The game itself is meaningless (the opening preseason game) but I still would have loved to have seen the broadcast purely for the induction ceremonies.
While Green was selected in his first year of eligibility, Monk was snubbed for a number of years with the faceless politics that are involved with Hall of Fame selection.
It was nice to see Monk's typically classy self taking the positives from the situation in an interview with the Washington Post:
Q: What's the greatest moment of your career? As you look to all the accomplishments, the yards, the touchdowns, the catches, the Super Bowls, can you pinpoint what was the greatest moment or the series of greatest moments?
Monk: Of my career?
Q: Yeah.
Monk: Probably something that's sort of not on-the-field-related but off-the-field-related. I mean, it's great to be an athlete, and you want people to enjoy what you do and get excited and all of that. But just the fact that after I retired and this whole Hall of Fame thing and not making it [for several years] to see how the community really responded to that and supported me, I think that's probably the best part, for me, of my career to know that people enjoyed and respected and appreciated me more than just being an athlete, but just as a person.
Hurry up and put the brotha in the hall!
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