Would Monk Be in the HOF if?

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by jamf

He was the first to 1000 Receptions?

The media loves digit significance( if that makes any sense). 3000 Hits, 500 home Runs, 100 Reception Season, 4 Minute Mile, and the Sub 10 second 100 Meter dash are just a few examples.
950 Receptions is remarkable. But first to 1000 would've put him in the HOF in my mind.
FYI, I think he is the second greatest WR of all time and He should have been a first ballot HOF'er.


So, What do you think?
If he would have reached 1000 Receptions, Would he have received enough notoriety to get him into the HOF?

There aren't, it doesn't seem to me, clear benchmark numbers in the NFL as there are (or at least were) in MLB and I don't know that 50 more receptions would have gotten him in. Playing a different offense and having more 1,400 yard seasons probably would help. The NFL HOF seems more about dominance in individual seasons rather than absolute career numbers, though the two are, of course, related to some extent.