I'm gonna go ahead and address some things here. First off, I'm not a boomer. Recently turned forty. Growing up my pop had a bunch of documentaries, old fights, football games etc...recorded. I watched them repeatedly growing up. For me the difference in this video isn't so much the hits, it's the perfect form and technique. The hustle plays...guys diving for fumbles, running backs blocking, hustling to block after an interception, etc... I'm glad the NFL says safety is a focus, but honestly to me they're pretending. Because of less wrap up tackling, and not focusing on teaching proper techniques (because of the rules) players are more dangerous in their approach to tackling now. Flying into someone head first is far more dangerous than what we saw in this video. Finally, I love today's game for the most part. There are some changes still needed. I have an award for a piece that I did on concussions from the, Kansas Association of Broadcasters. Years ago I slightly altered it for, UA-cam. I'll give the link if anyone wants it! Enjoy the playoffs this weekend! And thanks to everyone for watching and taking the time to comment! 👊🏼 ua-cam.com/video/2H20hl5j8RI/v-deo.htmlsi=EfihkDHMUC7UVP7x Edited for grammatical errors
Wow! Awesome! Incredible! Glad you established yourself as “…not a Boomer.” That’s like street cred! You are a great not a boomer person. Glad you set that out there.
@@tedbaxter5234I don't know if you watched the Eagles game last night but his analysis is spot on. The concentration of players manipulating their tackle avenues in order to avoid a potential penalty is astounding in today's game. As a result the secondary couldn't do crap last night but watch the Bucs score. That eradic movement is what leads to injury and has been shown epically this season. People often talk about concussions but what they fail to realize is that today's game has yet to have a generation go by where we can actually determine if any of these changes results in a noticeable difference concerning concussions. But one thing I do know is that this season and those of the last 5 years have seen a large amount of injuries concerning backs and ligaments that's usually not seen during a season... but I'm glad he stated he's not a boomer, cause that's really important...
Still remember that game - watched it live on TV. The crowd noise and the intensity of each play just ramped up as the game wore on. Every yard was contested - and the ending was edge-of-your-seat, nail-biting drama. You knew then that it was one of the epic games of NFL lore.
My best memories of old football were the muddy fields and players covered in mud. Try running in that. The muddiest game I remember is the 1977 playoff game in Los Angeles between the LA Rams and Minnesota Vikings. Now that was a mud bowl. Btw the Vikings won 14-7.
I don't normally feel bad for anyone, but I feel bad for kids who don't know what real football is. They're growing up thinking Mahomes is the "goat" and its just so sad!
Man, they are so brain washed and indoctrinated they are oblivious to the fact that they have no independent thought process at all. No need for you to feel bad for them over football. Feel bad for them because their parents and society failed them and turned them into an infection on reality.
This Week in the NFL...GREAT show, before ESPN existed, I couldnt wait for it to come on each Saturday...Great, dramatic music, narration and highlights
Remember watching this game as a kid curled up on the couch with a blanket! At halftime I took my snowmobile out for a quick run around the lake before settling back in for the rest of the game………❄❄❄❄
I envy my dad for being able to watch these games live, and live in that time. These were real men no crying, no flopping, no stupid questions of what am i? Cat or human? Man or woman? Fish or bird? What have we done to our selves😢
when holding was 15 yd penalty, it was rare... now its every play, and the refs decide when to call it or not... easy to choose game outcome if they want.
I LOVE the amplified and dubbed in sounds of the impacts and grunts! That's what football is all about, and why it is the most epic sport ever created.
I played quarterback for 2 years in high school and took a lot of hits while standing still. I kept getting up and playing banged up. I watch my nephews games today and every time someone takes a hit they lay on the field for twenty minutes and come out of the game to be pampered for a while.
