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<blockquote data-quote="okcpackerfan" data-source="post: 488612" data-attributes="member: 4994"><p>Don Hutson was a great receiver - I would like to point a few things though</p><p> </p><p>1. the main point people are making is that don hutson was a great receiver in an era when they "didn't throw the ball" - the counter to this is that not many people were geared to stop a passing attack then were they?</p><p> </p><p>2. There is no fair way to judge a player from one era to the other, if you think comparing them to their peers of the time is a good strategy then that's ok but it's not that great either. The more popular something becomes and the more money that can be made at it the more people are going to do it and the better that profession will become. An example would be that when Don Hutson played not many people were walking around saying they wanted to grow up to play in the NFL therefore the average player was not even close to being as good as they are nowadays.</p><p> </p><p>3. Stats aren't everything. Is Kareem Abdul Jabbar the best basketball player of all time? Some players simply "get it" before everyone else and change and revolutionize the game. Babe Ruth was one of those players. When looking at stats there is a TREMENDOUS amount of information that <em>isn't</em> shown. It's fun to look at stats because then you have something quantitative to compare.</p><p> </p><p>For me I will almost always go with the recent guy in football since players get bigger, stronger, faster, smarter, every year and you have to be that much better than the players the year before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="okcpackerfan, post: 488612, member: 4994"] Don Hutson was a great receiver - I would like to point a few things though 1. the main point people are making is that don hutson was a great receiver in an era when they "didn't throw the ball" - the counter to this is that not many people were geared to stop a passing attack then were they? 2. There is no fair way to judge a player from one era to the other, if you think comparing them to their peers of the time is a good strategy then that's ok but it's not that great either. The more popular something becomes and the more money that can be made at it the more people are going to do it and the better that profession will become. An example would be that when Don Hutson played not many people were walking around saying they wanted to grow up to play in the NFL therefore the average player was not even close to being as good as they are nowadays. 3. Stats aren't everything. Is Kareem Abdul Jabbar the best basketball player of all time? Some players simply "get it" before everyone else and change and revolutionize the game. Babe Ruth was one of those players. When looking at stats there is a TREMENDOUS amount of information that [I]isn't[/I] shown. It's fun to look at stats because then you have something quantitative to compare. For me I will almost always go with the recent guy in football since players get bigger, stronger, faster, smarter, every year and you have to be that much better than the players the year before. [/QUOTE]
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