Sgt. Largent":2dtta0fh said:
Gil Brandt's a dinosaur, so not surprising half his list is dudes who chain smoked, sold used cars in the off season and weighed 210 lbs in the 50's and 60's.
Walter Jones is a top 4-5 tackles of all time. End of story. I don't need some sports nursing home octogenarian to validate that.
This is a statement of bias, each one of those guys were elite for their time, each one of them also have something in common, a toughness most people can only associate with 15 round Brawl, the smoke and drank and led their teams and protected their QB's, can't say that for about 90 percent of todays players, you messed with a RB or a QB as a defender you seen the LT in your face more often then not as well from when these guys played. Not I have a Boo Boo and have to sit out a few weeks.
I will add this, it was a game still for many of those guys who loved it, many now look at it as a business and have a different approach and mentality.