QBs wear dresses? This is also probably why y'all get smacked in football every yr. No chance vs Brazil. Ya American Football is stupid af Why do you all watch this garbage? Yall be like "fuck yeah can't wait to be bombarded with Ford F150, Viagra, and coca cola ads for three hours"
People praise this video like these aren’t the players who sued the NFL for a billion dollars. These guys literally made football the way it is today by.. rightfully.. getting compensated for their health problems that are a result of ‘real football’…
Dear Millennials and Gen Z, if you can't figure out why your dad is pissed at what's considered "roughing the passer" these days, please reference 0:37 for what was NOT considered "roughing the passer" in the 1980's lol.
Yes sir. Now it's no better than dancing with the stars. Terrible to sit through and watch one quarter even in the playoffs. The only thing that keeps it going is the betting that goes on. There would be no interest whatsoever if people did not wager
They had helmets then. The real men played without head gear. That's when football was football damn it. Helmets ruined the game. That and the forward pass.
It was a lot tougher the refs actually let them play now it’s penalty after penalty for roughing the QB or pass interference NOT THE SAME GAME football back in the 70s & 80s was the best
Pro ball in the 60s were better. Players played for love of the game. They were not paid like these today. Muddy fields snow and ice bowl. 20 below no snow. Game decided by qb sneak. Winner play chiefs in first super bowl.
I definitely appreciate the point of this video. Football today is just not the same. The one thing I take issue with is showing Bernie Kosar throwing interceptions. He was one of the least likely quarterbacks to throw an interception in that era.
It's Pro "Wus- ball" now...They run out of bounds on almost every play...can't catch...can't block...sure don't know how to tackle...BUT...they sure can DANCE!!! The NFL sucks today!!! HOF DE Gino Marchetti of the Colts said that..."The defenses of today are set up to make the offenses look better than they really are! Imagine the "players" of today going back to the 50's...60's...and 1970's and playing against REAL football players like Dick Butkus...Deacon Jones...Jack Lambert...these guys would would have been charged with attempted murder....The "Head Slap"...the "Leg Whip"...the "Clothesline"...now a guy gets shampoo in his eyes...he's on IR for a months...got back to the nfl when it was played by real players...now it's a clown show!
The NFL is no longer a sport. When the NFL applied for their entertainment license everything changed. They can now legally manipulate games to improve their bottom line. Thank GOD I was around in the 70's to watch it when it was a REAL sport.
Aged Grass. Not this Sod flown in from Kentucky the night before.. Every Boy who grew up in the 70s and earlier knows that AGED GRASS and how if felt to fall down on, when it was late fall and winter
In the 80's,around half of the NFL teams (including the ones playing outdoors) played on turf. Pittsburgh, New York,(Giants since 1976 and the Jets after 1983) Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia,Chicago (before 1988) New England, Dallas, all played on turf. Houston,Seattle, New Orleans,and Detroit entered the 80s as indoor teams, followed by Minnesota, and Indianapolis in 1982 and 1984. Only the teams in California,(Niners,Raiders,Rams,Chargers) Florida, (Dolphins, Bucs) Green Bay, Denver, Cleveland,Washington, Cardinals (after moving to Phoenix from St.Louis in 1988) and Chicago (after 1987) played on real grass.
There's no denying that NFL Films made the game glorious and glamorous...and makes us all more nostalgic. Slow motion footage with the grunts and groans added for effect. The amount of players who are mic'd up, especially back then, is incredibly rare so the audio we hear in this clip is more than likely taken from some other game, or even some other season.
My family had Redskins season tickets since 1954 and my dad would take us to every home game. I was at the game where the 1st "TV Timeout" happened. The Ref came out, stood over the ball and the roar of BOOS swelled. He was looking at a guy on the sidelines with a sign that had red on one side and green on the other. When it flipped green the game would continue. Changed the game forever. The Redskins were famous for running the ball to the point that the other team would wear out - now they got a programmed break.
I stopped watching the NFL a few years ago and rarely watch FBS games, but I did take in the most recent college playoff. During one of the games, at the beginning of the 4th quarter, the announcer says something like "now's when all that conditioning comes into play" and I'm thinking WTF, most of these guys are playing 6-8 snaps every 15-20 minutes, how does conditioning even matter?
