You have to wonder about people who make USELESS blanket statements. That's why you make lists like these. Who else you going to gauge current players against? HOFers, All-Pros, POYS and MVPs. Who produces and who's just LIP FLAPPIN. Strahan, Randle and J. Greene would be still HOFers in today's game.

You probably have to go back to leather helmet great, great, great grand pappy's days to find a front 7 from CA or LA comparable to TX.

Cali DL - ZERO HOFers.
Let that sink in while you dick-ride Cali homie...
A. Hicks
McGinest
M.Wiley
Ngata - may be hof someday
L. Glover - Saints
B.Mebane
Charles Mann
KGB (GB)
Ben Davidson
Mike Patterson

LBs - really nice group
Seau - HOFer
H.Nickerson
J.Porter - multi pb's
B. Wagner- All-Pro
Rod Martin
Norton Jr
Fred Warner - Pro Bowler
L.Briggs - multi pb's

That's FAR FROM the MOST TALENTED front 7 EVER all-time. LOL. Try again brah. Population size alone DOES NOT EQUAL QUALITY. (The per capita guys will always let you know.)

Virgina and the Carolinas have better front 7's than Cali...
Harvey Martin, Dan Hampton, Ray Childress, Jacob Green would get lots of PT on Cali's and Louisiana's DL. They don't sniff the field on the TX squad.
Ngata would see time at NG for TX.

No one else on CA's DL PAST OR PRESENT even makes the TX roster. Think about that.

Quality > per capita
Quality > population size

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Posted by Turf Taint

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Member since Jun 2021

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Posted on 8/27/21 at 3:16 pm to Jumbo Swisher

quote:
Quality > per capita

quote:
Quality > population size

7 / 44 = 16%

As in, front 7 out of 11 starters X O & D. I think the TX football brand is like many things in TX - oversized and needs to be deflated a bit.

What about the other 84% of positions?

I think TX has strong shot at QB bragging rights and likely some specific positions. But overall, for a state the size of TX and its mega watt football brand, it is ain't all that.

You have twice the density of D1 talent in little ole Louisiana and not nearly 5-times the quantity of quality, given population differences. Some of TX future HoF were Katrina transplants.

The difference is structural and cultural IMO.

Differing aside, enjoy your post and these kind of geography-sourcing football talent discussions.

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Posted by Turf Taint

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Member since Jun 2021

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Posted on 8/27/21 at 3:17 pm to Turf Taint

Dear lord...this hurricane (in path) must have eaten my math homework.

7 out of 22 or 31% and therefore 69% left...

My bad above