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Originally Posted by Ragnar
I can tell you how Emmitt Smith would do against the Ray Nitschke Packers. That Cowboys offensive line would push that Packer defense up and down the field all game long. Starr would have no time to throw and the Packers would lose something like 63-0. Back during the 60s the NFL still didn't quite have the best athletes up and down the roster. A decade or two later they started rolling in.
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I've always found baseless assertions such as this to be vaguely racist--think about it some. Saying players from the 1960's wouldn't be smart enough to realize the benefits of modern training methods or modern offensive and defensive schemes is very much the same arguments used to keep black players out of MLB or the excuse why blacks could not play quarterback. In short, this argument is distinctly 'racist' in a modern way.
As to the size of players, no one can doubt modern training methods produce bigger players. But at what cost to the players' lives? There are lots of articles by large linemen talking about the wear and tear on their bodies and the need they found to drop 50-100 pounds or more at retirement, simply to retain their health.