@@chuckyufarley2999 It is all power and snap today in sport. It is about how much they can throw their bid around with artificial rules designed to create unrealistic Performance.
I was there. I remember the bitter cold, the crowd chanting "SUPER BOWL! SUPER BOWL!" when the Browns took the lead on a Brian Brennan touchdown. When the game was over you could hear a pin drop as the stunned crowd filed out of the stadium.
Forget those OLD days, we got yet another off season league forming up again ANNNNND wait for it...Women's flag football (no doubt within a year they'll be demanding Lamar Jackson salary equality)
That's the football I grew up on, but as much as I love it, I can also see some parts of it that were never necessary. The odd thing is, even with all the safety rules today, I see what looks to me like more dangerous and vicious play today. Guys are so fast and strong now, and have weaponized the helmet so much, that it seems like there's a lot less "routine" violence now, but what there is now is more catastrophic. Like the Tyler Higbee injury this past weekend. Brutal, dirty, avoidable, cowardly hit. Guys in the video above weren't afraid to actually tackle. Now it's just spearing guys to knock them out and potentially sabotage their entire careers. That seems worse.
Every play now some guy has to run 20 yards down the field pounding his chest pointing at the end zone. Tiresome really. Show some individuality maybe.
🤔When there are too many rule changes in the game this is what we the fans end up with. Kinda like high school football,easy peasy and horrible refs making bad calls. Yeah miss them good ole days real of men playing nose to nose all out football.😎
Oh, the same men are the ones who sued the NFL for all of the brain and body injuries they accrued. Those same “men” realized ruining peoples lives isn’t worth your ego.
@@evilzilla4053 There are decades of big hits that out hit any players of this "Nerf" generation of players. Son, the only player to ever die on the field during a game was in 1971 back when the real men played.
@@evilzilla4053 Let's face it, the "Participation Trophy" generation is the worst America has ever seen. They are very weak and undisciplined and spend way too much time one TikTok feeling good about themselves. I do enjoy seeing their failures before they even know they have failed.. LMAO
I vividly remember watching the game called, "The Drive" Elway! A real quarterback. A lot is said about concussions and brain damage and such. Yeah, hazards of the job. Just like any of my jobs. Or yours. There's risk, and there's hazards. We knew it and we pushed it down to the depths of our thoughts because we were paid to do a job. That job was to complete any task asked of us. That's where character steps in. To consciencely plan to minimize risk and train to perform with confidence. Those days of character and integrity are over, it seems. Now, it's more about negotiating a huge paycheck without having to excell at all. I see one mediocre play after another and the most important thing the player focuses on is stepping into an open space in cameras view and posing while encouraging the crowd to worship them. I miss players like Barry Sanders. This game today is Bullshit.
On SB Sunday in a few days I may fire up a classic old game to watch on youtube. Probably NYG vs SF from January 1991 in the NFC Championship. A proper scrap.
@@Carlos-sd6czYeah, look at those hits Kosar and Elway were taking, no roughing the passer penalty, just hard nose football, it was beautiful back then, now it:s like watching a wrestling match.
The quality of play in the NFL is still good but rule changes and so much advertising and commercials have turned the game into an over 3 hour stop and go entertainment show.
@mildtotemperate well I'm not saying it is, but I can cite some things for you. Michael Francese, did an interview saying to watch out for refs. The leagues make sure the refs can't answer the media. In fact in the NBA ,if an official is allowed he submits a written statement to the league first. They review it and decide on what's allowed to be said.
Early 2000 is when I started to cut back. I’ll watch maybe 2 games tops now the whole season. Drama, ESPECIALLY politics, prima donna, flag football is all you see now. Garbage.
The large proportion of fans, most of whom never played a single snap of the game, created today's version of the game. They hate defense and hard hits. They like shooting matches and track meets, up & down the field. The NFL decided that it was important to ad revenue to cater to them by non-stop modification of the rules that make it easier to score.
That has been happening since the very beginning of the NFL. By 1932, the rules had been drastically changed to help offenses. These were reinforced by 1940, and added to again in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Some of them actually turned out to benefit defenses, so they kept trying. The more the league did to help offenses, the more money they made. This is nothing new.
