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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 497147" data-attributes="member: 4199">Huh?  Ringo = 232.  Modern Centers = 300.  Ringo made his money being quick and pulling.  In the modern game, he's breakfast for a NT, and the MLB behind him, who is STILL ~20 pounds bigger than Ringo, uses the leftovers for tooth picks. Gregg = 250.  Modern Tackles = 310+.  My question on him is more about skillset.  He was a great tackle in his day, before the concept of edge rushers really existed.  We don't know if he can hack it in the modern game at all.  Or can if he can add 40-70 pounds on his frame and still do his job.  Same idea with Nitschke.  Great all-around player in his day, but I don't look at him and say, "There's a guy who can turn and run with pass catching TEs and Running backs in man to man coverage."  If he can't do that, he's no more valuable to us than Hawk. The further you go back in NFL history, the harder it is to project them to the modern game, simply because of how much it has changed.  Reggie works because he didn't play that long ago, he was a physical freak when he did play, and his job is more or less unchanged from when he did play.</blockquote>

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