Hail to the Redskins!
Words cannot describe how it feels to see two of my favorite players ever, Darrell Green and Art Monk, get their just due Saturday night with their Hall of Fame inductions. It was, most definitely, a burgundy-and-gold night; even Emmitt Thomas has some 'Skins ties because he was a longtime assistant and was Green's position coach.
The crowd was full of Skins fans, and it was lovely watching our team finally get some real love from national TV and not just bashing of the owner and speculation on who he might blow some money on next. (Seriously, it gets tired hearing Dan Snyder's name come up every time a big name player becomes available or disgruntled).
It was especially heartwarming to see Art get his. One of my first pieces here on BlackSportsOnline was about Art's continued snub by the HOF voters and how his career was every bit as notable as dudes that had already gotten in like James Lofton and Lynn Swann. Now that he's in, I won't have to go on and on about how stupid I think so called experts like Peter King and Dr. Z are. Congrats fellas, and Hail to the Redskins!
Let's get some more in!
Now since we're on the subject of Redskins players getting in the Hall, it's time we move bring in who else needs to get in. The Hogs were the best, most consistent offensive line during the 80s and yet no one from the group has gotten their invites yet. Now I'll admit that they weren't ALL Hall of Famers, but everyone who paid attention knows that Joe Jacoby and Russ Grimm were the linchpins of the unit and should be in Canton already. They've had to wait even longer than Art has and that's ridiculous. Without them, there' no John Riggins run in the Super Bowl (and no HOF induction for him in 1992, either). There's no Timmy Smith busting out for 200 yards in 1988 (Smith was out of the league a year later so he clearly had some help doing what he did), and there's no Mark Rypien barely getting his jersey dirty in 1991/92 on the way to another Super Bowl win. The last guy that MUST get in is Gary Clark. For those of you laughing,look his numbers and compare them to Michael Irvin's. Not a whole lot of difference. And then throw in that Irvin had a Hall of Famer throwing to him for most of his career while Clark's best QB in Washington was probably Rypien, and I rest my case.
Brett Favre could learn a thing or two from these men about having some class
Im getting in before Clark nugga
What about me?