2009 Pro-Football Hall of Fame Inductees

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Originally Posted by rypper11

He also played in an era when the rules favored the defense. I'm surprised passes were completed in the '60's. Hayes averaged over 20 yds/catch and scored a TD every 5.22 times he caught the ball. Fred Biletnikoff (who is in the HOF and was also drafted in 1965) avgd 15.2 yds/catch and scored every 7.75 times.
For anyone who likes watching an exciting gamebreaker, watch film of Hayes this summer while we are all going through NFL withdrawel.

That's truly an amazing stat. The rules really didn't start to change until the late 70's and that was because of Mel Blount.