[The Goat]

Originally Posted by joeredskin

(1) you realize the size, strength and speed of current players is beyond anything with which the "classic gridiron" guys dealt? (the hogs were the heaviest o-line of their day. Today, they would be the smallest, by far, in the league).

(2) "sissies"? That is just plain ignorant, moronic, obtuse - take your pick of adjectives describing someone who holds an opinion completely lacking in anything but apocryphal data for support. I am 50 year old guy - "back-in-the-day" i saw some players play with pain and some who refused. Your "opinion" is simply a personal bias lacking any factual data. Further, your rose-colored "back in my day" attitude denigrates the serious risks these guys put themself in week in and week out.

I stand by that opinion.

P.s.: John riggins missed much of the 74 season due to an shoulder injury and the 77 season due to a sknee injury -- and then of course there's that contract thing in '80. Just saying...

P.p.s.: Being an old-timer, i am sure you remember jim brown calling franco harris a softie b/c he ran out of bounds to avoid contact and of course you recall that harris didn't deny it but asserted he was just playing smart ...

lol