07-10-2015, 11:45 PM
(07-10-2015, 12:00 PM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: Used to love to watch that old Raiders team. Bunch of mean ass players.
The Steeler/Raider games from the 70's were brutal.
The defense would literally pick up a QB and slam him into the ground head first, and if he didn't get up immediately the announcers would call him "soft". Defensive backs would clothesline receivers on a regular basis. D-linemen would "headslap" the O-linemen every time they rushed the passer. Receivers and TEs would "crackback block" DEs at the knees on sweeps.
The NFL is still extremely violent today, but nothing like in the 70's. The Steelers and Raiders were the baddest of the bad, and almost every time they played there was a lot on the line. Those games were nasty.
