No Love For Sammy Baugh

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by dmek25

sorry firstdown,but football is a sport were size does matter.from a size and strength perspective,todays giants would destroy the stars of yesteryear.you have to judge players against the players from their own era.sammy baugh was a true hall of famer.but,in comparing eras,lets take the steel curtain.hall of famers all over this wonderful defense.but with a 215lbs mlb named lambert,what 300lbs lineman of today wouldnt love to be matched up against him,game after game?it would be no contest

As I was just saying...you'd have to take away today's players' training/conditioning or give it to the old guys. If they're playing in the same time whether it was now or then, they'd all have equal access to the training and whatever.

Sure there WERE 300-pound guys in the 1950s, but training didn't allow them to run 4.5 second '40's...or even run at all!