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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 687696">- O-Linemen could not use open hands; blocking was with the forearms and the side of closed fists.- There was no chuck rule.  You could maul a receiver all the way down the field so long as you didn't grab him and were off of him by the time the ball was in the air in his vicinity.-  The extensive chop block rules of today were not in place.  There was something of a "gentleman's agreement" that you don't take a guy's knees out from behind, but that didn't stop some guys from doing it or prevent Conrad Dobler from getting to 3 Pro Bowls.- Pass rushers could do just about anything they wanted to get to the QB short of yanking a face mask.  Deacon Jones perfected the head slap; others copied it.- Headhunting was standard operating procedure.  Vontaze Burficts were all over the place.  You had best play with your head on a swivel.- Quarterback protections did not exist, nor defenseless receiver protections.- Bounty programs were common.This state of affairs persisted until the early 1980's, then gradually changed, for 3 reasons:1) The NFL wanted more scoring for the TV audience.2) Once free agency kicked in, expensive "skill position" players, especially QBs, needed to be protected.3) Bad PR over concussions.</blockquote>

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