(S4) - Weekend PT #2 - Old School Football

[PigSnout]

It is known that today's football is heavily focused on the passing game while in the older games it was much more focused on the rushing attack. As a top tier running back, Boss Tweed would be one of the most valuable players in the league during that era. A team would be able to build their entire franchise around using Tweed as their bell-cow running back. Tweed is already one of the most athletic players in the NSFL, so one can only imagine how he would look going up against defenders who have not had the benefits of modern athletic training. Tweed would not be able to plow through defenders with his power, rather he would win as he does today, through his finesse. Players in that era were built to be big bruisers and would simply not be capable of keeping play with somebody as fast as Tweed. He would be able to leave defenders in the dust with his speed and put up many yards as he led his team to victory. Tweed would be capable of being a perennial MVP candidate in that era with his skill and the emphasis on the running game. Even in the current era, Tweed is a top player, but he could be even better if he was able to go back to the past era of football.

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[White Cornerback]

If Lavelle was playing this time ten years ago, he'd undoubtedly be the greatest player of all time.

As it stands, Lavelle barely gets his name on the statsheet, long gone are the Favre days of chucking the ball downfield for opposing defensive backs to feast on. No longer is the gunslinger role a default one in the modern NFL, EFL or NSFL offensive playbook. After what seemed to be a feast of defensive interceptions and pass deflections in season 1, is now a famine heading into season 4. Well for Lavelle it is.

Many critiques of the modern game is the sheer amount of contact the rules are trying to deplete from the game. With helmet to helmet tackles being outlawed, roughing the passer calls being called more frequently and the introduction of unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, it appears that they're creating more of a hybrid sport, as opposed to improving or altering the current game,

Who knows in the near future, the NFL could be the NFFL and the NSFL could be the NSFFL ( National Simulation Flag Football League). Obviously nobody wants to see the game that we all admire and love be stomped on, just like ALL THOSE PANSIES WHO ARE TAKING A KNEE AND DISRESPECTING THE FLAG WE WORKED SO HARD FOR. I AM BOYCOTTING THE NSFL BECAUSE OF THEIR SHEER LACK OF RESPECT FOR OUR FLAG AND I WILL CONTINUE TO TELL EVERYBODY IM BOYCOTTING THE LEAGUE BY COMMENTING ON EACH AND EVERY POST THE NSFL MAKES. THANK YOU #FuckBernieBros #RESPECTTHEFLAG

[run_CMC]

When you think of kicking in old-school football, you've got to think of straight-ahead kicking. "Soccer-style" kicking was first introduced to professional football by a Dutch-born kicker in 1960, but it took it a while to catch on, and nowadays it's practically impossible to find the original kicking style. If Dean Jackson was living in the old days, playing classic, hard-hitting, old school football, he'd probably be lined up 5 yards back and no yards sideways. Kicking the ball with the tip of his toe rather than the inside of his foot, he'd put a lot less curve on the ball, but also would be less accurate and consistent!

Now of course, there's always the fact that football players back in the day weren't always as big and intimidating as they are now. Before football became the second national pastime, teams weren't nearly as picky; they just wanted anyone who could play and was willing to! And for that reason, there's a small chance that in the early 20th century, Dean Jackson could've played his original position: quarterback. The quarterbacks of the time were shorter, skinnier, and weaker than those in the league today... just like Jackson! But they also had a lot less protection, so it'd perhaps still be unadvisable for the small kicker.

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[timeconsumer]

Old school football in itself is a difficult thing to nail down. Are we talking about old school football before the forward pass was allowed? Are we talking about football in the era of single wing formation? Are we talking about football when the power T formation was king? Each of these eras had different circumstances and styles that defined them. I'd like to think that Angus Winchester would have slotted in nicely during the era of the power-T formation at fullback.

Now I know what you're thinking. Angus Winchester is far too big to match the fullbacks during that era. But let's take size out of the equation for a minute. We're talking about football where you were usually in 32 personnel, 3 running backs and 2 tight ends. This was power football at its finest. If you put a big, strong, and athletic specimen like Angus Winchester in as your fullback for lead blocking duties or dive plays you have a man that makes linebackers afraid. There are only so many times you can take on a guy like Winchester in the hole before your body starts to break down on you, and you start giving up big plays for chunk yards.

[Silver Fox]

If Fox played football back in the old days, he’d probably want to be a running back. People were smaller then, on account of worse nutrition and knowledge of the human body, so Fox would be a beast in comparison. While it’s difficult for Fox to just truck a guy nowadays, as almost everyone on the field is bigger than he is, back then his 6’1 215lb frame would have been enough to destroy weaker defenders outright – and the game was much more violent back then. Too many rules for safety now – but if you could handle it back then, you could be a beast!

