing TD's that year, Largent scored 12 times.
1985: Riggins 8, George Rogers 7, and Keith Griffin 3. That's 18. The Seahawks only had 8 scores on the ground that year.
1986: George Rogers scored 18 rushing TD's and Kelvin Bryant 4. That's 22. In that same year the Niners scored only 14 times on the ground and Rice had 15 TD catches. The Seahawks had 14 total on the ground too, and Largent caught 9.
That's all the #'s I'm gonna go through now, but I think my point is beyond clear. Gibbs was a run first guy in the redzone, and for good reason. Don't penalize Monk bc/ he was surrounded by excellent backs who could pound it in.
And? It takes 10 yards to get a first down. That's what he was, a first down machine. He was unstoppable at what he did. On 3rd and 8 the D knew the ball was going Monk's way, but there was nothing they could do. I'd give my left nut to have a guy like him on the Redskins now, you can have the speedsters like Coles who fail to hold on to the ball going across the middle on 3rd down.
BTW/ Cris Carter averaged 12.6 per catch, should he not be in the HOF?
Bottom line, Monk set records for catches in season, career catches (BTW/ every guy who has ever held this record is in the HOF), and consecutive games with a catch (consistency counts for something, right?)
Let me offer you some quotes:
http://www.thehogs.net/History/ArtMonk/
And from Redskins.com: From Gibbs...
http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=5759
There's some more stuff I'll post if I can find it, basically showing how much of a leader he was. Monk meant more to the Redskins then numbers can show.
