6 HOFers who would stick kick butt in today's NFL

Schmoopy1000 · Jun 25, 2019

6 Hall of Famers who would still kick butt in today’s NFL

YankeeRebel · Jun 25, 2019

LT on the list. Hmmm this presumes he can play without Roids and Cocaine.

Deacon · Jun 25, 2019

That's a pretty stupid article. It would make more sense to postulate which HOF'ers would not kick butt today.

By definition HOF'ers are those that were unquestionably superior in talent and skill than the majority of their peers.

I would find it hard to believe that any HOF'er of any era when given the training, etc. that players receive today would not be upper echelon players today.

Rock Strongo · Jun 25, 2019

Schmoopy1000 said:
6 Hall of Famers who would still kick butt in today’s NFL

stick kick it eh?

RobToxin · Jun 25, 2019

Rock Strongo said:
stick kick it eh?

Don't quote me on this but I think we used to play stick kick in fifth grade.

Across The Field · Jun 25, 2019

Deacon said:
That's a pretty stupid article. It would make more sense to postulate which HOF'ers would not kick butt today.

By definition HOF'ers are those that were unquestionably superior in talent and skill than the majority of their peers.

I would find it hard to believe that any HOF'er of any era when given the training, etc. that players receive today would not be upper echelon players today.

I think the idea is that, even without the highly advanced training and changes in the game we've seen, these guys would've still been beasts just as they were.

Schmoopy1000 · Jun 25, 2019

I was kinda surprised at Sharpe being on the list.
Reggie White was a man among boys when he played. I really expected him to be on this list.

Deacon · Jun 25, 2019

Schmoopy1000 said:
I was kinda surprised at Sharpe being on the list.
Reggie White was a man among boys when he played. I really expected him to be on this list.

Right! And if you are going to pick a RB I would have said Earl Campbell. Can you imagine with the current state of tackling and reduced physicality how much damage he would do in the game today!?

Across The Field · Jun 25, 2019

Schmoopy1000 said:
I was kinda surprised at Sharpe being on the list.
Reggie White was a man among boys when he played. I really expected him to be on this list.

If Sharpe didn't have the freak accident, we'd be talking about him among the best WRs in league history. In 7 seasons, he averaged 85 catches, 1162 yards, and 8.5 TD per year. Here's how the all-time greats stack up:

Rice: 77/1144/9.8
Carter: 69/869/8.1
Owens: 72/1062/10.2
Moss: 70/1092/11.1

GNG · Jun 25, 2019

Schmoopy1000 said:
6 Hall of Famers who would still kick butt in today’s NFL

No Reggie White?

Schmoopy1000 · Jun 25, 2019

Across The Field said:
If Sharpe didn't have the freak accident, we'd be talking about him among the best WRs in league history. In 7 seasons, he averaged 85 catches, 1162 yards, and 8.5 TD per year. Here's how the all-time greats stack up:

Rice: 77/1144/9.8
Carter: 69/869/8.1
Owens: 72/1062/10.2
Moss: 70/1092/11.1

Oh. I am not dissing Sharpe. He just wasnt on my radar, when I read this article. I do remember him. Also watched when he got hurt. Which was a freak accident. They also make a good point. imagine rodgers throwing to him. What he would have stacked up in stats!

GNG · Jun 25, 2019

Schmoopy1000 said:
I was kinda surprised at Sharpe being on the list.
Reggie White was a man among boys when he played. I really expected him to be on this list.

Sharpe and White should both be on this list and not John Randle.

Schmoopy1000 · Jun 25, 2019

Guns N Guitars said:
Sharpe and White should both be on this list and not John Randle.

Randle should still be on this list. he was a beast.

GNG · Jun 25, 2019

Schmoopy1000 said:
Randle should still be on this list. he was a beast.

He was good but I wouldn't include him in the top 8.

Mofo · Jun 25, 2019

Deacon said:
That's a pretty stupid article. It would make more sense to postulate which HOF'ers would not kick butt today.

By definition HOF'ers are those that were unquestionably superior in talent and skill than the majority of their peers.

I would find it hard to believe that any HOF'er of any era when given the training, etc. that players receive today would not be upper echelon players today.

Isn't the training of today inferior? These guys got the union to invalidate all but a few offseason practices. Preseason is meaningless for nearly every starter and is instead used to assess the viability of 3rd and 4th stringers on the 53+5 man roster. They may as well do some light jogging. Consequently, conditioning is terrible, and the NFL regular season doesn't really get underway until about Week 4.

There is better nutrition, time management and equipment than when the last generation played. But those guys were tougher, meaner and stronger, on average, compared to some of the guys who play today.

Deacon · Jun 25, 2019

@Mofo you're confusing training with organized team activities (OTA's). Yes there is far less team activities now but back in the early days most of those guys had regular jobs during the offseason so there was no year-round conditioning and training etc.

The stuff that Walter Payton and Jerry Rice did back in their days was considered legendary because no one else was doing it. Today that wouldn't even be considered cross training and the regimens that athletes have is more targeted.

Manster7588 · Jun 25, 2019

Randy White being omitted from the list = article is invalid

rmilia1 · Jun 25, 2019

RobToxin said:
Don't quote me on this but I think we used to play stick kick in fifth grade.

Anyone tries to kick my stick and we are gonna have problems .

Mofo · Jun 25, 2019

Deacon said:
@Mofo you're confusing training with organized team activities (OTA's). Yes there is far less team activities now but back in the early days most of those guys had regular jobs during the offseason so there was no year-round conditioning and training etc.

Dan Marino and Michael Irvin and Reggie White didn't have regular jobs. They kept in shape during the Spring.

The stuff that Walter Payton and Jerry Rice did back in their days was considered legendary because no one else was doing it. Today that wouldn't even be considered cross training and the regimens that athletes have is more targeted.

That's part of it. Both the regimens and the roles are more targeted, but the intensity of training at the highest level was so brutal before. The NFL of yesterday was very much a "survival of the fittest" whereas today it's more, "next man up". Odell Beckham would get the sh*t kicked out of him in a previous NFL era, pushing off and then performing circus catches with his magic glue-gloves. Meanwhile, Darrell Green would be penalized out of today's game for being too strong / fast / aggressive.

Schmoopy1000 · Jun 25, 2019

Guns N Guitars said:
He was good but I wouldn't include him in the top 8.

well he is way underrated in my book, but this is about who would be able to play now. He had one of the highest motors ever for a DL. Which would fit perfectly into now.

6 HOFers who would stick kick butt in today's NFL

When all else fails, Smack em' in the Mouth!

Well-Known Member

Active Member

My mind spits with an enormous kickback.

Roid Raging

Oaky Afterbirth

When all else fails, Smack em' in the Mouth!

Active Member

Oaky Afterbirth

What Me Worry?

When all else fails, Smack em' in the Mouth!

What Me Worry?

When all else fails, Smack em' in the Mouth!

What Me Worry?

Infamous Member

Active Member

I Support Law Enforcement.

Well-Known Member

Infamous Member

When all else fails, Smack em' in the Mouth!

Similar threads