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Anybody remember the 100 yard dash between Franco n Jim Brown? Jim Brown did not like him some Franco/
I would say yes far as today's QBs being superior, but they also have every type of advantage as well. Today's QB and players in general if they are at the level of what we would call an above average player at their position. Has huge advantages over players from 40+ years ago.
The money that players today make, especially QBs, allows for them to focus solely on becoming a better QB. And that's not say today's players don't have other interests outside of the game. But having to get n work at an offseason job is definitely not one of them. Throw in the 24/7/365 dietary plans of today players can engage in. As well as the superior surgeries and medications of today. I remember reading in the 70s how a lotta players worked in the offseason selling cars in the city they played in. Not sure how many players are doing that today. Being the commercial face of a local car dealership n getting a brand new ride every couple years, sure. Going into the dealership every Mon-Fri from 9 to 5, nagatory.
The best players would be/would’ve been able to adjust.Oh, and I'm not seeing a 180 pound QB lasting long even in today's NFL. Hell, I'm not if many of today's QBs could handle the game the way it was played back in the 70s n 80s.
Anybody remember the 100 yard dash between Franco n Jim Brown? Jim Brown did not like him some Franco/
Anybody remember the 100 yard dash between Franco n Jim Brown? Jim Brown did not like him some Franco/
Brown was 48 and pulled a hamstring.Anybody remember the 100 yard dash between Franco n Jim Brown? Jim Brown did not like him some Franco/
Anybody remember the 100 yard dash between Franco n Jim Brown? Jim Brown did not like him some Franco/
In their primes I'd bet money the Wilt smokes Jim. Those long legs would've covered a lot of ground.Jim Brown was already in the NFL before Harris started HS, 14 years difference in age.
Brown ran his mouth after Franco ran him down for running out of bounds.....I think, it's been awhile. They race a 40 or was it two? Franco beating him. Things were different back then with media coverage.
Not sure this is true but the story goes.....
Wilt Chamberlain and Jim Brown at a party, one things leads to the next and....
Out in the yard pant legs rolled up and shoes off, not sure the distance, well.....Wilt beats him twice.
Chamberlain an NCAA high jumper, a 400 guy in high school.
He acted as if he pulled a hammy. I think it was due to him getting smoked immediately out the gate. As @Pure Steel alludes to n I did earlier. Jim Brown had no love for Franco.Brown was 48 and pulled a hamstring.
It was along the lines of Bobby Riggs playing BJK.
He acted as if he pulled a hammy. I think it was due to him getting smoked immediately out the gate. As @Pure Steel alludes to n I did earlier. Jim Brown had no love for Franco.
Heh. It was pretty bad. Made all the more embarrassing considering all those years JB badmouthed Franco something fierce .It was like Rodney in Caddyshack after he got hit in the arm by the golfball....."My arm, I think it's broken"
In their primes I'd bet money the Wilt smokes Jim. Those long legs would've covered a lot of ground.
In their primes I'd bet money the Wilt smokes Jim. Those long legs would've covered a lot of ground.
Heh. Yeah, I bet he covers close to 5 yards in a full stride @ full speed.
Heh. Yeah, I bet he covers close to 5 yards in a full stride @ full speed.