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If you dropped Danny Woodhead into 50's/60's NFL, how good would he have been?
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:43 am
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:43 am
IMO he'd have been a Hall of Famer
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Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:45 am to Draconian Sanctions
Why? He would have never gotten a clean release off the line, and would have been killed.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:45 am to Draconian Sanctions
If you dropped any NFL player into that era, would they not be unbelievable?
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:45 am to TotesMcGotes
Well yeah but I just look at Woodhead as such a great football player whose only flaw is his size
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:52 am to Draconian Sanctions
Probably. Almost any Pro today would be.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:54 am to schexyoung
quote:He's a RB.
He would have never gotten a clean release off the line
quote:Why?
would have been killed.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:54 am to Mystery
No kidding. They were smaller, weaker and slower, which helps Woodhead, not hurt.
This post was edited on 11/21/14 at 9:55 am
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:54 am to Draconian Sanctions
Great thread. Really thought-provoking. Let's think of some other players and explore this further.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:59 am to Draconian Sanctions
HA! No. If you just all of a sudden dropped an athlete from today to the 50's and 60's they probably wouldn't last a whole game.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:02 am to RileyTime
Lol
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:02 am to RileyTime
quote:Why?
If you just all of a sudden dropped an athlete from today to the 50's and 60's they probably wouldn't last a whole game.
ETA: Go ahead and look at the height and weight of the 1950 NFL pro bowlers.
This post was edited on 11/21/14 at 10:04 am
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:05 am to Draconian Sanctions
Guts like wood head and sproles would have a tougher time back then IMO.
The running schemes were nearly exclusively man blocking power schemes, not zone, and more straight line runners thrive in that.
I think the smaller shiftier back is a productive of the times for the most part
The running schemes were nearly exclusively man blocking power schemes, not zone, and more straight line runners thrive in that.
I think the smaller shiftier back is a productive of the times for the most part
This post was edited on 11/21/14 at 10:07 am
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:08 am to RileyTime
quote:
HA! No. If you just all of a sudden dropped an athlete from today to the 50's and 60's they probably wouldn't last a whole game.
Yeah. JJ Watt would really struggle.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:11 am to boom roasted
I just assumed his best shot would be at WR. I don't think he would have made it as a RB back in those years. Maybe I'm crazy. 
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:12 am to RileyTime
quote:Congrats, you have now posted the stupidest thing ever on this board
HA! No. If you just all of a sudden dropped an athlete from today to the 50's and 60's they probably wouldn't last a whole game.
This post was edited on 11/21/14 at 10:15 am
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:14 am to RileyTime
quote:Todays 6'6" 310 LT would be blocking a 5'10" 225 lb DE.
HA! No. If you just all of a sudden dropped an athlete from today to the 50's and 60's they probably wouldn't last a whole game
ETA: Pete Pihos was the starting DE in the 1950 pro bowl. He was 6'1" 210 lbs. He would injure the shite out of a modern day LT
This post was edited on 11/21/14 at 10:17 am
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:14 am to schexyoung
If Woodhead can succeed in today's NFL, I'd be willing to bet a shitload of money that he would have done just fine in the 1950s and 1960s. He probably would have been a perennial pro bowler.
I'm more curious as to why you think he would have gotten killed.
I'm more curious as to why you think he would have gotten killed.
This post was edited on 11/21/14 at 10:18 am
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:15 am to Draconian Sanctions
He could have put up Hugh McElhenny or Lenny Moore type stats if he could have stayed healthy. That would have earned him HOF recognition.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:21 am to Draconian Sanctions
Woodheads value is more of a passing down guy (routes, blocking). Teams three a lot less then and even less to RBs. He is not a between the tackles kind of guy. He would be good but don't think a HOFer
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:43 am to ehidal1
quote:He would have kicked everyones arse. The two all-pro running backs from 1955 were 5'11" 180lbs and 6'1" 190 lbs. Welker weighed in at 186. He would have been the same size of all the running backs back then, but faster
Woodheads value is more of a passing down guy (routes, blocking). Teams three a lot less then and even less to RBs. He is not a between the tackles kind of guy. He would be good but don't think a HOFer
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