re: Joe Montana: Dan Marino was better than me, he’s the best of all-time

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This shite is overrated.

The QB's of today are not pussies, and the rules only help so much. The primary reason why teams put up much better numbers today is because of coaching. Offensive coaches have had 30-50 years to sit in meetings and think shite up since the days of Bradshaw, Montana, Marino, etc. The best college teams were running the damn wishbone in the '70s. I can remember plain as day seeing Michael Irvin in a three point stance for Miami in 1987.

Offense has come a long, long way at all levels since the days of these QB's. Take Reid and Mahomes back to 1980 with a team with some decent skill and defenses would be as wide-eyed as someone from that era looking at a smartphone.

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Wrong. It's not just how absurdly QBs are coddled in today's game. There are a bunch of other things.

WRs are also overprotected. None of them have any fear going over the middle anymore. WRs in the 70s & 80s had safeties like Ronnie Lott or Kenny Easley waiting to put them on a stretcher. Now? It's a joke.

If a QB feels an iota of pressure nowadays he just chunks it out of bounds (please, one step laterally and every ref claims the QB is "outside of the tackle box"). How many sacks and hits a year did Joe and Dan take that the garbage legalized intentional ground would protect them from?

I know the modern fanboys hate to admit it, but no passing records/stats from the last 20 years really mean much. The game is so watered down from what it should be it's hard to respect any QB accomplishments from this century.