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I'm gonna go ahead and address some things here. First off, I'm not a boomer. Recently turned forty. Growing up my pop had a bunch of documentaries, old fights, football games etc...recorded. I watched them repeatedly growing up. For me the difference in this video isn't so much the hits, it's the perfect form and technique. The hustle plays...guys diving for fumbles, running backs blocking, hustling to block after an interception, etc... I'm glad the NFL says safety is a focus, but honestly to me they're pretending. Because of less wrap up tackling, and not focusing on teaching proper techniques (because of the rules) players are more dangerous in their approach to tackling now. Flying into someone head first is far more dangerous than what we saw in this video. Finally, I love today's game for the most part. There are some changes still needed. I have an award for a piece that I did on concussions from the, Kansas Association of Broadcasters. Years ago I slightly altered it for, UA-cam. I'll give the link if anyone wants it! Enjoy the playoffs this weekend! And thanks to everyone for watching and taking the time to comment! 👊🏼
ua-cam.com/video/2H20hl5j8RI/v-deo.htmlsi=EfihkDHMUC7UVP7x
Edited for grammatical errors
Wow! Awesome! Incredible! Glad you established yourself as “…not a Boomer.” That’s like street cred! You are a great not a boomer person. Glad you set that out there.
@@tedbaxter5234I don't know if you watched the Eagles game last night but his analysis is spot on. The concentration of players manipulating their tackle avenues in order to avoid a potential penalty is astounding in today's game. As a result the secondary couldn't do crap last night but watch the Bucs score. That eradic movement is what leads to injury and has been shown epically this season. People often talk about concussions but what they fail to realize is that today's game has yet to have a generation go by where we can actually determine if any of these changes results in a noticeable difference concerning concussions. But one thing I do know is that this season and those of the last 5 years have seen a large amount of injuries concerning backs and ligaments that's usually not seen during a season... but I'm glad he stated he's not a boomer, cause that's really important...
@@DaleDenton-ov5pg nobody is tackling ever thing is about the hit so they can get turn overs or knock your best players out of the game
Nary a dumb prerehearsed dance anywhere
@@slide4180 imagine being triggered by dancing. Fragile Masculinity is too real 😂😂😂
This is the sport I fell in love with. Hard hitting and QBs didn’t wear skirts.
Watching this is like a breath of fresh air.
I love watching older footage. Felt so thrilling. I love football still but that was real action they had back then 🎉
Such an awesome era for the sport.
When football was accompanied by classical music and sound effects.
The good old days😢
Terry Bradshaw critics dont understand that back then hits were HITS
70s and 80s QBs paid the price before and after each throw
Heck yeah back when they played with heart. Rarely ever see that anymore in any sport it’s all about the money.
Back when football was great. Those players were tough and made a fraction of what they make today.
Still remember that game - watched it live on TV. The crowd noise and the intensity of each play just ramped up as the game wore on. Every yard was contested - and the ending was edge-of-your-seat, nail-biting drama. You knew then that it was one of the epic games of NFL lore.
My best memories of old football were the muddy fields and players covered in mud. Try running in that. The muddiest game I remember is the 1977 playoff game in Los Angeles between the LA Rams and Minnesota Vikings. Now that was a mud bowl. Btw the Vikings won 14-7.
I don't normally feel bad for anyone, but I feel bad for kids who don't know what real football is. They're growing up thinking Mahomes is the "goat" and its just so sad!
Man, they are so brain washed and indoctrinated they are oblivious to the fact that they have no independent thought process at all. No need for you to feel bad for them over football. Feel bad for them because their parents and society failed them and turned them into an infection on reality.
@@taylor-t1yI feel bad for society that is now suffering due to this major malfunction.
This Week in the NFL...GREAT show, before ESPN existed, I couldnt wait for it to come on each Saturday...Great, dramatic music, narration and highlights
This week in baseball was great also, used to really enjoy watching both of those.
