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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 586938"><p>It is appropriate to honor players for their accomplishments in their time, excelling in the game <em>they</em> were playing.</p><p></p><p>To transport them into today's game is both unfair and inaccurate.</p><p></p><p>Those Lombardi linemen played in the range of 240 - 250 lbs., give or take, playing against 240-250 lb. defensive linemen. Ringo in particular was small...typically listed around 230 lbs. though I've read he may have played as low as 215 lbs. at times.</p><p></p><p>Would those guys outrun today's linemen in a 40 yd. dash? Maybe. In Kramer's case, probably. But they'd get manhandled by today's defenses.</p><p></p><p>In the end, the accomplishments of players in the early days of the modern game are unfairly diminished in comparisons to modern players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 586938"] It is appropriate to honor players for their accomplishments in their time, excelling in the game [I]they[/I] were playing. To transport them into today's game is both unfair and inaccurate. Those Lombardi linemen played in the range of 240 - 250 lbs., give or take, playing against 240-250 lb. defensive linemen. Ringo in particular was small...typically listed around 230 lbs. though I've read he may have played as low as 215 lbs. at times. Would those guys outrun today's linemen in a 40 yd. dash? Maybe. In Kramer's case, probably. But they'd get manhandled by today's defenses. In the end, the accomplishments of players in the early days of the modern game are unfairly diminished in comparisons to modern players. [/QUOTE]
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