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Originally Posted by TheGuardian
I wanted to include LT and I think you could make the case for it because he literally changed defenses from then on out.
Also, athletic ability in terms of speed, vertical jump, etc hasn't actually changed that much since then. The idea that guys today are freaks compared to Jim Brown or Rice just isn't true.
And even if it is, the fact is, the "freaks" don't always make the best football players.
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Rice wasn’t all that long ago.
Jim Brown played in the 50’s. He might be a comparable athlete to today’s guys, but his competition wasn’t.