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Thread: Johnny Unitas
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08-16-2018, 09:33 PM #27Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Johnny Unitas
Different time, different era. For almost 30 plus years Unitas was THE standard every other QB was compared to, and still some do today. Bert was a favorite of mine but I still don't remember anyone using him as the comparison for greatness.
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08-17-2018, 10:38 AM #31
Re: Johnny Unitas
Pay attention to the listed heights and weights of the players during the introductions. Not a 300 pounder in the bunch.
There were injuries 'back in the day' but nowhere as frequent or as serious as those happening in today's game of 300-350 pound linemen, 230-250 pound running backs Bigger, Faster, Stronger = more kinetic energy to be dissipated when the bodies collide, more energy than the human body can withstand on a continuing basis.
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08-17-2018, 11:51 AM #32Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Johnny Unitas
You are so right! A lot of people do not realize that Unitas was not a big guy. He was only about 6'1" and around 195 to 205 lbs. When he played such feared Defensive Lines such as the Fearsome Foursome of the LA Rams or the Purple People Eaters of the Vikings some sports writers said it looked like he was throwing passes from the bottom of a well since that was how much those linemen towered over him during games.
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08-17-2018, 11:54 AM #33Four-eyed Raven
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08-17-2018, 11:54 AM #34Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Johnny Unitas
Met him in the early 60’s. He was a very decent fellow when talking to kids who idolized him. As a qb he changed how the game was played. His two minute drills were a thing of beauty. Did he win every time? No. But when he got the ball with two minutes to play the defense was in big trouble. Make any mistake and he would make you pay. He accepted getting hit as the cost of doing business unlike qbs today who whine if a dlineman even breathes on them. His arm was gold up until about 1968. By then he had taken a million hits. Remember practices were all in pads. Hitting happened. Tackling occurred.
Today you get ten padded practices a season. About the same in camp and preseason total. Back in his time you wore pads for two a days and every week practice in season. Hitting was the norm. Maybe 100 times a year hitting with pads on with games. Today you don’t get 40 if you make to to the SB.
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08-17-2018, 12:01 PM #35Pro Bowl Poster
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