Fox’s receiving skills would also be somewhat of a surprise – not many pass-catching backs back then. When your speedy runner is also a dual-threat, it would have been a level of play unheard of 50 years ago. With such a versatile skillset, defenders would be hard pressed to even have a chance – all Fox would need would be a good QB and he’d be set for years.

A beast on-field and a gentleman otherwise, Fox would be respected and beloved by the American people – though of course, that’s probably the case now as well. But it would certainly be a less civilized game, in a more civilized time.

[Yurt6]

One word would describe Clifford Rove if he played in another era. The word isn't trailblazer, gunslinger, or GOAT. The word that would best describe Clifford Rove if he played in another era is "dead". You see, Clifford Rove got sacked a lot of times last year. So many times in fact, that he went through concussion protocol twice. But this is in the safest era of NSFL history, now imagine Clifford with a leather helmet and getting sacked that many times. The guy would not be alive to throw the ball, blunt force trauma would be the death of him. Many people are saying that they see players being able to revolutionize the game if they went back in time, and Rove is no different. Rove would be the prime example of why protective equipment for both the head and the body when he is carted off the field in a body bag. So while some may say they would revolutionize the passing game, or tear up the league, or win 15 consecutive MVP awards, the story would probably be a little different for our good friend Mr. Rove. And trust me, he's thankful every day that he is playing today, not in yesteryear. We can all wonder what may have been, but Rove knows it is a blessing he doesn't have to.

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[kcheng686]

Now I'll tell you that if Samuel Zhang played back in the good ol days, he would still be playing as a cornerback, but this time he laying the SMACKDOWN on fools. He would be playing like a strong safety or linebacker mixed at the cornerback position, since you couldnt pass, so he would be tackling all those full backs and half backs that dared enter his side of the field. He would slam them with the fury of 200 raging hot furious suns and the power of 200 raging hot furious suns. With this white hot rage he will destroy all those who dare try and challenge his power. He will rack up many many tackles. Over 100s of tackles. Thousands of tackles over his career. Running backs and offensive linemen will fear his game, the corner who tackled really good and did other things really good too. DESTROY DESTROY DESTROY. THESE PUNY PLAYERS CANNOT STAND AGAINST THE GREATNESS OF S ZHANG. HE IS THE DESTROYER OF OFFENSES, THE PRINCE THAT WAS PROMISED.

Once Zhang grew old, he would constantly be complaining about the "soft" football of today, and how the ol days were the golden days of football, where there wasnt no sissy passing.

[youngcricket]

If Jaylon Lee played old school football, there is no doubt that he would play every position on the field. With his physical skills that couldn't be acquired back in the day, Lee would be playing linebacker on defense still and would be a terror to opposing run games. On offense, he would probably be either a running quarterback or a bulldozer of a runningback. Every said that Jerome "the Bus" Bettis would be a stud in the old days, but Jaylon Lee is even harder to bring down and more physical than the bus ever was in Pittsburgh. It's important to realize that with his physical gifts, Lee is also a very smart player and is one of the games bright, young minds. He is a player that would go out there and would be able to change the game with his mind and how he acts on the field. He would have one of the highest football IQs and with that, he would be able to dominate the game, especially with how underdeveloped film was back then. Putting Lee in the old days would guarantee a Hall of Fame careers and would allow him to cement himself as the absolute GOAT.

[ExemplaryChad]

The truth is, if I had played football in a different era, say the 1940’s, my life would probably be a lot shorter. While concussions were less common because people protected their heads better with those near-nonexistent helmets, there would be a lot of other factors to consider. Smoking and drinking on the sidelines were commonplace because people weren’t aware of the dangers these activities posed. I would probably have cirrhosis and lung cancer by 28 and be dead by 30. This is not because I’m a smoker or drinker now, but the toll on my body would have left me few other options that long ago. Prescription drugs at the time could have presented a whole new set of problems…

On the field, I would like to think I’d be a slightly smaller version of myself. Without the modern advances in nutrition and fitness that we have access to now, I wouldn’t have been able to pack on as much mass as I have. That part is fairly easy to predict. The harder thing to predict, however, would be what sort of impact the different time period would have had on my mental game. Without film as readily available to study, I would have been looking at stills and trying to come up with my own diagrams -- not to mention the fact that coaches might not have been nearly as receptive to my suggestions and insights. Yeah, my place would have been different, but I have no idea what it would have been.


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