You can say what you want about the NFL, but one thing they have done with NFL Films is preserve a lot of the footage of their game over the years which makes it easier to find footage for historical pieces like this one. If I had to guess, it grew out of the fact that footage is often needed to evaluate players at some positions. As for the NBA, not sure how much footage they’ve preserved.
@@fortynights1513 Consider that one of the greatest feats in basketball history, Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game; was not filmed. There aren't even that many still photos of it.
@@fortynights1513 that could well be some of the reason, although I imagine with the NBA a lot of it is complicated rights issues, quantity of content (82 game seasons vs 16), and quality of content (e.g., the digital dark ages of the 00s). The way the NBA licensed its broadcasting rights out to local markets probably means that there’s a lot less footage that’s been retained and accessible
@@gethauntedI’d agree that the NBA dealing with local stations leads to more sources of footage being involved, whereas NFL games were all nationally broadcast (to the extent that they were broadcast at all) by the years leading up to the merger so only the major networks would be involved. Networks wiped TV broadcasts of NFL games up to about 1976 or 77 (ironically here, the existence of NFL Films led to the networks believing that they didn’t need to preserve any footage related to the NFL because a source independent of them was archiving footage; but as a result what their TV commentators said is often lost to history), then in the late 70’s, they changed their mind and decided to archive the broadcasts of just about every NFL game. As for the NBA, I think it’s more likely that nationally televised games are more likely to be retrievable than a game that was only broadcast on a regional sports network. Also, why are the 2000’s the digital dark ages in your opinion?
Not taking into account inflation when talking about salary is bull. Joe Namath's salary in 1975 would be worth over $5m per year today, so way more comparatively than Purdy. Heck the average salary in the USA in 1975 was only $7,653 (about $45k inflation adjusted) compared to an average salary of about $59.5k today. Those players in 1975 making $55k were earning what would be over $321k today. If you don't know, less than 1% of Americans make over $300k a year individually and that was about the same percentage of Americans making $55k in 1975.
Yeah lol I guess being ripped doesn’t change the ability to throw a deep and accurate ball. I mean, Aaron Rodgers also kinda thin. I think Lamar Jackson is the only really jacked QB
Tom Brady is 6:4 200 and something and had a ridiculous eating regeminet and workout routine. Just cause he doesn't look like a Greek god doesn't mean he was just a bag of beans, think Eli manning, Peyton manning didn't look big compared to their team but their both at least 6'4 over 200 pounds and Eli was a straight up beast that man always got back up which is like unheard of now ever qb seems to miss at least a few games a season. And football players use to be closer to their body type weight ever single football lineman now when they retire they our anywhere from 50-100 pounds lighter cause they had to put that weight on, I would imagine you can run better if you have five offensive at like 260-280, and to be honest in football your size can help but you have to know how to play I seen dbs lay out fullbacks. Or maybe qb our getting smaller cause it more about moving out the pocket and stuff like that and the way the game is played dictate how the player are. And I think you see it switch back and fourth because people our going to build a team to stop a type of off so you create what harder for them to stop. I guantree you build a 2000s type off most teams couldn't stop you. Cause it mostly about speed and stoping the pass. And we also don't have position locked.
Reggie White hurling Larry Allen through the air like a child might be the most impressive and terrifying thing Ive ever seen. @ 10:36 Note: Im well aware Reggie didn’t beat Larry Allen and the other members of that Cowboys O-Line every single time. In fact, they had Reggie’s number for a stretch. But we can all appreciate the wars they had.
This channel is honestly amazing. I've been trying to get more into the NFL since my girlfriend and her family are obsessed, and the videos on this channel have been so helpful in learning about the game and the league. I wish other leagues, like the NBA, had stuff like this.
@@domdela5217they had hbcu football in late 1800s and they didn't want blacks to play whites back then because they were too athletic!!! Also white percentage is more like 30 something %
Most of these charts are really leading me to see the 2000s as the premiere decade in football The players had gotten the athleticism of the modern era, but the passing game hadn’t fully eclipsed the running game
I love how this video breaks down the evolution of each position and how it evolved from its beginnings to its present state. No other sport has had more evolutions in different aspects of its sport than American football. The science of football itself is so fascinating that how the game has changed from the running back being just the primary ball handler to how the forward pass changed how the entire game on offense and defense had to be structured. Great video.
Darren Sproles was 5'6'', but he listed at 190 lbs. That's not a small man. Just a short man. Had a reputation for being fragile, early in his career, but became one of the most durable backs in my lifetime, if not all-time. Imagine trying to tackle a man carrying 190 lbs that low to the ground, and probably the quickest and fastest player on the field. A real freak of Nature.
