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Originally Posted by punch it in
How can you say the impact of the hit is the same if the hit is coming from a stronger, faster, bigger player (as you yourself agree they are today)? - that makes no sense. Helu has a body which unfortunatley doesnt cooperate with him. Its a shame. Some guys are injury prone - i dont think that makes them cream puffs.
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Have you seen films of Dick Butkus hit players? Butkus played at 6'3 245, and was a very powerful hitter. Regardless if the year is 1968 or if the year is 2012, a 245 pound man is a 245 pound man. If Butkus played in today's NFL, his hits would carry the same weight as it did in the time that he played. Jack Tatum was 5'10 200 pounds and without a doubt THE MOST ferocious hitter in NFL history. He once paralyzed a man from the waist down on the gridiron(Darryl Stingley).
The pro game has always been violent. Although the players today are stronger and faster, there were those players way back when who undoubtedly could play with the same viciousness in today's NFL.
09-28-2012, 05:27 AM
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