01-09-2018, 09:12 AM
You know, I started looking into it and making a list, and then as I hit the OL portion, I realized something as I started thinking "man those players were good".
The players of old are SERIOUSLY undersized to be able to hang in today's game.
Bob Trumpy was a 228 lb TE, Rodney Holman was 238lbs. Anthony Munoz was 278lbs, and while I think he could hang in today's game, it's hard to ignore the fact that Whit has over 50lbs on him, and Tim Krumrie was 274lbs at DT.
Kenny Anderson was 6'2, 212lbs. For reference, RG3 is 6'2, 218lbs.
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Makes me a little sad when I realize all the old time greats are physically just outclassed by today's era. So realistically, any list you make needs to be almost entirely composed of players from the modern era.
262lbs might have made Bob Johnson a huge dude in 1968 football, but can you imagine a 262lb C in today's game? Going up against Geno Atkins, who is considered small for a DT at 300lbs? Imagine him going up against Haloti Ngata when he was in his prime, tearing through there at 340lbs+. Now the average-sized TEs (Tyler Kroft, 260lbs) are Bob Johnson's size.
The players of old are SERIOUSLY undersized to be able to hang in today's game.
Bob Trumpy was a 228 lb TE, Rodney Holman was 238lbs. Anthony Munoz was 278lbs, and while I think he could hang in today's game, it's hard to ignore the fact that Whit has over 50lbs on him, and Tim Krumrie was 274lbs at DT.
Kenny Anderson was 6'2, 212lbs. For reference, RG3 is 6'2, 218lbs.
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Makes me a little sad when I realize all the old time greats are physically just outclassed by today's era. So realistically, any list you make needs to be almost entirely composed of players from the modern era.
262lbs might have made Bob Johnson a huge dude in 1968 football, but can you imagine a 262lb C in today's game? Going up against Geno Atkins, who is considered small for a DT at 300lbs? Imagine him going up against Haloti Ngata when he was in his prime, tearing through there at 340lbs+. Now the average-sized TEs (Tyler Kroft, 260lbs) are Bob Johnson's size.
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