I miss the old days when that Packer would have had his teeth rattling for a week by not looking around him for a possible blocker. The old “head on a swivel” warning.
The league is so soft.
Nitschke?
In the old days, players weren’t 6’5”, 315 lbs and run a 4.9 40.
In my humble opinion, Lawrence Taylor was THE greatest football player I ever saw. I watched him a lot in my days as a fan of the New York Giants. And seeing highlight segments of him years after he retired has only elevated my opinion of him. He had a combination of size, speed and tenacity that is rare even in the NFL. And he was perhaps the most relentless player you’ll ever see, with a pain threshold that was beyond human.
And yet one thing tower stands out about his highlight films is that he rarely ever hit people really hard. His style play was more akin to a predatory animal like a lion or tiger, chasing opposing players down, getting a tenacious hold of them, and using his strength and weight to drag them to the ground like a helpless zebra or gazelle.
Exactly, put the fear of GAWD in the rusher. I would change his perspective forever.