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Old school football (real football)

Did you know Ed O'neill was a seriously good football player? If I remember correctly, he was even in training camp with the Steelers at some point.

For me, the '50s-'70s was the golden era of pro football. I was a fan even up to about 4 years ago. As time went on, I got more and more fed up with the me, me, me attitude of the players. Act like you've been there before, as others have said. The nail in the coffin was the BLM crap. I really haven't watched it in the past 3 years, and I don't miss it.
 
Growing up in Pittsburgh, I was only 8 when the Steelers won their first Super Bowl. 1975 - through 1984 I rarely missed watching. Cleveland, Oakland, Denver, and Houston were large AFC foes!
I liked lots of other teams. I rooted for Buffalo Bills in each of their four consecutive SB losses! That was a great team that never won the big one!
 
The majority of my interest in Football games was from 1984 to around 1993.
Joe Montana.
Jim Plunkett.
Dan Fouts.
Terry Bradshaw.
Joe Theismann.
Dan Marino.
Fran Tarkenton.
Earl Campbell.
Dan Pastorini.
Vince Ferragamo.
Joe Klecko.
Jack Tatum.
Good times....
You may have left off a few....
Howie Long
Kenny Stabler
Fred Biletnikoff
Bo Jackson
Ben Davidson (6'-8" tall)
I was a huge Raider fan when
football was real.
I haven't watched a single game
since numbnuts took a knee and
the rest of the league felt obliged
to follow.
Sorry to say, but NASCAR is headed
down the same path.
 
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@1STMP You must have loved the Steelers....LOL
(The road to the Super Bowl goes through Pittsburgh) way back when.
 
I go back to watching Jim Brown and Sam Huff hit each other. Mad as hell when Huff was traded to Redskins.
 
You may have left off a few....
Howie Long
Kenny Stabler
Fred Biletnikoff
Bo Jackson
Ben Davidson (6'-8" tall)
I was a huge Raider fan when
football was real.
I haven't watched a single game
since numbnuts took a knee and
the rest of the league felt obliged
to follow.
Sorry to say, but NASCAR is headed
down the same path.
All Raiders I see. Believe it or not there were truckloads of bad *** players back then and they sure as hell weren’t all Raiders.
 
All Raiders I see. Believe it or not there were truckloads of bad *** players back then and they sure as hell weren’t all Raiders.
This I know. The list would be long.
I only picked the Raiders players as
they were my favorite team.
 
or a defense :poke:

They may not have been as big or even as fast in some cases
Real 'Old school' football
I like the old days from the mid-late 60's thru like 1984-ish
(I'm not a huge fan of before that era, I just didn't know it like I do others)
Jim Brown (Browns) how can you not like his running in that era (even Prior)
or George Blanda (Raiders) played to like 48 y/o

I was a diehard Fran Tarkenton fan (Vikings QB)
Chuck Foreman fan (#44 Vikings FB/RB)
Tom Landry (Detroit Lions QB) fan
Dick Buttkiss (Da' Bears MLB)
Tony Dorsett & Roger Staubach Fan (Cowgirls RB/QB)
Even a few (cheaten' dogs) Pitts Steelers,
Mel Blunt, Jack Hamm & Joe Green (DB/LB/DL)
Larry Czonka & Mercury Morris, Brian Grease, Killer Bees (Miami FB/RB/QB, Def.)

WRs don't know how easy they have it now
QBs too

An era with
(I started playing in 1967 PopWarner/Mustangs, finished in 1987-ish, Antioch Eels police league)
There were not all the overly "protection/protective" rules like today,
it truly was a different game, as a DE, 5-3 or 4-3 scheme usually
my job was up & in 1 yd each way & contain my side of the field,
turn it into the middle, if the ball wasn't coming my way,
& I was told by the DC defensive coach, then
"go hit the QB, whether he has the ball or not, after you contain",
unless the play was where I could get to them or coming my way...

I know why they have it now too,
way too much $$$ invested on the face of the team
QBs are coddled/way more protected today compared to back then
& they all still get hammered today, nothing like back then
(someone like Brady wouldn't have lasted 20 years back then)

(da' Raiders)
Marv VanEeagn #30 & Marv Hubbard #44 (#44 was my 1st # in football)
Kenny (Snake) Stabler & Jim (Kerplunket) Plunkett (QBs)
Rich Gannon (90s to early 2000s) an old guys-era type QB
Tim Brown, Fred Biletnikoff & Cliff (speed kills) Branch (WRs)
Dave (Ghost) Casper, Bob Chandler & Raymond Chester(TE)
Bo Jackson 'the best RB I ever saw', way too short of a career
'Bo Knows' (87-90)
Marcus Allen (SB MVP)
Jim Otto, Gene Upshaw & Art Shell (CTR/TKL/GD)
Matt Millen & Ted Hendricks, Howie Long (Defence LB/DE)
Lester Hayes, Mike Haynes, Jack Tatum & George Atkinson (DBs/Saftey)
Todd Christensen & Greg Townsend (TE/DL)
(almost all of them HOF-ers or should be)
almost all the Raiders from John Maddens rein as head coach
& the HC Tom Flores era (1st rd pick, 1st Latino QB & 1st Latino HC)
when my beloved Raiders were dominant
winning team spaning in/over 3 (4?) 60s 70s 80s
even into parts of the 90s & early 2000s, decades 89% wins
, even if they moved


I really like Bills QB Josh Allen today, even after he lost
& I'm not really a Buffalo fan
Guys like KC QB Patrick Mahomes is a freaken' phenom,
even if he's a "HUGE" Raiders rival

I like a lot of select players, not necessarily their teams

I can't stand the political BS propagated in the NFL
it's ruined it
I can't stand commissioner Roger Goodell
Great post, Bud !
 
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