08-21-2021, 05:04 PM
(08-21-2021, 03:53 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: There is no comparison between 80s football and 2000's football.
Montana got his brains beat in every Sunday. If you don't believe me, just go look up a highlight reel of hits Montana took, and compare it to hits Brady took. Brady has been pampered in comparison.
I disagree. Maybe in terms of coverage, but QB protections didn’t start coming in until later in the 2000s.
https://youtu.be/M4OTH0pddv4
Brady was nearly decapitated there and nobody batted an eye. That’d be a flag now, but it was normal back then. Early 2000’s football was still very physical and full of heavy hits. The league was still very physical with QBs until Palmer and Brady both tore their ACLs. Rule changes started coming into play more then.
