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re: Imagine if a good player in the 80s/90s get teleported into todays time and starts playing
Posted on 4/10/24 at 9:54 am to VADawg
Posted on 4/10/24 at 9:54 am to VADawg
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Bo Jackson is an anomaly
Jim Brown was 6'2 and weighed 235lbs. He was also incredibly fast and powerful. I think most great RBs would translate to today's game pretty well..
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Posted on 4/10/24 at 9:58 am to brmark70816
To give even more perspective
The Washington Redskins offensive line called the Hogs, dominated the nfl with their physical nature. It led them to 3 super bowls. They controlled the LOS against everyone for a decade. Their line averaged 273 pounds. It would be the smallest line in the nfl today….
An nfl team from today could run every possession against an 80s team and dominate them.
The Washington Redskins offensive line called the Hogs, dominated the nfl with their physical nature. It led them to 3 super bowls. They controlled the LOS against everyone for a decade. Their line averaged 273 pounds. It would be the smallest line in the nfl today….
An nfl team from today could run every possession against an 80s team and dominate them.
This post was edited on 4/10/24 at 9:59 am
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:09 am to brmark70816
quote:I refuse to believe anyone is this simple in the head, but then again Biden was voted president so I guess not
No but anytime a guy got hot to get him unhot you’d rough him up a bit. Definitely wouldn’t let him stand there with faux defense and shoot another 20 3s. You’ve seen the Bird videos with guys pulling him to the ground on a layup? Where’s the video of that happening to Curry?
If stopping Curry was a simple as a hard foul every team would do it. Let me fill you in on something, all that foul is going to lead to is two made free throws
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:16 am to BeepBopBoop
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No but anytime a guy got hot to get him unhot you’d rough him up a bit.
And the league office wouldn’t stand for it
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:22 am to lsupride87
OK, cool. I played basketball in the 80s and this is what every team did so whatever.
If you haven't seen an old game where a hot player gets fouled really hard then isn't hot after that I don't know what to tell you. I was there, I did it myself, I was fouled hard and wasn't the same shooter after.
You can't foul hard in the league anymore bro. Do you even watch basketball?
If you haven't seen an old game where a hot player gets fouled really hard then isn't hot after that I don't know what to tell you. I was there, I did it myself, I was fouled hard and wasn't the same shooter after.
You can't foul hard in the league anymore bro. Do you even watch basketball?
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:23 am to chalmetteowl
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And the league office wouldn’t stand for it
In the 80s they did. That's why they changed the rules, flagrant this and that.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:23 am to lsupride87
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Their line averaged 273 pounds. It would be the smallest line in the nfl today….
And what’s not to say with some time in modern day nutrition and training NFL level programs they couldn’t also be as big and strong? A lot of the guys back then ate like shite, didn’t workout as much, and probably smoked and drank a lot more more often than guys do now.
People didn’t evolve into being so much bigger, faster, and stronger in just 1 or 2 generations. That’s not how it works. It was because our modern understanding of exercise science and nutrition for athletes.
This post was edited on 4/10/24 at 10:25 am
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:26 am to DeepShot
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Lets say a good player today gets moved back to the 80s/90s….could todays player handle the way the game was played back then?…could they handle a rougher style of coaching?…could they handle having to play most of the season? I dont think so
Bingo, especially NFL players and soft as baby shite NBA "athletes".
They would be crying to have almost every coach fired on top of everything else.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:27 am to BeepBopBoop
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No but anytime a guy got hot to get him unhot you’d rough him up a bit.
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Definitely wouldn’t let him stand there with faux defense
You promote fake defense from the 80s/90s and then pretend fake defense is played today
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:29 am to 1BamaRTR
quote:The thread is about teleporting. Not being raised from birth in todays time .
And what’s not to say with some time in modern day nutrition and training NFL level programs they couldn’t also be as big and strong? A lot of the guys back then ate like shite, didn’t workout as much, and probably smoked and drank a lot more more often than guys do now.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:33 am to SlowFlowPro
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then pretend fake defense is played today
OK I guess 26 3's is good defense for todays NBA.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:35 am to lsupride87
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The thread is about teleporting. Not being raised from birth in today’s time .
Ok you’re right about the first part.
But I don’t think those old players would have to be raised from birth with all that. At least with regards to weight and strength and to some extent some other skills
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:52 am to Finkle is Einhorn
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He couldn’t even make a roster today because everybody is so much bigger and faster and stronger
What RB or OF is bigger, faster, AND stronger than Bo Jackson today?
Derrick Henry is bigger. Highly doubt he was stronger. No doubt Bo was faster.
Same with Aaron Judge. He's bigger. Not faster and steonger.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:52 am to BeepBopBoop
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OK I guess 26 3's is good defense for todays NBA.
That's an offensive choice.
How would the 80s battery-based defense stop 3 point shots? Especially with all the movement in today's game.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 11:33 am to Diseasefreeforall
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n football and basketball he would probably be surprised at how much more complex game plans are.
Football yes. Basketball absolutely not.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 11:43 am to SlowFlowPro
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Marino is one of those guys who seems to be incredible for his era but might not translate. The game may be too complex for him today. He is not the brightest bulb. He wrecked it in a far less complex era.
A lot of these guys in today's game would also fall into the same category of "not the brightest bulb". Hell, just listen to the reigning MVP give a press conference.
He may struggle to pick up a Shannahan style offense, but there are a number of teams that would easily build an elite offense around his strengths.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 1:13 pm to Dairy Sanders
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Basketball absolutely not.
Lol wut
Posted on 4/10/24 at 1:25 pm to DeepShot
Your PEDs are better than our PEDs.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 1:28 pm to DeepShot
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Lets say a good player today gets moved back to the 80s/90s….could todays player handle the way the game was played back then?…could they handle a rougher style of coaching?…could they handle having to play most of the season? I dont think so
you act like these players just teleported into the NBA magically without ever having to play on the streets to develop
they weren't all born millionaires with NBA fathers
This post was edited on 4/10/24 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 4/10/24 at 1:40 pm to SlowFlowPro
NBA—players from the 80s/early 90s have a better chance of dominating today’s game than today’s players have of dominating in the 80s. The hand check is the biggest difference between the two eras. The second is the quick whistle on fouls.
NFL—DBs from the 80s/90s would have a difficult time in today’s game. The receivers , however, would feast. Again, using your hands to defend throughout the route was a part of the old game. Same with hitting “unprotected” receivers. For the same reason , today’s receivers would have a tough like succeeding in the 80s/90s. Very few OL from the old days could succeed today. The best DL from the 80s and 90s could easily play at a high level today.
NFL—DBs from the 80s/90s would have a difficult time in today’s game. The receivers , however, would feast. Again, using your hands to defend throughout the route was a part of the old game. Same with hitting “unprotected” receivers. For the same reason , today’s receivers would have a tough like succeeding in the 80s/90s. Very few OL from the old days could succeed today. The best DL from the 80s and 90s could easily play at a high level today.
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