I think a high percentage of players from 50 years ago could play today if they had access to the food, training and PEDS players now have.

I think a high percentage of players from 50 years ago could play today if they had access to the food, training and PEDS players now have.

I think a high percentage of players from 50 years ago could play today if they had access to the food, training and PEDS players now have.

I think a high percentage of players from 50 years ago could play today if they had access to the food, training and PEDS players now have.

JORR often makes this point, and it is correct... it is ridiculous to think that athletes have “evolved” in a matter of decades. The talent pool is larger now, though.

True, but there are more teams now too. Also, there are more options. Today's Babe Ruth might be riding a snowboard in the X-Games. One hundred years ago all he had was baseball or boxing.

Anyway, it's funny that Bernstein called Butkus "slow, tiny, and white." He was bigger and faster than Ray Lewis. I guess one out of three ain't bad though.

Your overall points are all fine other than how do you objectively know Butkus was faster than Ray Lewis?

Anyway, it's funny that Bernstein called Butkus "slow, tiny, and white." He was bigger and faster than Ray Lewis. I guess one out of three ain't bad though.

OK

Their 40 times. Also, there are guys that scouted them both. In any case, the point isn't that Butkus could or couldn't beat Lewis (or any top linebacker of today) in a race, but rather that it's obvious he wouldn't be in any way overmatched in today's game and would clearly still be a star.

The problem when guys like Steve Kerr say they couldn't play today is that that clearly calls into question how good guys like Hakeem, Jordan, and Barkley were. So the person that believes the game is so much superior today has to then twist himself in knots to support his belief that Jordan is the greatest of all time.

Basketball is a tough one for me. I don’t think the athletes are better today... one of the league’s best players is James Harden, for example. But the style is so different that it’s really hard to tell if talent would transfer well to other eras. I don’t know if true big men would completely dominate or be a complete hindrance. I also don’t know why Kerr would say that... he would be great for this era.

This type of shit used to be Kung Fu master trolling but time.has aged it horribly. Take some Spartan hoplite from 2500 years ago ,feed him a bunch of steroids, put him in pads, explain his basic job and people will literally be dying on the field.

Basketball is a tough one for me. I don’t think the athletes are better today... one of the league’s best players is James Harden, for example. But the style is so different that it’s really hard to tell if talent would transfer well to other eras. I don’t know if true big men would completely dominate or be a complete hindrance. I also don’t know why Kerr would say that... he would be great for this era.

There is no record of any Butkus 40 time.

The only thing close is an espn article where one of Dick's teammates said it would take Butkus 3 days to run a 100 yard dash. Same article said he was really quick inside 20 yards tho.

He'd be ok. Nothing great.

Is that the new safety the Bears drafted?

To be fair though Butkus never had the killer instinct Ray Lewis does

O RLY?

It is typical Bernstein trolling.

FTFY.

He had abandoned this more subtle form of trolling in favor of "I mean, let's be honest, there's a reason so many in this town love Dick Butkus but hate Lance Briggs, who is manifestly the superior talent in every empirical category."

The re-emergence of this kind of trolling from Dan is a more subtle tell that he's walking back his "evolved" persona on-air after the utter failure of Bernstein & Goff.

Who hates Lance Briggs anyway?

Who hates Lance Briggs anyway?