I get tired of hearing ESPN call Manning and Farve, ect " the best ever " or " greatest ever ".
It's a joke!
Sure, the modern day NFL athelete is superior in regards to physical shape. They don't have to hold 2nd jobs to make ends meet like the old timers did. They just train yearound, where those who have a football card from the 70's can recall many of them saying things like " Bob sells used cars in the off season " on some ALL PROS card!
The rules are also a HUGE part of it!
Blockers can now extend their hands, where they couldn't before 1978. Wide receivers cannot be touched after 5 yards, where it used to be 10 yards in 1978. You may as well put a flag on a QB, or a dress or place in a pope mobile! Who here doesn't think a 15 yard flag for hitting a QB too hard is disgusting?Put Manning or Farve or Jerry Rice into the old rules and watch their stats get cut more than in half. Put a guy like Dan Fouts, Joe Namath into todays modern rules and watch them double their stats.
2007-04-24
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