Let's put Ricky Sanders in Northwest Stadium's Ring of Honor

[Faithful Fan]

I have a higher bar for "great". He averaged 48 catches, 647 yards and 3.7 tds in his 10 seasons in Washington.

This is misleading. One, it was a different era with less pass-friendly rules and less prolific receivers. Two, he was sharing targets with guys like Art Monk and Gary Clark.

Still he was outstanding in his two best seasons: His 73 catches in 1988 was 8th in the NFL and more than Hall of Famers Jerry Rice, Art Monk, and Andre Reed. His 80 catches in 1989 was 6th in the NFL, just behind Monk and Rice.

He was also in the top 40 in the NFL in receptions three more times between 1990 and 1993, not bad for a WR3, and another time with ATL in 1994. His stats don’t look like much by today’s standards, but he was one of the better wide receivers in his time.

He’s no Hall of Fame player of course, but he is arguably deserving of the Ring of Honor, especially given his 44 catches in the playoffs and how huge he was in Super Bowl XXII.

 

[SkinsFTW]

Doug Williams is in the ring of fame means that all 5 of the OL in that Super bowl should be in as well, and I'm sure that he would agree considering they all played 100x the games he did.

Of course Russ Grimm didn't play in that SB or the 91 SB. Which always made it a head scratcher why Jacoby isn't also in the HOF considering he started all 4 at Left or right tackle. Grimm was a guard.

 

[burgold]

If there was a way, I'd induct the Hogs as a group into the NFL HOF. Since there's not, it's pretty crazy that only one hog is in. There should be at least three.

 

[Ghost of Sarge]

It's criminal that Jacoby wasn't in the HoF years ago. He was the model on which all modern NFL LT's are based. Huge for his time, with the ability to pull in Joe Gibbs new offense, he was a devastating downfield blocker. After his selection and use in the game, every other NFL team started drafting large LT's that could run as well.

 

[Canadian Hog]

The Ring of Honour, unlike the HOF, should take into consideration the role that a player had in telling the story of the Washington Redskins franchise.

There is no way you tell the story of the Washington Redskins without including Sanders' name when referencing the dominance of The Posse in the 80s/early 90s, as well as the 1987 Super Bowl.

I might be a bit biased here, because watching Sanders' performance in the 1987 Super Bowl was my earliest football memory as a 7 year old, and it instantly made him my favourite childhood football player. I was always "Ricky Sanders" out on the playground at school.

That all said, he is more than deserving to be honoured by the team. Let's get it done!

 

[Riggotoni]

To me, Jacoby's HoF snub is worse than when they didn't let Monk in. Dude was named an All-Decade OT, 3 rings, and the Redskins broke the SB rushing record TWICE with 2 different RBs.
And yet, when NFL Network did their show for 10 greatest UDFAs of all time, Jacoby got passed over...while Wayne Chrebet made the list.
It really pisses me off when all these other more recent OL get in the HoF, while the best player of the best Oline in the NFL is never a finalist. If he had been a top5 draft pick or played in NY, he'd be in already.

 

[SkinsNumberOne]

To me, Jacoby's HoF snub is worse than when they didn't let Monk in. Dude was named an All-Decade OT, 3 rings, and the Redskins broke the SB rushing record TWICE with 2 different RBs.
And yet, when NFL Network did their show for 10 greatest UDFAs of all time, Jacoby got passed over...while Wayne Chrebet made the list.
It really pisses me off when all these other more recent OL get in the HoF, while the best player of the best Oline in the NFL is never a finalist. If he had been a top5 draft pick or played in NY, he'd be in already.

That is such a HUGE statement, I love it when someone puts something big like "Jacoby HoF snub is bigger than Monk" and backs it up. I don't agree with you on it, most likely - I mean, the HoF snub is bigger for Monk because his case is a way more typically easy case to make. He's a WR who had the ridiculously obvious stats where in any case except Joe Gibbs' Redskins, you say "Oh yeah, that's obvious." For Monk, the answer for a lot of tools was somehow "Hmmm, maybe not."

For Jacoby, again, this is pretty obvious. He should be in. Once again, on Joe Gibbs' Redskins, coming to work and doing your job was the thing. Getting a bunch of media attention was not. I am hopeful that the new regime will be more successful in lobbying the voters on getting guys like Jacoby in. I do feel like one of the problems in the past may be the responsibility of ownership to advocate for their team's players. Snyder may not have done that well, and to be fair, I am sure there is a general lack of appreciation which made that battle unnecessarily uphill. Jacoby's first year of eligibility was 1999.

 

[Chris]

Game recognizes game. Lawrence Taylor, recognized as perhaps the greatest defensive player in league history, would vote for Jake to be inducted into the HOF, yet professional football writers (watchers) don’t.

 

[Riggotoni]

Peter King - the biggest opponent of Art Monk getting in, had to do a complete 180 because all the rationale he had used to deny Monk would get slapped back in spades the next year against his media buddy Cris Carter when he would become eligible. "Monk doesn't have a signature catch...Monk wasn't the best WR on his team....Monk was just a possession receiver."

Monk had a higher YPC the Carter, Carter wasn't as good as Moss, Carter doesn't have a signature catch, and Monk got >100 yards in his last SB, whereas Carter got shot down in the NFCC games. So, miraculously, the year before Carter is eligible, PK suddenly "sees the light" and admits Monk should get in.

This is the same dipshit who called the 1990 Bills the 5th greatest team of the SB era, but said the 91 Redskins just weren't that dominant. And sportswriters like this vote in HoF selections.

 

[SkinsNumberOne]

Peter King - the biggest opponent of Art Monk getting in, had to do a complete 180 because all the rationale he had used to deny Monk would get slapped back in spades the next year against his media buddy Cris Carter when he would become eligible. "Monk doesn't have a signature catch...Monk wasn't the best WR on his team....Monk was just a possession receiver."

Monk had a higher YPC the Carter, Carter wasn't as good as Moss, Carter doesn't have a signature catch, and Monk got >100 yards in his last SB, whereas Carter got shot down in the NFCC games. So, miraculously, the year before Carter is eligible, PK suddenly "sees the light" and admits Monk should get in.

This is the same dipshit who called the 1990 Bills the 5th greatest team of the SB era, but said the 91 Redskins just weren't that dominant. And sportswriters like this vote in HoF selections.

True, I don't think going from Snyder -> Harris helps us here. The media in general has a crazy bias against that era's Redskins teams. I don't know if there is a more dominant team in an era to get less respect. I am glad JG is in the Hall and a couple of guys are there, but it is so few for that much real, true dominance over such a long period. Compare it to the NYG over the same period. It makes no sense other than the crazy bias towards NYG. Obviously, I get it, SF had one more SB in the 80s, but even there the tilt is way, WAY too extreme. I don't have the numbers, but I wonder if that SF era of teams has more OL in the Hall than ours. That would be insane.

Aside: Copilot seems helpful here:

BGO oracle seems better: https://www.bgobsession.com/threads/offensive-line-players-in-the-hall-of-fame.180452/