Haynesworth in trouble...again! (not really, thread fail)

[Monkeydad]

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Interesting location you have there.

[LBrown43]

Originally Posted by Buster

You can participate after you read.

Interesting location you have there.

Better just to sit back and let you young experts go at it.
If you need any memories from the 1972 Super Bowl year or thoughts of when Jergensen and Kilmer were battling for the quarterback spot I'm your man.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by LBrown43

Better just to sit back and let you young experts go at it.
If you need any memories from the 1972 Super Bowl year or thoughts of when Jergensen and Kilmer were battling for the quarterback spot I'm your man.

I'd like to hear some memories from the 1972 Super Bowl. The only thing I know about it from a personal stand point is that despite the fact that my grandfather had 13 kids, most of whom were still living at home at the time, he hopped on a plane at the last minute with some friends and flew out to California to see it. That story always makes me jealous.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by LBrown43

Better just to sit back and let you young experts go at it.
If you need any memories from the 1972 Super Bowl year or thoughts of when Jergensen and Kilmer were battling for the quarterback spot I'm your man.

I sort of remember Sonny throwing some pretty spirals and Kilmer throwing passes that looked like a wounded duck. Kilmer was one tough QB. He seemed more like a LB than a QB.

[LBrown43]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

I sort of remember Sonny throwing some pretty spirals and Kilmer throwing passes that looked like a wounded duck. Kilmer was one tough QB. He seemed more like a LB than a QB.

Billy was actually drafted as a RB by the Saints if I remember correctly. Sonny was smmoth, Billy was a scrambler, both were out of shape and loved to party.

[Zerohero]

Originally Posted by LBrown43

Billy was actually drafted as a RB by the Saints if I remember correctly. Sonny was smmoth, Billy was a scrambler, both were out of shape and loved to party.

I've only been watching football since 87 but i swear half the injuries today are no contact (hamstring, sprain, arm for qb), and sometimes it just seems like the players today are in too good a shape for their own good and injured easily. I noticed this in baseball where having half the team banged up seems normal and a pitcher nowadays barely gets out of the 5th. So long story short... was the level of playing just lower and easier to play hurt or not at fullspeed, or were there just as many of these injuries back then?

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Zerohero

I've only been watching football since 87 but i swear half the injuries today are no contact (hamstring, sprain, arm for qb), and sometimes it just seems like the players today are in too good a shape for their own good and injured easily. I noticed this in baseball where having half the team banged up seems normal and a pitcher nowadays barely gets out of the 5th. So long story short... was the level of playing just lower and easier to play hurt or not at fullspeed, or were there just as many of these injuries back then?

There were many injuries back then. Jurgenson, for example, missed most of the '72 season with an Achilles injury.

However, it is also true that NFL players have gotten both bigger and faster than the in the '70's. Back in the day you just could not find folks who were 250 lbs. and ran 4.5 40's or 300 lbs. and ran 5.0. 40's. So, since momentum=mass times velocity, the momentums of today's players are much greater, resulting in the greater possibility of injury.

[rypper11]

Originally Posted by Zerohero

I've only been watching football since 87 but i swear half the injuries today are no contact (hamstring, sprain, arm for qb), and sometimes it just seems like the players today are in too good a shape for their own good and injured easily. I noticed this in baseball where having half the team banged up seems normal and a pitcher nowadays barely gets out of the 5th. So long story short... was the level of playing just lower and easier to play hurt or not at fullspeed, or were there just as many of these injuries back then?

No drug tests then. Ever seen North Dallas Forty? Unfortunately, lots of truth.