YUP before Vegas determined who should win, house always wins
Boy the way Glenn Miller played ,, songs that made the hit parade ....
Guys like me, we had it made
Those were the days!
Remember watching this game as a kid curled up on the couch with a blanket! At halftime I took my snowmobile out for a quick run around the lake before settling back in for the rest of the game………❄❄❄❄
The pads were enormous. Maybe we need to bring back big pads
Especially the QBs have it so much easier now.
It's amazing how huge the shoulder pads were back then. They look like Autobots in Transformers.
The three amigos, Elway, Mecklenburg, Rulon Jones. First NFL game I went to was this year. The old mile high shook like it was an earthquake.
Three amigos were vance Johnson , Mark Jackson, Ricky nattiel
Hey it’s still shaking if you go to a Denver game 😂
Quaterbacks used really to run for their lives. See Elway here.
I envy my dad for being able to watch these games live, and live in that time. These were real men no crying, no flopping, no stupid questions of what am i? Cat or human? Man or woman? Fish or bird? What have we done to our selves😢
This was when they would mix the slomos with the speed videos. You would think they were moving 50mphs
@@wowcarter15 🤣
Denver needs those uniforms back permanently.
I remember when there was no such thing as “unnecessary” roughness. Now that was Football….
when holding was 15 yd penalty, it was rare... now its every play, and the refs decide when to call it or not... easy to choose game outcome if they want.
lol you don’t understand holding if you think they’re wasn’t any in these old games.
I LOVE the amplified and dubbed in sounds of the impacts and grunts! That's what football is all about, and why it is the most epic sport ever created.
Classic Football and commentary
When a hit was a hit, a sack was a sack, and catch was a catch
There were hits that were illegal at this time, including roughing the passer. That rule actually goes back to at least 1940.
the nfl pre-taylor swift era...
damn how i'd have liked to live in those true football times!
"The pre Taylor Swift era"
So, last year? What a far-off unimaginable time haha
@@Medevil9908bruh 🤣
At 0:38 that Hit on any QB now a days. The Defensive player would have been Flagged, Fined$$, kicked out of the game and suspended for the next one.
Damn QBs used to take hits like running backs😂😂
I played quarterback for 2 years in high school and took a lot of hits while standing still. I kept getting up and playing banged up. I watch my nephews games today and every time someone takes a hit they lay on the field for twenty minutes and come out of the game to be pampered for a while.
These 2 had some great games
Where is Mahomes whining that someone touched his precious?
John Elway would be flagged for roughing the pass rusher today
nobody is forcing you to watch current NFL
Back when defense was allowed to tackle in nearly any way and the QB didn’t wear dresses.
Haha women bad
Thanks Tom Brady
Yeah, & ended up with CTE like McMahon & others. But I guess you’d say it was worth it & you’ll be one of those decrying the end of football.
QBs wear dresses?
This is also probably why y'all get smacked in football every yr. No chance vs Brazil.
Ya American Football is stupid af Why do you all watch this garbage?
Yall be like "fuck yeah can't wait to be bombarded with Ford F150, Viagra, and coca cola ads for three hours"
@@RubensBarrichello. Bro chill what the hell
Today RB would not gain a yard after their first carry. "F no I don't want that darn thing."
Very hit on the Kosar or Elway is now a penalty.
People praise this video like these aren’t the players who sued the NFL for a billion dollars. These guys literally made football the way it is today by.. rightfully.. getting compensated for their health problems that are a result of ‘real football’…
The good old days!
I remember when you used to be allowed to hit a quarterback, feels like a whole other lifetime ago at this point.
Now they dance and prance in the end zone with door knob size diamond earrings.
PATHETIC!!!
Those guys played super hard and wanted to win....I know today's players want to win as well but it just hits different
The time when being a tough gritty man was something accept as a good and amazing thing
Quarterbacks now make more plays and throw more due to the fact that they can get hit hard. They have nothing to be afraid of.
Dear Millennials and Gen Z, if you can't figure out why your dad is pissed at what's considered "roughing the passer" these days, please reference 0:37 for what was NOT considered "roughing the passer" in the 1980's lol.
