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Originally Posted by RealSNR
I'm not doubting that significant rules have been established in recent years to protect QBs, and what were legal hits back in the day now get roughing penalties. But come on. 25 years? In other words, Elway retired and the NFL put in alllll these rules and then it was a QB party?
The changes that actually matter to this conversation have only been around under 15 years. Plenty of QBs like Warner and Favre did most of their damage in the NFL that was basically the same as Elway's NFL.
He's a HOF QB. But he's not on the QB Mt. Rushmore. Not even ****ing close.
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The game is much different over the last 25 years than it was in the 80s/90s. The age of the dominant RB has been dead for a long time and these air it out offenses are just not what you saw on a consistent basis in the 80s/90s. The game has advanced and yes, the rules on how a QB gets hit and is protected has been 15-20 years in the making.