The 2005 team

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(05-11-2023, 01:23 AM)Essex Johnson Wrote: AJ was rated the top 4 WR from 2011 to 17  so players are relative to their era, plus AJ came right after Chad so not like great era differences.   Your perspective Chad is a hands down HOF but analysts don't agree with you. Tell me who had a better 2nd WR opposite of them?  Chad had TJ , AJ had Marvin, AJ had more double teams than Chad, we can split hairs all day , both WRs were great during a 6 year run, neither were good enough to be a HOF...if Chad was that much better he would be in discussions as a HOF , it seems you are in the minority in him being a HOF.. prove me wrong on that.

By who?

No, there is a significant era difference between pre-2011 and post-2011. 2011 is the year the NFL got sued for concussions, NFL concussions were being talked about in front of Congress, they changed the kickoff rules to lower concussions. A bunch of former NFL players were killing themselves, and in 2013 they introduced the crown of the helmet rule, concussion protocols, etc. 





That play was the second time Harrison headhunted and knocked a guy out in that game in 2010. 0 penalties were called against him, which guess what, didn't look great when the NFL was getting lawsuits and scrutiny off the field. That's why things changed.

The time between Chad and AJ wasn't big from a calendar standpoint, but from an NFL standpoint it's enormous. 

Here's 2011 when he does the same dirty shit and actually gets a penalty.





I didn't make the claim that he was a Hall of Famer, I said he was elite in his prime and the best WR the Bengals ever had. So why do I have to prove you wrong on something you just made up? I have always said he is a fringe guy who probably would go in if he didn't have to play in the AFCN during that era, or played on a better team, but I said that about Corey Dillon, too.

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As a side note, thinking about all of this has just revved my hate for the Scumbag Steelers back up despite it being the middle of the offseason. Made even worse by how they get excuses made for them and then they pretend they are the victims.