He really was. I went to a couple chargers practices growing up. My favorite part was watching him return punts and run. I couldn’t believe it, his legs moved so fast.
Don Hudson was the real phenomenal true evolution of Football who paid the way for all the right reasons he's the responsible of this Wide Receivers of then to right now for real 0:36
@57:30 not a fan of bill belichik. however one of my all time favorite moments is during a press conference, as coach of the pats, a reporters compared khalil mack to lawrence taylor. Bill looked at the reporter like he had lost his mind.
🙂Cole Beck is ALOT FASTER THAN DK and COLE BECK IS WHITE🥸🥳😎🙂This explains why Beck gets little attention from media that is racist towards whitesand not bright🤮 Beck runs track and plays Football at Virginia Tech and Beck is expected to be an Olympic champion in sprinting 😎🥳🥸Beck concentrated more on track last year than Football but Beck will concentrate on both this year and Beck has already sent a combine tape to the NFL. Beck is an awesome football player also
Marshall faulk did not usher in the era of receiving running backs. Thurman Thomas did with the k gun offense. He led the league for like 5 years and 15 years before Marshall faulk.
Those mergers during WW2 should be remembered and used as a source of cohesion and celebration of the cuture of American football. Im not from the States but ive been following football pretty hard for 20 odd years now and thats the first time ive heard about it. Thats criminal. Thats the story that should be told when those big flags get rolled out and you guys.. do what you do. Those people from our Greatest Generation should be celebrated and remembered at every opportunity. They did it right, and they did it for the right reasons. No offence... But maybe thats why they take a back seat while your "heroes" of today are paraded. For the record, we followed you into every fight since WW2 and will probably be there again for the next one.
Eddie Lebaron was 5'7 as well and his arm was crazy. Lionel James (little train at Auburn with Bo Jackson) was 5'6 and once held the all purpose yard total before Derek Mason of the Tennessee Titans broke his record. RB as well and also played for the Chargers.
I played a 5 technique DT at Va Tech back in the 1970’s. 6’6” and 225 lbs. I blew my knee out in Spring of my freshman year and again at the end of my sophomore season. Severe arthritis by 35. Knee replacement by 50. Pretty much constant knee pain at age 67. Football is off the charts hard. That’s what makes it great. I’d do it all over again if I could.
That was Larry's rookie year where he played injured. That was the only good game Reggie had vs Dallas in his career. He was otherwise dominated by Eric Williams and the rest of their O line.
Clicked on this vid expecting to get bored in the first 15 minutes, complete opposite as the vid went on I got more interested nice well put together video especially for someone like me who grew up watching mostly basketball
I can remember watching Cunningham as a viking passing the ball to Randy Moss when Randy Moss first came into the league I remember thinking that is one of the prettiest deep balls I have ever seen a passer consistently make the man could surely play
I saw Randy Moss catch 2 touchdowns when Marshall beat Georgia Southern in his freshman season in 1996. When Marshall left the Southern Conference for division 1-A play the next year, I was relieved that we wouldn't have to face Moss again but disappointed at not being able to see him play.
The Graham/Paul Brown combo was better than Brady/Belichick, statistically speaking. Any list of Top 5 coaches that doesn't include Paul Brown is wrong.
It always surprised me how much smaller and lighter the players of the “tougher” eras of the 60s and 70s were compared to today’s supposedly softer league I think the athleticism and size of todays players is really underrated by old heads
Crazy how quickly Tony g and Antonio Gates got highlighted. All time receiving yard leader and all time TD leader should definitely get highlighted a bit more for the increased usage of tight ends since their time in the league
Its amazing that its revenue sharing model has been so stable and productive for so long. I was a die-hard NFL fan when I was growing up and it took 30 years of working weekends and nights to make me more of an occasionally interested tourist.
With how big players are now compared to the hard hitting days of 80s-2000s, imagine if we still had the same rules? People would be getting knocked out left and right every game. But we'll never know cause players arent trained that way anymore
Actually, in early football many teams commonly used 6 guys on the defensive line. 6-2-3 was a thing. From the inside out: two guards, two tackles, and two ends on the line - with the ends often rushing upfield; two linebackers; and two defensive halfbacks and a safety on the back end. Five man fronts had a "middle guard" - basically what we would call a nose tackle today - two tackles, and two ends. As passing became more prevalent over time, defenses started to skew things towards the back end. My Colts use a 4-2-5 as essentially a base defense.
