Class of 2008 - Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Six join football s elite The Class of 2008 - Fred Dean, Darrell Green, Art Monk, Emmitt Thomas, Andre Tippett, and Gary Zimmerman - will be formally inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame at 6:00 p.m. ET on Saturday August 2. There s no better coverage of the 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony than that from the NFL.com team. Check out the web s most expansive ... [link]

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49ers DE Fred Dean: 2008 NFL Hall of Famer
Published 8/2/2008 by Fooch at Niners Nation
... Pro Football HOF Class of 2008 page - Dean is the first enshrinee listed and it includes links to his Hall of Fame bio, a photo montage, "Notes and Quotes," and career highlights via the NFL Network. ...

Preseason 2008: The Hall of Fame Game, Colts v. Redskins
Published 8/2/2008 by BigBlueShoe at Stampede Blue
... Even though the game is played in Canton, I consider this a Redskins home game because two of the best Redskins I ever saw play are finally getting enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Darrell Green was a hellva lot better corner back than idiots like Deion Sanders could ever dream of being, and Art Monk was a better WR than Michael Irvin. It's an insult to the HoF that Irvin got in before Monk. But, it's great both Green and Monk are going in, along with these gentlemen. ...

Everybody Gets a “Do-Over”
Published 8/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Hot Rod! The Rowdy One) at Out of Bounds
... Enshrinement Ceremony. Congratulation to all of this year’s inductees. ...

1970s Cowboys Who (Still) Aren’t in the Hall of Fame
Published 8/2/2008 by kickholder at Know Your Dallas Cowboys: The Blog
... Of this year’s class, I have no problem at all with Darrell Green, Art Monk, Gary Zimmerman, or Andre Tippett. At least all of them made an all-decade team. As for Fred Dean and Emmitt Thomas, I don’t have a problem generally that they are in, except that I don’t think that either are as qualified as Cowboys who are not in the Hall. Here’s a glance. ...

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