re: I'm sure 99.9% of the followers here would agree Burrow was the best QB to play at LSU but

There is no but in that sentence. BUT it was not "a different game" back then, it just had fewer rules, way less padding, and far tougher people playing it. Yeah, they were slower (and admittedly whiter), but very few modern players would last more than a few games in the NFL of the late '40s and early '50s, for example. The league had mostly been suspended during the war and the returning veterans who got back into a uniform had a very bad attitude. Piling on in the line was universal and pro wrestling tricks like gouging and biting at the bottom were common. It was not unheard of for players to break bones and continue playing. Sometimes all season long. For a few years college players were older, too, due to returning to school and using their eligibility, and the game they played wasn't much gentler. You think I'm kidding? Google it and find out. Point is that the forward pass was more or less invented by Sammy Baugh and Tittle was very similar to him in strength and athleticism, playing both offense and defense. Either of those men could win a Super Bowl today; Joe Burrow is one of the very few modern players that could compete with them at all. As for Bert Jones, his career at LSU was hamstrung by conservative coaching more than "playing a different game"; when he got to Baltimore, his first two seasons compared very favorably to Burrows' and if ownership had given him any support, he'd have won a few rings. Very much like Burrow's situation in Cincinnati right now.