My high school football team in the early 80s also used a 5-2--3 defense as did every team we played against in South Georgia. It seemed to me that the trends I saw at this level were usually 2 or 3 decades behind what the NFL was doing, so at a time when the San Diego Chargers were airing the ball out with 3 WRs, the high school teams I saw were still using the 1 tight end, 2 RB and 2 WR formations. I was an O-Lineman and we weren't supposed to fully extend our arms or open our palms when blocking, but we still did it most of the time and were very rarely called for it by the refs, probably because of the influence of the rule changes in the NFL. But some things were changing faster. Despite the fact that our kicker went straight ahead with an old fashioned laced up behind the ankle flat-toed shoe, he was very athletic (a star basketball player) who didn't play offense or defense or go both ways like half our players did. And he had a volunteer kicking coach to help him out. He got a scholarship to Clemson but never could unseat the soccer style players for field goal kicking although he did end up punting, doing kick-offs and some extra points. After he graduated we got a guy from the soccer team who also only played special teams, but the volunteer kicking coach couldn't really help with his kicking style. My freshman year we had a 1,000 yard wide receiver, but at least some of that was due to the fact that we went 2-8 and were often able to score some meaningless touchdowns in the second half after the other team had let some 2nd teamers play on defense. Our WR got a scholarship to Georgia Southern right at the time when Paul Johnson came in as offensive coordinator and adopted the flexbone triple option running attack. I never heard why our old WR left the team at Georgia Southern, but I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't want to become a "wide blocker" who got very few balls thrown to him. Georgia Southern went on to have great success with the triple option for two decades (winning 6 1-AA national championships) but remained only above average as they adopted offenses more influenced by current NFL trends.
I contend that the old NFL/AFL pros were vastly tougher than today's pampered players. Generally speaking, they are bigger and faster today as steroids will put girth on you. Butkus was a monster then, he would be a monster now if he was 25 years old and playing!
Tougher? Players today are bigger and stronger and not because of steroids which has been banned for decades in the sport. Butkus wouldn’t be much in today’s league. The athletes today would just crush him.
@@inherentjesse For one, steroids are still prevalent despite the ban. In the 1960s through the 1980s, defenders could hit the QB after he released the ball, hit receivers in mid route, close lining, late hits and slamming players to the ground were not uncommon. Butkus, despite two bad knees, had great lateral speed and could read offenses and had a knack for intercepting and causing ball carriers to fumble. With today's training methods and medical knowledge, he would still be a monster.
@@denniswood1437 it is not prevalent. 258 violations since 2001. About 12% of the leagues total players today. 23 seasons worth. You can still hit a QB after the throw if you are in momentum to do so. The rest of those are just stupid. Even then with old school rules the players of today will have an even better chance of dominating them. Those players weren’t trained or even genetically evolved to play the sport like players are today. Butkus even with the training today would still be behind the game. Significant changes in offensive play calling will likely confuse him in today’s age.
@@inherentjesse Look, your stats aren't valid, players are going to be open about this? Also, you didn't understand my point, back then, a defender could legally hit a QB 2 seconds after he released the ball. You will be penalized if you hit the QB full on after release now. Your love for the mediocrity of today's players is touching.
@@denniswood1437 my stats aren’t valid? lol saying that doesn’t make it true. Like I said it was stupid. Who are you to call it mediocrity when you don’t stand a chance in a high school field today? You have 0 clue about the physical and mental toughness of modern players who are all putting their lives on the line for a game.
Patrick Mahomes proves you can have a dad body at 27 years old and still run around and throw the ball great. There is no one set type of body to do good in football.
A few months ago a female friend asked me about current NFL salaries . I decided to do a comparison of salary for a current top RB and compare to a top RB 1958-63. Even allowing for $ inflation and taxes I found the current player makes around 30 times as much as a player did 65 yearsago.
HOW.. just HOW do you miss out on Derrick Thomas?? He seriously picked up the LB baton of Lawrence Taylor in the 90's and had more sacks over 5 years than any other LB prior to that. So sad he was left out. RIP DT.
@@sr7312 true, different era made it a different game. I wonder what the average weight of a defensive lineman was next now or 70's 80's one. Heck I would likely not be too small at that time.
Older players looked like they were in their 50s and 60s . Nowadays alot of players look like they are in their 20s. And what was the deal with the goal post in the middle of the field?
Look for running backs to gain a bit in importance now as defenses have gotten more sophisticated, faster, and stingier hedging their bets against deeper threats.
