or a defense
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