No Love For Sammy Baugh

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Originally Posted by firstdown

Everyone talks about the old timers playing in todays NFL but how would the modern player do back in the 50 or 60. They would have no one to come out in put a bandad on thier scratch. No face mask to protect those pretty faces. They may be faster, taller, heaver, but they are no where near as tough. It might not be such of a stroll in the park if they could go back in time.

I don't even think they had the same basic rules back then. I saw a black and white clip one time where the ball carrier got knocked down flat, but able to bounce back up and starts running some more until 3 tacklers catch up to him and get a hold of him.