Oh well. He still a big guy. Regardless. If it was something glaring then ok. But I'm not worried about 2 inches off his height as long as we know mistakes happen and ain't like it was on purpose. Way too much info being giving out in this video to worry about someone's height being off by 2 inches.😂
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The quality of this channel's videos is unbelievable. Really wish the NBA had something comparable
You can say what you want about the NFL, but one thing they have done with NFL Films is preserve a lot of the footage of their game over the years which makes it easier to find footage for historical pieces like this one.
If I had to guess, it grew out of the fact that footage is often needed to evaluate players at some positions.
As for the NBA, not sure how much footage they’ve preserved.
@@fortynights1513 Consider that one of the greatest feats in basketball history, Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game; was not filmed. There aren't even that many still photos of it.
@@fortynights1513 that could well be some of the reason, although I imagine with the NBA a lot of it is complicated rights issues, quantity of content (82 game seasons vs 16), and quality of content (e.g., the digital dark ages of the 00s). The way the NBA licensed its broadcasting rights out to local markets probably means that there’s a lot less footage that’s been retained and accessible
@@gethauntedI’d agree that the NBA dealing with local stations leads to more sources of footage being involved, whereas NFL games were all nationally broadcast (to the extent that they were broadcast at all) by the years leading up to the merger so only the major networks would be involved.
Networks wiped TV broadcasts of NFL games up to about 1976 or 77 (ironically here, the existence of NFL Films led to the networks believing that they didn’t need to preserve any footage related to the NFL because a source independent of them was archiving footage; but as a result what their TV commentators said is often lost to history), then in the late 70’s, they changed their mind and decided to archive the broadcasts of just about every NFL game.
As for the NBA, I think it’s more likely that nationally televised games are more likely to be retrievable than a game that was only broadcast on a regional sports network.
Also, why are the 2000’s the digital dark ages in your opinion?
JxmyHighroller is pretty good
1:20 Boy, they just don't make guys named "Pudge Heffelfinger" like they used to
What about tight end “Mac Speedie.” I heard that like, huh? Max Speedy??That’s like a fake created Madden Player with 99 speed 99 acceleration.
Number 1, he looks like Shemp Howard in his player profile, number 2, it doesn’t even have a first name, it just says “MacSpeedie!”
that hefflefinger i tell ya. give me the heart of hefflefinger. thats all i need
Dick Butkus
no other professional sports league has a channel as cool as this, thanks for all these videos
I recommend checking out tubfrog
Not taking into account inflation when talking about salary is bull. Joe Namath's salary in 1975 would be worth over $5m per year today, so way more comparatively than Purdy. Heck the average salary in the USA in 1975 was only $7,653 (about $45k inflation adjusted) compared to an average salary of about $59.5k today. Those players in 1975 making $55k were earning what would be over $321k today. If you don't know, less than 1% of Americans make over $300k a year individually and that was about the same percentage of Americans making $55k in 1975.
Tom Brady got that default look 😂😂. This man was something else
Yeah lol I guess being ripped doesn’t change the ability to throw a deep and accurate ball. I mean, Aaron Rodgers also kinda thin. I think Lamar Jackson is the only really jacked QB
@@kyledodson2992Cam was ripped, and Culpepper wasn’t cut but he was huge
Wasn't expecting u here lol
lol yeah, all his stats went to his mental and reminded everyone it's not always about the physique 😄
Tom Brady is 6:4 200 and something and had a ridiculous eating regeminet and workout routine. Just cause he doesn't look like a Greek god doesn't mean he was just a bag of beans, think Eli manning, Peyton manning didn't look big compared to their team but their both at least 6'4 over 200 pounds and Eli was a straight up beast that man always got back up which is like unheard of now ever qb seems to miss at least a few games a season. And football players use to be closer to their body type weight ever single football lineman now when they retire they our anywhere from 50-100 pounds lighter cause they had to put that weight on, I would imagine you can run better if you have five offensive at like 260-280, and to be honest in football your size can help but you have to know how to play I seen dbs lay out fullbacks. Or maybe qb our getting smaller cause it more about moving out the pocket and stuff like that and the way the game is played dictate how the player are. And I think you see it switch back and fourth because people our going to build a team to stop a type of off so you create what harder for them to stop. I guantree you build a 2000s type off most teams couldn't stop you. Cause it mostly about speed and stoping the pass. And we also don't have position locked.
I see an NFL Throwback: Explained video, i click and lock in. Thank you for yet more educational and engaging content!
I'd love to see the evolution of the field and playing surface! often the most "boring" topics reveal the most interesting details
Or the evolution of football-only fields. Old teams used to play in baseball stadiums, with infield dirt!
Then let's talk about how the history of owners in football have evolved. But really would love to see the evolution of rule changes
We need the evolution of every NFL team’s venue development and evolvement!
