re: 30 for 30 "The '85 Bears" premieres tonight

No I'm not serious you tard

I think the skills guys and linebackers match up in any era. But the offensive line would get destroyed by the front 7 of Bama. Destroyed. Sugar71 keeps talking about "listed weight". Does he not realize that means they were even SMALLER. Teams lie to make players sound heavier. An offensive line averaging 265 is going to get skull drug by A-Shawn and crew

Thanks. I did not know this. Thought I would have to wait until they load it on Netflix in a couple weeks.

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The left tackle on the 85 bears was 277 lbs and he was their biggest offensive lineman. I think that would serve a problem against elite college d-lines these days. 1985 was 31 years ago. The change in the size of lineman has been huuuuge in that timeframe. Linebackers and receivers not so much

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Exactly. They would get absolutely abused up front.

And not only are these guys bigger, but they're much faster and stronger than the defensive lineman of the 1980s

Physical freaks like Clowney, Mario Williams and such just didn't exist in the 1980s on the line.

They'd be giving up too much in weight, strength, and speed to today's players.

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C'mon man

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your average college playbook is probably at least 4-5x bigger than an NFL playbook in 1985

the college team would be bigger, stronger, faster, and have a more complicated system (on both sides) that the NFL team would never have seen before

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your average college playbook is probably at least 4-5x bigger than an NFL playbook in 1985

the college team would be bigger, stronger, faster, and have a more complicated system (on both sides) that the NFL team would never have seen before

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And if they had a good dual threat QB, it would be even more comical.

NFL playbooks exploded in the late 80s/early 90s when the west coast offense really started to dominate. the WCO was heads and shoulders more complicated than anything that the NFL had seen before. college offenses today are more complicated than the 80s WCO

and your "simpler" college offense are a style that the NFL teams would have no idea how to handle. the spread option/HUNH? please

i mean take Oregon trotting out that HUNH with 3-4 WRs every play and that 46 defense is running around with hands on hips having no idea what to do after about 2-3 drives. eventually UO would score every drive and does anybody see the bears with an undersized OL and simple offense being able to follow suit?

if you want a really fun example, look at 2004/2005 USC v. those bears teams

a guy like matt leinart would have been a fine NFL QB in the 80s, possibly a dominant QB

then you have those WRs, RBs, and that system. plus a HUGE OL that would be intimidated by the bears DL

or 2005 UT. does anybody think that the 1985 bears simple D would scare Vince Young? that UT D was fricking nasty

and teams today have 10+ years of development on those 2 teams

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if you want a really fun example, look at 2004/2005 USC v. those bears teams

a guy like matt leinart would have been a fine NFL QB in the 80s, possibly a dominant QB

then you have those WRs, RBs, and that system. plus a HUGE OL that would be intimidated by the bears DL

or 2005 UT. does anybody think that the 1985 bears simple D would scare Vince Young? that UT D was fricking nasty

and teams today have 10+ years of development on those 2 teams

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I was actually thinking of the 2 teams in that championship game

Both would completely obliterate every team in the year 1985

and let's just remember vince young was what? 6-5, 230 back then? that's LB size for 1985