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re: Does LF7 break Herschel Walker's record?
Posted on 10/23/15 at 9:10 pm to WG_Dawg
Posted on 10/23/15 at 9:10 pm to WG_Dawg
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excellent post.
I don't care if somebody (not just LF, some nameless yet to be known player 20 years from now as well) breaks every HW record there is, there simply will never be another like in the mold of herschel and bo. Period. Lot of it is like you mentioned..you can compare stats all day but it was simply a different era. Just like the 80s were a different style of ball than the mid-50s. 35 years is a long time.
Fact is that Herschel and Bo were as big as the other teams defensive ends, yet were also the fastest people on the football field. We simply won't ever see that again.
And here is the other side of the coin. Defenses were a hell of a lot smaller back then. They were a hell of a lot slower as well. Do you know how many true freshman RBs just last year were anywhere from 225-235? Do you know that a DE at 230 right now is considered a tweener? Hell that's medium size for an LB.
This post was edited on 10/23/15 at 9:22 pm
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Posted on 10/23/15 at 9:14 pm to Datbayoubengal
That's kinda my point. Imagine if a RB nowadays was 250 but was also the fastest person on the field.
There just won't ever be another period in time where you have figures like that on the field.
There just won't ever be another period in time where you have figures like that on the field.
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