purplereign1 wrote:
Tougher, maybe. It does however make a big difference when you are battling 265 lb offensive lineman and 325 lb offensive lineman that can bench 500 lbs. NFL players today are all freaks compared to 30 years ago. We have learned how to make muscles much bigger, stronger, and more explosive, but tendons and ligaments are still the same.
this is exactly it. Players playing the game today are bigger, faster and stronger. It takes a much bigger toll on the body playing in today's NFL than it did 40 years ago
Delaqure wrote:Man whatever happened to the tough men of the 70s? I don't remember Page, Eller, Larson or Marshall getting hurt so much as the players today.
Despite all the supposed advances I feel the old guys were tougher. I have a theory that all the current no contact practices have softened players bodies. They are not used to getting hit or banged around and so when it comes to game time their bodies can't take the strain.
Of course it's just a theory.
You're exactly right but the players today are faster and bigger as well.
