(04-04-2022, 01:45 PM)TheDogCatcher Wrote:

(04-04-2022, 12:47 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: See. This is where I have issues with the HOF in general. Frank Gore is going to make the HOF but not because he's one of the all-time greats. Instead, it will be because he played a long time while being a good player. Not a great player but a good player. He made 1 All-Pro back in 2006 and never made it again.

He's flat out not a better RB than Fred Taylor and yet Taylor will likely never get in.

I'm with you there. It's become the Hall of Very Good. Curtis Martin and Art Monk are other examples. They were above average but not dominating players who played a long time.

Art Monk is decidedly not an other example. from his HOF profile:

Monk was the first player in the NFL with a 100-reception season, had a 183-game streak with at least one reception...In 1992, with his 820th career catch, he became the NFL's then-all-time leader in receptions. He finished his career with 940 receptions....During his 14 seasons with the Redskins, the team won three Super Bowls (XVII, XXII, and XXVI) and had just three losing seasons.

And the previous record holder for receptions and consecutive games? Another Hall of Famer, Steve Largent. (819 and 177, respectively)

69 catches, over 1000 yards in the postseason. Monk was a slam dunk.

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