They did a history of nfl stadiums… that’s probably the closest thing
And to know what we know and not know what we have to accept.incessitly
evolvement?
they did
@@keenannorris3309you know it’s not a word when it says “translate to English” below 😂
Reggie White hurling Larry Allen through the air like a child might be the most impressive and terrifying thing Ive ever seen.
@ 10:36
Note: Im well aware Reggie didn’t beat Larry Allen and the other members of that Cowboys O-Line every single time. In fact, they had Reggie’s number for a stretch. But we can all appreciate the wars they had.
This channel is honestly amazing. I've been trying to get more into the NFL since my girlfriend and her family are obsessed, and the videos on this channel have been so helpful in learning about the game and the league. I wish other leagues, like the NBA, had stuff like this.
crazy how they are trying to erase the best running back of the 70s
I assume you're talking about OJ. That's what happens when you murder 2 people. Get over it.
They love to forget about juice in these videos.
Evolution of Football
1920s WR 5'8 - 140lbs 5.70 40
2020s Edge Rusher 6'4 260lbs 4.50 40
Bigger and faster in a nutshell.
Wide receiver like 5’6 max back then bro. 😂
1920s 100% White
2020s 40% White?
What’s funny I have people telling me the talent today isn’t better than the talent of the late 90s to early 2000s
@@domdela5217they had hbcu football in late 1800s and they didn't want blacks to play whites back then because they were too athletic!!! Also white percentage is more like 30 something %
05:16 JJ Watt: I’ve eaten burritos bigger than you 😂😂
JJ Watt is a nobody who spent most of his career on the sidelines hurt.
@@All-Inn-FunCongratulations on having the worst take known to mankind
@@luke5442 the guy was a wuss just like all of today's players
True, supposed to be this unstopable specimen but cant eveb play half of the game😅s@@All-Inn-Fun
@@All-Inn-Fun😭😭0/10 rage bait one of the toughest players to play the sport
Most of these charts are really leading me to see the 2000s as the premiere decade in football
The players had gotten the athleticism of the modern era, but the passing game hadn’t fully eclipsed the running game
Imagine today's strength with back then padding and rules.... people be dead
This is fantastic. The random clips of random greats, some known and many almost forgotten really shows some love..
I love how this video breaks down the evolution of each position and how it evolved from its beginnings to its present state. No other sport has had more evolutions in different aspects of its sport than American football. The science of football itself is so fascinating that how the game has changed from the running back being just the primary ball handler to how the forward pass changed how the entire game on offense and defense had to be structured. Great video.
What is the name of the guy that narrates these videos? He’s my favorite new age NFL media voice
Kyle brandit
@@ThefgguyNo
The NFL credited him in one video in the main channel, just don’t know which one
@@ajburrrThe media in the NFL has ZERO credibility 🤮
Chrono trigger profile Pic made my day
Darren Sproles was 5'6'', but he listed at 190 lbs. That's not a small man. Just a short man. Had a reputation for being fragile, early in his career, but became one of the most durable backs in my lifetime, if not all-time.
Imagine trying to tackle a man carrying 190 lbs that low to the ground, and probably the quickest and fastest player on the field. A real freak of Nature.
He really was. I went to a couple chargers practices growing up. My favorite part was watching him return punts and run. I couldn’t believe it, his legs moved so fast.
Wowwwww man I did my high school senior project on this exact topic. Evolution of the football player
“He’s big”
“He’s six foot six”
“I can take him” 😂
New content to fall asleep too and for that we thank you
Don Hudson was the real phenomenal true evolution of Football who paid the way for all the right reasons he's the responsible of this Wide Receivers of then to right now for real 0:36
Brady combine pictures are peak athlete looks
The NFL is history they would be proud of the players today 🙏🙂
😂😂😂😂Yeah right!
No they wouldnt. They would hate the fact that African American players dominate the sport 😹😹😹
The offense maybe. The defense would hate it with all the rule changes. Guys like jack tatum wouldn't be able to play
Today's players are disgraceful trash. They would laugh and dismiss today's players as the nobodies that they are.
