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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 905431" data-attributes="member: 4199">Even this  is tricky.  They very well might have.  It's also possible some of their lesser contemporaries would thrive more in such a world.Offensive linemen are the biggest example to me.  Pre 1975 (I think that's the year) offensive linemen could not use their hands to block, period.  Hands come up, holding flag came out.In a world where linemen can use their hands, suddenly hand strength, arm length, ability to delivery a punch accurately, etc, go from 0 to super important.  Particularly at tackle.  Pure hypothetical, but it's possible that tackle Forrest Gregg, whom Lombardi considered the best football player he ever coached, becomes a marginal starter or is forced to kick in at guard in a pass centric league.  We have no idea how good his hands are/were for such a role.</blockquote>

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