Oh boy, good memories, I watched this Game on tv, thanks for posting it.
Yes sir. Now it's no better than dancing with the stars. Terrible to sit through and watch one quarter even in the playoffs. The only thing that keeps it going is the betting that goes on. There would be no interest whatsoever if people did not wager
Now the 30's and 40's that was foootball !
They had helmets then. The real men played without head gear. That's when football was football damn it. Helmets ruined the game. That and the forward pass.
That was the real NFL.
I'm not a Broncos fan, but I loved watching Elway, and I miss that classic Broncos helmet.
He's my favorite QB of all-time 👊🏼
It was a lot tougher the refs actually let them play now it’s penalty after penalty for roughing the QB or pass interference NOT THE SAME GAME football back in the 70s & 80s was the best
And how are them player from back then doing
Don't forget the 90's era..go bears 🐻🐻🐻
@@HeyJones-ph7hvMost, are just fine, thank you.
Pro ball in the 60s were better. Players played for love of the game. They were not paid like these today. Muddy fields snow and ice bowl. 20 below no snow. Game decided by qb sneak. Winner play chiefs in first super bowl.
This is what football was meant to be. All these names bring back great memories,in life as well as football.
I definitely appreciate the point of this video. Football today is just not the same. The one thing I take issue with is showing Bernie Kosar throwing interceptions. He was one of the least likely quarterbacks to throw an interception in that era.
It's Pro "Wus- ball" now...They run out of bounds on almost every play...can't catch...can't block...sure don't know how to tackle...BUT...they sure can DANCE!!! The NFL sucks today!!! HOF DE Gino Marchetti of the Colts said that..."The defenses of today are set up to make the offenses look better than they really are! Imagine the "players" of today going back to the 50's...60's...and 1970's and playing against REAL football players like Dick Butkus...Deacon Jones...Jack Lambert...these guys would would have been charged with attempted murder....The "Head Slap"...the "Leg Whip"...the "Clothesline"...now a guy gets shampoo in his eyes...he's on IR for a months...got back to the nfl when it was played by real players...now it's a clown show!
Even though I was heartbroken. Probably the best game i ever saw.
The NFL is no longer a sport. When the NFL applied for their entertainment license everything changed. They can now legally manipulate games to improve their bottom line. Thank GOD I was around in the 70's to watch it when it was a REAL sport.
And they played on GRASS
Aged Grass. Not this Sod flown in from Kentucky the night before.. Every Boy who grew up in the 70s and earlier knows that AGED GRASS and how if felt to fall down on, when it was late fall and winter
In the 80's,around half of the NFL teams (including the ones playing outdoors) played on turf. Pittsburgh, New York,(Giants since 1976 and the Jets after 1983) Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia,Chicago (before 1988) New England, Dallas, all played on turf.
Houston,Seattle, New Orleans,and Detroit entered the 80s as indoor teams, followed by Minnesota, and Indianapolis in 1982 and 1984.
Only the teams in California,(Niners,Raiders,Rams,Chargers) Florida, (Dolphins, Bucs) Green Bay, Denver, Cleveland,Washington, Cardinals (after moving to Phoenix from St.Louis in 1988) and Chicago (after 1987) played on real grass.
There's no denying that NFL Films made the game glorious and glamorous...and makes us all more nostalgic. Slow motion footage with the grunts and groans added for effect. The amount of players who are mic'd up, especially back then, is incredibly rare so the audio we hear in this clip is more than likely taken from some other game, or even some other season.
My family had Redskins season tickets since 1954 and my dad would take us to every home game. I was at the game where the 1st "TV Timeout" happened. The Ref came out, stood over the ball and the roar of BOOS swelled. He was looking at a guy on the sidelines with a sign that had red on one side and green on the other. When it flipped green the game would continue. Changed the game forever. The Redskins were famous for running the ball to the point that the other team would wear out - now they got a programmed break.
