10-04-2021, 09:36 PM
(10-04-2021, 06:47 PM)grampahol Wrote: What a lot forget is that Curtis played back when defenses could really bust up receivers and it wasn't a pass happy league. He still had to play Pittsburgh twice a year when they were in all essence mugging him so he couldn't catch the ball, often triple teaming him which lead to the Issac Curtis rule of no contact after 5 yards. Before then defenses got away with blatant pass interference all the time.
I think everyone acknowledges that it was a different era, but you still have to compare him to his peers. And from what I can tell he was never a top 2-3 player at his position. But guys like Chad, Willie, Boomer, Dillon, etc certainly were.