[knarf]

All athleticism seems to have improved over time, so I'm not sure that's a fair question

And the catches receivers make are the things that make people say .. "What a good quarterback", when the act was a joint effort

[MinorityRepublican]

And the catches receivers make are the things that make people say .. "What a good quarterback", when the act was a joint effort

If that's true, then why haven't we seen decent quarterbacks like Tony Romo, Philip Rivers, Matthew Stafford take their teams to the Super Bowl yet? You need an elite quarterback to take your team to the big dance.

[reg45]

That miracle catch by Seattle at the one shows the value of a great receiver.

[mountn man]

[scbison]

You got to remeember the rules for DB chagned in 1978 where they could hit a receiver all the way down field until ball was in air when it changed in 1978 to 5 yard rule(Mel Blount rule). That opened the game for the passing game and chagned it dramtically.. Also, the blocking for offesnive lineman has become more liberal over time so there no way in hell even to ask that question.

[Rusty0604]

“And the catches receivers make are the things that make people say .. “What a good quarterback”, when the act was a joint effort”

Very true.

[RobbyS]

Players are individually stronger, faster now than in the old days. But really, could the 2014 Yankees have beaten the 1954 Yankees?

[scbison]

Just remember, to break most of Johnny Unitas’s records rules that to be dratmaically changed.