Darrell Green is an anomoly.Dan Marino and Michael Irvin and Reggie White didn't have regular jobs. They kept in shape during the Spring.
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.
I'm with you there. He's not a name that comes up in these sorts of lists very often. It's too bad though. I remember being young, and while I wasn't a Packers fan, my pastor at my church was from Wisconsin and loved them so we'd talk about them sometimes. He used to talk about Sterling like people a decade later talked about Moss, or people now talk about Julio. Nearly unguardable.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!
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!?
Earl was one of the greatest no doubt and would be great in any era. But today's game is just perfectly made for Sanders with how spread out it is. It's all about speed and quickness in space and Barry was the best ever at that.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!?
Agreed. Only 6? Dick Butkus. Don Hutson. Deacon Jones...and the list goes on.Dumb list. There's plenty of players: Ronnie Lott, Richard Dent (off the cocaine hopefully), Darrell Green, Mike Singletary, ... that would still smoke it in today's game.
Agreed. Only 6? Dick Butkus. Don Hutson. Deacon Jones...and the list goes on.
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.
One of the greatest I ever saw.I'm with you there. He's not a name that comes up in these sorts of lists very often. It's too bad though. I remember being young, and while I wasn't a Packers fan, my pastor at my church was from Wisconsin and loved them so we'd talk about them sometimes. He used to talk about Sterling like people a decade later talked about Moss, or people now talk about Julio. Nearly unguardable.
Yeah, none of today's players do Roids or CokeLT on the list. Hmmm this presumes he can play without Roids and Cocaine.
Bronko Nagurski
Chuck Bednarik
Fran Tarkentan
Steve Largent
Gale Sayers
Lynn Swann
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.