@57:30 not a fan of bill belichik. however one of my all time favorite moments is during a press conference, as coach of the pats, a reporters compared khalil mack to lawrence taylor. Bill looked at the reporter like he had lost his mind.
i like how DK is the pinnacle of player evolution
You can put AJ brown with him. With the black visor on, they're the same person 😂
@@Beezle66 yea no Aj not 6'4 running a 4.3
@@yerroyerro4652 talking about body type man, not speed
Calvin Megatron Johnson
🙂Cole Beck is ALOT FASTER THAN DK and COLE BECK IS WHITE🥸🥳😎🙂This explains why Beck gets little attention from media that is racist towards whitesand not bright🤮 Beck runs track and plays Football at Virginia Tech and Beck is expected to be an Olympic champion in sprinting 😎🥳🥸Beck concentrated more on track last year than Football but Beck will concentrate on both this year and Beck has already sent a combine tape to the NFL. Beck is an awesome football player also
Olineman being around 200 lbs is now a WR today 😂😂😂my goodness
😂😂😂😂actually crazy
Marshall faulk did not usher in the era of receiving running backs. Thurman Thomas did with the k gun offense. He led the league for like 5 years and 15 years before Marshall faulk.
Roger craig
Those mergers during WW2 should be remembered and used as a source of cohesion and celebration of the cuture of American football.
Im not from the States but ive been following football pretty hard for 20 odd years now and thats the first time ive heard about it.
Thats criminal.
Thats the story that should be told when those big flags get rolled out and you guys.. do what you do.
Those people from our Greatest Generation should be celebrated and remembered at every opportunity. They did it right, and they did it for the right reasons.
No offence... But maybe thats why they take a back seat while your "heroes" of today are paraded.
For the record, we followed you into every fight since WW2 and will probably be there again for the next one.
Eddie Lebaron was 5'7 as well and his arm was crazy.
Lionel James (little train at Auburn with Bo Jackson) was 5'6 and once held the all purpose yard total before Derek Mason of the Tennessee Titans broke his record.
RB as well and also played for the Chargers.
I played a 5 technique DT at Va Tech back in the 1970’s. 6’6” and 225 lbs. I blew my knee out in Spring of my freshman year and again at the end of my sophomore season. Severe arthritis by 35. Knee replacement by 50. Pretty much constant knee pain at age 67. Football is off the charts hard. That’s what makes it great. I’d do it all over again if I could.
This is the best Football video I've ever seen.
"The playing surfaces have advanced." ..............wellllll...... 😂 But in all seriousness, this is a great video.
I wish all stadiums had real grass cuz turf sucks
Grass doesn't grow in December and January
@@IndependentThinker74 football comes to an end at that time anyways and u can still play on it even tho it doesn't grow
@@SlickNick98 We used to and the fields in the playoffs were terrible. The surfaces were literally mud and dead grass painted green
@@IndependentThinker74 shit I like playing in mud 🤷
I Remember Tom Brady's 199th Pick In The 6th Round Like It Was Yesterday NFL Throwback
35:00 Reggie White tossing an absolute mammoth
That was Larry's rookie year where he played injured. That was the only good game Reggie had vs Dallas in his career. He was otherwise dominated by Eric Williams and the rest of their O line.
This is a great study on the evolution of the pro football player. Tremendous content and research.
Could you do a same kind of video about international/foreign players?
Clicked on this vid expecting to get bored in the first 15 minutes, complete opposite as the vid went on I got more interested nice well put together video especially for someone like me who grew up watching mostly basketball
I can remember watching Cunningham as a viking passing the ball to Randy Moss when Randy Moss first came into the league I remember thinking that is one of the prettiest deep balls I have ever seen a passer consistently make the man could surely play
I saw Randy Moss catch 2 touchdowns when Marshall beat Georgia Southern in his freshman season in 1996. When Marshall left the Southern Conference for division 1-A play the next year, I was relieved that we wouldn't have to face Moss again but disappointed at not being able to see him play.
Great video did not think I was gonna watch it all before clicking
It was my amazing thumbnail that sucked you in right?
@@NFLVaultnfl vault getting frisky 😅
I Love All Your Videos 📸 And RUclips Channel NFL Throwback
Love this type of content ❤️👌🏽🏈
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Why?!?
Woody Strode played in one of my fav movies. Sergeant Rutledge.
Otto Graham is the greatest QB in history and its not even close. Go look his stats up if you feel the urge to disagree.
The Graham/Paul Brown combo was better than Brady/Belichick, statistically speaking. Any list of Top 5 coaches that doesn't include Paul Brown is wrong.
Great video man I gotta go to work and I'm stuck watching 😞😭
16:49 when they talk about the 2010s qbs and put Big Ben as the face ❤️❤️❤️
It always surprised me how much smaller and lighter the players of the “tougher” eras of the 60s and 70s were compared to today’s supposedly softer league
I think the athleticism and size of todays players is really underrated by old heads
you have full time specialized career football players now. they know how train, eat, and sleep. i doubt deacon jones was watching his carbs.
Joe Greene: We were there for 2 days.
Lawrence Taylor: But all you had to say was here catch!
