I guess that's why there are all these guys with brain issues who played back then....and guys like Earl Campbell who are basically crippled..because everyone was so small and slow...
Well everyone was smaller. I mean hell The Hogs in DC weighted like 285 per man....and they were a big tough line. Concussions are about collisions. Weight isn't to stop a concussion because it won't....it is about all the other injuries.
The "Manster" was 257lb, at DT!
I love Bridgewater. I would love to see him drop because of his weight. I think he is a complete a QB as there is in this draft.
I guess that's why there are all these guys with brain issues who played back then....and guys like Earl Campbell who are basically crippled..because everyone was so small and slow...
Well everyone was smaller. I mean hell The Hogs in DC weighted like 285 per man....and they were a big tough line. Concussions are about collisions. Weight isn't to stop a concussion because it won't....it is about all the other injuries.
Agree, players are getting bigger and bigger. Hell, a lot of the good TE's in the league now, are big enough to be NBA power forwards. That is why its tough to get a guy like Graham, dudes that are his size and very athletic, are going to be more interested in the NBA than the NFL, for obvious reasons.On a related note, Babe Ruth was 200 lbs. back in the day. In today's MLB, shortstops outweigh him.
Not arguing the fact that players are bigger now . I'm arguing the suggestion that this somehow means QBS have to be able to take more of a beating. Besides advancements in medicine that help guys recover faster and with less lingering effect , there are so many rules in place to protect the QB that you are hardly able to touch them at all unless they run with the ball.Guys like Johnny Unitas and Joe Namath took massive beatings back in the day...much more so than a guy like Peyton Manning takes today.
Now they are saying he is actually short. Gotta love this time of year. http://www.rotoworld.com/player/cfb/130912/teddy-bridgewater ESPN's Adam Caplan writes that "size is going to be a factor for some teams" with Louisville QB Teddy Bridgewater."Some people think he'll measure closer to 6-foot-1," Caplan tweeted. The vultures (not Caplan) are beginning to descend around Bridgewater. The consensus No. 1 pick during the regular season appears to have been supplanted by Johnny Manziel by some national analysts. Your friendly draft correspondents at Rotoworld refuse to get pulled under by the riptide: Bridgewater remains our No. 1 quarterback.
Now they are saying he is actually short. Gotta love this time of year. http://www.rotoworld.com/player/cfb/130912/teddy-bridgewater ESPN's Adam Caplan writes that "size is going to be a factor for some teams" with Louisville QB Teddy Bridgewater."Some people think he'll measure closer to 6-foot-1," Caplan tweeted. The vultures (not Caplan) are beginning to descend around Bridgewater. The consensus No. 1 pick during the regular season appears to have been supplanted by Johnny Manziel by some national analysts. Your friendly draft correspondents at Rotoworld refuse to get pulled under by the riptide: Bridgewater remains our No. 1 quarterback.
I don't see any problem if he is 6-1. I think its more the weight that is a concern.
Tony Eason 2.0
Tony Eason 2.0
LOLI actually remember that dude. Patriot right?
yup.Lot of heart, smart, but smallish in his frame like Teddy B. Said that since before the middle of the season.Of course, we have to bear in mind that QBs (well...really really good ones that is) are protected like the Pope in a Parade in the Godell led NFL. So their life span is most likely going to be enhanced.But then again, the athletes of today are much faster and bigger than the guys that would clobber the QBs back in the day...whatever.