I stopped watching the NFL a few years ago and rarely watch FBS games, but I did take in the most recent college playoff. During one of the games, at the beginning of the 4th quarter, the announcer says something like "now's when all that conditioning comes into play" and I'm thinking WTF, most of these guys are playing 6-8 snaps every 15-20 minutes, how does conditioning even matter?
@@chuckyufarley2999
It is all power and snap today in sport. It is about how much they can throw their bid around with artificial rules designed to create unrealistic
Performance.
I was there. I remember the bitter cold, the crowd chanting "SUPER BOWL! SUPER BOWL!" when the Browns took the lead on a Brian Brennan touchdown. When the game was over you could hear a pin drop as the stunned crowd filed out of the stadium.
Bernie Kosar v John Elway. Classic 🏈
Forget those OLD days, we got yet another off season league forming up again ANNNNND wait for it...Women's flag football (no doubt within a year they'll be demanding Lamar Jackson salary equality)
No pink shoes back then.
It was just ENTERTAINMENT back then…
It’s still just ENTERTAINMENT NOW…
It’s all just a SHOW
The NFL will one day be the National Flagfootball League.
For sure this was the golden era of football. Todays stuff is 🤮 compared to this
Amen. Back when ball was BALL! The NFL sometimes these days is a joke compared to how they played back then.
That's the football I grew up on, but as much as I love it, I can also see some parts of it that were never necessary. The odd thing is, even with all the safety rules today, I see what looks to me like more dangerous and vicious play today. Guys are so fast and strong now, and have weaponized the helmet so much, that it seems like there's a lot less "routine" violence now, but what there is now is more catastrophic. Like the Tyler Higbee injury this past weekend. Brutal, dirty, avoidable, cowardly hit. Guys in the video above weren't afraid to actually tackle. Now it's just spearing guys to knock them out and potentially sabotage their entire careers. That seems worse.
I grew up with this iron man football. Actual NFL is a joke
Every play now some guy has to run 20 yards down the field pounding his chest pointing at the end zone. Tiresome really. Show some individuality maybe.
🤔When there are too many rule changes in the game this is what we the fans end up with.
Kinda like high school football,easy peasy and horrible refs making bad calls.
Yeah miss them good ole days real of men playing nose to nose all out football.😎
Wow I remember that like it was yesterday
Back when the real men played the game and not 2 hand touch!
Oh, the same men are the ones who sued the NFL for all of the brain and body injuries they accrued. Those same “men” realized ruining peoples lives isn’t worth your ego.
you must not watch the NFL a guy almost died on the field plenty of big hits still too
@@evilzilla4053 There are decades of big hits that out hit any players of this "Nerf" generation of players. Son, the only player to ever die on the field during a game was in 1971 back when the real men played.
@@ronnieam33 Yep and they all walked to school in 10 foot of snow with no shoes ty Grandpa
@@evilzilla4053 Let's face it, the "Participation Trophy" generation is the worst America has ever seen. They are very weak and undisciplined and spend way too much time one TikTok feeling good about themselves. I do enjoy seeing their failures before they even know they have failed.. LMAO
I vividly remember watching the game called, "The Drive"
Elway! A real quarterback. A lot is said about concussions and brain damage and such. Yeah, hazards of the job. Just like any of my jobs. Or yours. There's risk, and there's hazards. We knew it and we pushed it down to the depths of our thoughts because we were paid to do a job. That job was to complete any task asked of us. That's where character steps in. To consciencely plan to minimize risk and train to perform with confidence. Those days of character and integrity are over, it seems. Now, it's more about negotiating a huge paycheck without having to excell at all. I see one mediocre play after another and the most important thing the player focuses on is stepping into an open space in cameras view and posing while encouraging the crowd to worship them. I miss players like Barry Sanders. This game today is Bullshit.
Big shoulder pads era.
How many roughing the passer plays did you see that would have been called by today's rules. Me too.
Oh no. I put my weight on the QB!!!!
Those two playoff games in back to back years were epic.
Absolutely! Unfortunately, the third game was a blowout
Browns actually rallied in the third game to be only down 3 but then Denver took over.