Everybody Else: 💀💀💀💀💀
This is great, but how do you talk about dbs and no mention of Charles Woodson, Deion and barely touched on Ray Lewis?😊
Great Video!!!!
Bruh?! How can you not mention mark mosely the ONLY NFL MVP to be a kicker?! And then mad disrespect to punters
Crazy how quickly Tony g and Antonio Gates got highlighted. All time receiving yard leader and all time TD leader should definitely get highlighted a bit more for the increased usage of tight ends since their time in the league
This was awesome
What I find crazy is the nfl is the only organization who has all the teams in at least top 20 richest teams in all of sports
Its amazing that its revenue sharing model has been so stable and productive for so long. I was a die-hard NFL fan when I was growing up and it took 30 years of working weekends and nights to make me more of an occasionally interested tourist.
I love football, but salaries in the NFL are wild!
Roger Craig needs and deserves to be in the HOF!!!
With how big players are now compared to the hard hitting days of 80s-2000s, imagine if we still had the same rules? People would be getting knocked out left and right every game. But we'll never know cause players arent trained that way anymore
Actually, in early football many teams commonly used 6 guys on the defensive line. 6-2-3 was a thing. From the inside out: two guards, two tackles, and two ends on the line - with the ends often rushing upfield; two linebackers; and two defensive halfbacks and a safety on the back end. Five man fronts had a "middle guard" - basically what we would call a nose tackle today - two tackles, and two ends.
As passing became more prevalent over time, defenses started to skew things towards the back end. My Colts use a 4-2-5 as essentially a base defense.
My high school football team in the early 80s also used a 5-2--3 defense as did every team we played against in South Georgia. It seemed to me that the trends I saw at this level were usually 2 or 3 decades behind what the NFL was doing, so at a time when the San Diego Chargers were airing the ball out with 3 WRs, the high school teams I saw were still using the 1 tight end, 2 RB and 2 WR formations. I was an O-Lineman and we weren't supposed to fully extend our arms or open our palms when blocking, but we still did it most of the time and were very rarely called for it by the refs, probably because of the influence of the rule changes in the NFL.
But some things were changing faster. Despite the fact that our kicker went straight ahead with an old fashioned laced up behind the ankle flat-toed shoe, he was very athletic (a star basketball player) who didn't play offense or defense or go both ways like half our players did. And he had a volunteer kicking coach to help him out. He got a scholarship to Clemson but never could unseat the soccer style players for field goal kicking although he did end up punting, doing kick-offs and some extra points. After he graduated we got a guy from the soccer team who also only played special teams, but the volunteer kicking coach couldn't really help with his kicking style.
My freshman year we had a 1,000 yard wide receiver, but at least some of that was due to the fact that we went 2-8 and were often able to score some meaningless touchdowns in the second half after the other team had let some 2nd teamers play on defense. Our WR got a scholarship to Georgia Southern right at the time when Paul Johnson came in as offensive coordinator and adopted the flexbone triple option running attack. I never heard why our old WR left the team at Georgia Southern, but I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't want to become a "wide blocker" who got very few balls thrown to him.
Georgia Southern went on to have great success with the triple option for two decades (winning 6 1-AA national championships) but remained only above average as they adopted offenses more influenced by current NFL trends.
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I contend that the old NFL/AFL pros were vastly tougher than today's pampered players. Generally speaking, they are bigger and faster today as steroids will put girth on you. Butkus was a monster then, he would be a monster now if he was 25 years old and playing!
Tougher? Players today are bigger and stronger and not because of steroids which has been banned for decades in the sport. Butkus wouldn’t be much in today’s league. The athletes today would just crush him.
@@inherentjesse For one, steroids are still prevalent despite the ban. In the 1960s through the 1980s, defenders could hit the QB after he released the ball, hit receivers in mid route, close lining, late hits and slamming players to the ground were not uncommon. Butkus, despite two bad knees, had great lateral speed and could read offenses and had a knack for intercepting and causing ball carriers to fumble. With today's training methods and medical knowledge, he would still be a monster.
@@denniswood1437 it is not prevalent. 258 violations since 2001. About 12% of the leagues total players today. 23 seasons worth. You can still hit a QB after the throw if you are in momentum to do so. The rest of those are just stupid. Even then with old school rules the players of today will have an even better chance of dominating them. Those players weren’t trained or even genetically evolved to play the sport like players are today. Butkus even with the training today would still be behind the game. Significant changes in offensive play calling will likely confuse him in today’s age.
