Finally!

After years of bogus excuses and anonymous poison pills, the NFL Hall of Fame selection committee has finally relented to the obvious - Art Monk belongs in the Hall of Fame. It is hard to believe that a committee made up of sportswriters who supposedly know the NFL well enough to judge who the NFL's elite players have been would have been so completely derelict in their responsibilities these last 8 years when it came to Monk. I have made the case for Monk in previous blogs, and it's been a slam dunk case for 8 years - not because I can make a good case, but because Monk was a superior player who made his own case. The selection committee's decision today to grant Monk HOF status doesn't somehow legitimize his accomplishments. No sir. Today's decision merely begins the process of restoring the credibility of a committee that had lost a great deal of it with most of the NFL public.

Ark Monk is in the NFL Hall of Fame. It's about time. I offer my heartfelt congratulations to Art Monk, the deserving candidate. And I offer congratulations to the selection committee for finally seeing the light.