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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1065310" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>My relationship to all of it is a lot different than most people inasmuch as I have played, coached, and been a spectator for over 7 decades. I learned that the game evolves and as it evolves you can only relate to a player and his attributes based on the competition in his specific era. Stats don't tell the truth when they're intended to compare one era to another.</p><p></p><p>As a prime example, place kickers. Back in the early days, even into the 60s there wasn't usually a specialist handling the punting and kicking duties. It was usually a guy who also played on offense or defense often on a substantial number of snaps. Take Lou Groza of the Cleveland Browns as an example. An offense lineman who wore a flat front shoe on his kicking foot, so he was prepared to kick after playing the previous down on the offensive line.</p><p></p><p>For some, wearing that shoe didn't work on a continuous basis so there was a strap on toe that had a flat front that I could have my holder attach to my shoe so I could make my kick. It was a nightmare on a muddy field trying to get it on and in place quick enough to make the kick. I rarely had time to even think about the kick itself. I was worried the plate wouldn't be on right. As a running back and linebacker that normally flat toed kicking shoe was out of the question. It caused me to stumble when I used it, so it was history soon after I tried using it.</p><p></p><p>As a straight-line kicker, we didn't come close to the accuracy of today's kickers.</p><p></p><p>Another example is the passing game. How can you compare a guy like Don Hutson who actually caught more passes for more yardage in Green Bay than a lot of the NFL teams had in their entirety as a team over the course of a season. He also did it in 12 games not the 16 then 17 of today.</p><p></p><p>It's all relative to it's era not a comparable over an extended period of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1065310, member: 17953"] My relationship to all of it is a lot different than most people inasmuch as I have played, coached, and been a spectator for over 7 decades. I learned that the game evolves and as it evolves you can only relate to a player and his attributes based on the competition in his specific era. Stats don't tell the truth when they're intended to compare one era to another. As a prime example, place kickers. Back in the early days, even into the 60s there wasn't usually a specialist handling the punting and kicking duties. It was usually a guy who also played on offense or defense often on a substantial number of snaps. Take Lou Groza of the Cleveland Browns as an example. An offense lineman who wore a flat front shoe on his kicking foot, so he was prepared to kick after playing the previous down on the offensive line. For some, wearing that shoe didn't work on a continuous basis so there was a strap on toe that had a flat front that I could have my holder attach to my shoe so I could make my kick. It was a nightmare on a muddy field trying to get it on and in place quick enough to make the kick. I rarely had time to even think about the kick itself. I was worried the plate wouldn't be on right. As a running back and linebacker that normally flat toed kicking shoe was out of the question. It caused me to stumble when I used it, so it was history soon after I tried using it. As a straight-line kicker, we didn't come close to the accuracy of today's kickers. Another example is the passing game. How can you compare a guy like Don Hutson who actually caught more passes for more yardage in Green Bay than a lot of the NFL teams had in their entirety as a team over the course of a season. He also did it in 12 games not the 16 then 17 of today. It's all relative to it's era not a comparable over an extended period of time. [/QUOTE]
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