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A few months ago, I watched a replay of the 69 Super Bowl, Jets/Colts. The QBs in that game, Namath, Morral, and Unitas, took a beating after almost every pass. Hits to the head, face, knees, lots of piling on, and a lot of the hits were late.
And if they scrambled…. Oh dear God have mercy on their souls.For those 3 QBs to have the long careers they did seems almost impossible to me now. I don’t know how they survived one full season, much less over a decade.
Watched a replay of a Chargers, Dolphins game from the 80s. Similar thing. The only difference was late hits were very few.
Now I watch a game, and if a QB gets his helmet grazed it’s 15 yards.
Me thinks we may have swung too far in one direction with this idea.
And zn is right. The league is making the pass rush the most important aspect of a D.
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