@@inherentjesse Look, your stats aren't valid, players are going to be open about this? Also, you didn't understand my point, back then, a defender could legally hit a QB 2 seconds after he released the ball. You will be penalized if you hit the QB full on after release now. Your love for the mediocrity of today's players is touching.
@@denniswood1437 my stats aren’t valid? lol saying that doesn’t make it true. Like I said it was stupid. Who are you to call it mediocrity when you don’t stand a chance in a high school field today? You have 0 clue about the physical and mental toughness of modern players who are all putting their lives on the line for a game.
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Patrick Mahomes proves you can have a dad body at 27 years old and still run around and throw the ball great. There is no one set type of body to do good in football.
Mean Joe Greene was a true outlier, 275 pounds of pure muscle
I'd watch an extended version of this
A few months ago a female friend asked me about current NFL salaries . I decided to do a comparison of salary for a current top RB and compare to a top RB 1958-63. Even allowing for $ inflation and taxes I found the current player makes around 30 times as much as a player did 65 yearsago.
I remember Orlando Brown being like 420/430 towards the end of his career, that man was a tank.
10:36 look what Reggie White does to absolute tank Larry Allen
Imagine a the best group of OLineman from 1961 try to block Aaron Donald, Myles Garrett, TJ Watt n Chris Jones
They’d need 10 dudes for each rusher
@@crocowithaglocko5876 they'd have heart attackz
Imagine tyreek hill going over the middle in the 70s no rules stopping the dbs from head hunting. Jack tatum would decapitate him
I was thinking that when he said they were only a little bigger then me😹😭😹
ray lewis really didn’t get a mention as a game changer blew my mind
Quit watching the NFL 8 years ago. Best thing I ever did.
Have you done one for the NBA?
HOW.. just HOW do you miss out on Derrick Thomas?? He seriously picked up the LB baton of Lawrence Taylor in the 90's and had more sacks over 5 years than any other LB prior to that. So sad he was left out. RIP DT.
When the Giants had Lawrence Taylor, the Packers put out two time broken legged John Anderson.
Anybody remember Jim Plunket
What about the Kickers, Punters, and Long Snappers?
The modern duel threat QB's would've struggled in the 70's and 80's. The game has softened a lot since then, for good reason but it still has softened
But they would have been fine in the 40s and 50s. Otto Graham played RB in college.
@@sr7312 true, different era made it a different game. I wonder what the average weight of a defensive lineman was next now or 70's 80's one. Heck I would likely not be too small at that time.
What you think guys like Staubach,tarkenton, and even Bobby Douglass were? 😂😂😂
@@Akronkangaroo Not as delicate and not as mobile
@41:25 *WTF That's like over 8 INT's a year for a decade!*
Wow... seems kinda biased against Josh Allen, one of the best QB's of all time. But no mention of him???
"Equipment more safer" line before the "playing surfaces have advanced" has to comedy to for the players wanting to play on all grass fields lol
This was valid high fives all around
60's linesman average life expectancy was 24
Older players looked like they were in their 50s and 60s . Nowadays alot of players look like they are in their 20s. And what was the deal with the goal post in the middle of the field?
They didn't have specialized kickers because roster sizes were so small. When you've gotta cut to 33 guys or whatever, something has to give...
The arms race of athleticism is real. The winless 2008 Lions would ROFLstomp the "greatest team of all time" 1972 Dolphins in a laugher.
Next video you should do an evolution of the fans nfl explained
Which country will get the 1st pro franchise?
No mention of Charles Woodson?
Aww maaan I thought you were gonna bring up Darrell Green and Barry Wilburn for a short talk cornerback duo.
You can run, but you can't hide...Lawrence taylor from behind 😳🤣
Look for running backs to gain a bit in importance now as defenses have gotten more sophisticated, faster, and stingier hedging their bets against deeper threats.
Did you leave out Prime in the lock down corner category? 🤔
The Chrysler turbine he's holding could run on almost anything, including tequila.
I'll choose a football player that's an athlete over an athlete that happens to play football any day of the week. Mark Schlereth is right!!!
Tom Brady is probably the worst example to portray the conditioning of athletes in the late 90's.
Before Randall Cunningham Bobby Douglas held the quarterback rushing yards for 20 plus years
Gronk is 6'6 not sure how you guys got 6'4 o-O
Oh well. He still a big guy. Regardless. If it was something glaring then ok. But I'm not worried about 2 inches off his height as long as we know mistakes happen and ain't like it was on purpose. Way too much info being giving out in this video to worry about someone's height being off by 2 inches.😂
The salary was maybe 10k but in today's money that's $104,335.37
Kam Chancellor is 6'3" 235lbs. One of the biggest safeties ever