If played today, that brand of football would come with a "Mature" rating.
On SB Sunday in a few days I may fire up a classic old game to watch on youtube. Probably NYG vs SF from January 1991 in the NFC Championship. A proper scrap.
It’s a freak show today ! Just entertainment now . One more thing. The passers of today are no better than they were in the past. The rules changed
It's more fun when the field looks like shit.
AMEN!!!
@@Carlos-sd6czYeah, look at those hits Kosar and Elway were taking, no roughing the passer penalty, just hard nose football, it was beautiful back then, now it:s like watching a wrestling match.
@@welbyrouse76 LOL!!!
When men had testosterone
I remember when football was football: But then they started wearing helmets and don't even get me started about the forward pass.
Hell ya
I miss this football. Too many rules and penalties today. These were the toughest players ever and would hit and pound qb's into the ground.
Today's qb's against greene,niztsky,Burks would not last 1 series. Too many wimps at QB now.days
Butkis,not Burks.
The quality of play in the NFL is still good but rule changes and so much advertising and commercials have turned the game into an over 3 hour stop and go entertainment show.
Now football is woke ass hell.
Except its goodell who made it soft who also hates kapernick. Ur Confused boy.
Get help
Define woke.
"Bro these LIBERALS are trying to WOKEify everything"
clown lmao
White people sure love voting against their own economic interests
All major sports venues are arranged. 💵
That's Football...
Today's NFL is no different than the WWF....SAD...Oh if we could turn back the clock...same for NBA..MLB.
That fat slobs couldn't keep up to todays nfl
Before scripting started in 2018, the outcome wasn't known until there was 0:00 remaining on the clock ❤️🤟🏻
Elaborate how that would have happened. What changed?
Started before that.
That was before the primo arthroscopic sports surgeons we have today.
before football was rigged .its soo obvious now.
The NFL is considered sports entertainment(WWE). They can legally fix games.
Can you explain how the NFL is rigged? Like, how do they pull that off?
@mildtotemperate well I'm not saying it is, but I can cite some things for you. Michael Francese, did an interview saying to watch out for refs. The leagues make sure the refs can't answer the media. In fact in the NBA ,if an official is allowed he submits a written statement to the league first. They review it and decide on what's allowed to be said.
Oh Yea, Bernie Kosar, Would be good today, Played in a tough decade threw a lot of INTs though
Your knowledge is GARBAGE. Bernie once held the NFL record for most consecutive passes without an interception
Elway is in my top 5 of greatest QB'S of all time. He is number 1 of the toughest QB'S of all time...
Most don't remember that there's only one QB that's been to more SBs than him. And that's, Brady.
@@therldrewduncanwhat was Elway's record in Super Bowls? Jim Kelly played in four... Joe Montana was 4/4 in Super Bowls.
Miss the old days.
Early 2000 is when I started to cut back. I’ll watch maybe 2 games tops now the whole season. Drama, ESPECIALLY politics, prima donna, flag football is all you see now. Garbage.
The large proportion of fans, most of whom never played a single snap of the game, created today's version of the game. They hate defense and hard hits. They like shooting matches and track meets, up & down the field. The NFL decided that it was important to ad revenue to cater to them by non-stop modification of the rules that make it easier to score.
That has been happening since the very beginning of the NFL. By 1932, the rules had been drastically changed to help offenses. These were reinforced by 1940, and added to again in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Some of them actually turned out to benefit defenses, so they kept trying. The more the league did to help offenses, the more money they made. This is nothing new.
Love a stadium with pillars blocking the view 😂.
Pre-pink shoes and long braided hair; when men were men.
With brain damage 😂😂😂 you guys sound soooo stupid
Men braiding their hair is hundreds of years old though.
@@thedangerwich5476 Yes. I'm sure that hundreds of years ago, men were hanging out in salons getting their hair braided. F*uck you.
@@oldtimer4888
Didn't they do that on Pirate ships?
@@TheLAGopher Only gay pirates...not that there were any. What a stupid question.