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Sounds like Baker is in the hunt to be a Madden 20 cover.
Please no.
Sounds like Baker is in the hunt to be a Madden 20 cover.
The defensive tackles/ends of today are so much bigger and stronger than the 1940’s that I don’t buy this for a second. No amount of rule changes would make me rather get tackled by Haloti Ngata than a 240 pound defensive tackleEarly era disrespect... I don’t like it.
Would love to see Tom Brady take a 1940s hit. Might change his willingness to stand in the pocket.
The defensive tackles/ends of today are so much bigger and stronger than the 1940’s that I don’t buy this for a second. No amount of rule changes would make me rather get tackled by Haloti Ngata than a 240 pound defensive tackle
I get respect for what the league once was, but the level of player in the NFL today are so laughably better than what there was in the 1940s.
Let me put it this way, if Emmanuel Ogbah was in the 1940s he would wreak havoc and be one of the best defensive players in the league
But this adds to my point. Those guys in the 40’s didn’t have that. Which is why they were significantly weaker and slower. But you said if Brady was taking those hits. Well those hits would be coming from guys that may have been working another job and didn’t have that training.Also, the point about Ogbah cuts both ways. Imagine if those guys in the 40s had access to the training Ogbah's had his whole life?
Squirt Shoppe was how I accidentally read that.
@Deezus
As for the ongoing asinine Tom Brady debate...
We’re talking about dirty “1940’s hits” from a 240lb cornfed offseason gas station attendant with 15% body fat and 5.0 40s as opposed to 2019 hits from 7% body fat full time trained 270lb dudes running 4.7s.
While the lax rules may have been a factor in a theoretical “Tom Brady time in the pocket” situation, the rules are different partially because these guys can do so much more damage per play with their freakish abilities.
I don’t think I’d be too concerned about Tom in a time machine.
@Deezus
As for the ongoing asinine Tom Brady debate...
We’re talking about dirty “1940’s hits” from a 240lb cornfed offseason gas station attendant with 15% body fat and 5.0 40s as opposed to 2019 hits from 7% body fat full time trained 270lb dudes running 4.7s.
While the lax rules may have been a factor in a theoretical “Tom Brady time in the pocket” situation, the rules are different partially because these guys can do so much more damage per play with their freakish abilities.
I don’t think I’d be too concerned about Tom in a time machine.
The defensive tackles/ends of today are so much bigger and stronger than the 1940’s that I don’t buy this for a second. No amount of rule changes would make me rather get tackled by Haloti Ngata than a 240 pound defensive tackle
I get respect for what the league once was, but the level of player in the NFL today are so laughably better than what there was in the 1940s.
Let me put it this way, if Emmanuel Ogbah was in the 1940s he would wreak havoc and be one of the best defensive players in the league
Early era disrespect... I don’t like it.
Would love to see Tom Brady take a 1940s hit. Might change his willingness to stand in the pocket.
I think the peak of violence in the NFL was the 70s and 80s. Steroids became regularly used thanks to the Steelers, cocaine was used like Tylenol, concussions were a badge of honor, players became cult heroes for slamming QBs on their gourds and if you didn't tackle leading with your head you would end up on the bench. I think Brady is an uber competitor- if he played back then, instead of TB12 he would have loaded up @ the buffet, added a solid layer of fat to go with the juice, swallowed a bag of amphetamines before each game and done well. He never would have lost to a Dan Marino or Jim Plunkett, that's for dam sure.Concrete Charley Bednarik would like a word with you ...
Damn, thats a great pictureConcrete Charley Bednarik would like a word with you ...
Damn, thats a great picture
But this adds to my point. Those guys in the 40’s didn’t have that. Which is why they were significantly weaker and slower. But you said if Brady was taking those hits. Well those hits would be coming from guys that may have been working another job and didn’t have that training.
The rules have definitely changed to protect the QBs but I’d probably rather get slammed by a 240 pound DT than hit legally by a free release Myles Garrett