Evolution of the NFL Player! | NFL Explained

The evolution looks like evolution? Riiigghhht

Not a single mention about the greastest quater back in nfl history Tom Brady

Once this started with a quote from racist Charles Darwin that was it for me no good

Btw Charles Darwin believed man came from
Ape. The NFL just let those with better genetics in the league

Oooof. “Career?”
I would seriously like to see the small percentage of ex NFL players who still have their money. I know a lot of ex NFL players and not one has one dollar they made in the league. Lots of predators, agents, gambling debts, drugs and alcohol chops down many a great man.

No mention of Charles Woodson?

It would be good if the contract talk was inflation adjusted. The guys from the 60s and 70s are whiners who were making at least 6X what a laborer did in a year for a partial year of work.

Can’t wait to watch this video but I’m dropping a rare pre-watch comment:

Steroids. It’s steroids. New, evolving, and ever-changing steroids. Not all are traditional metabolic steroids.

It always surprised me how much smaller and lighter the players of the “tougher” eras of the 60s and 70s were compared to today’s supposedly softer league

I think the athleticism and size of todays players is really underrated by old heads

Most of these charts are really leading me to see the 2000s as the premiere decade in football

The players had gotten the athleticism of the modern era, but the passing game hadn’t fully eclipsed the running game

This video sucks😂

Imagine Julius Peppers back in that day he would average 50 sacks a season

Marshall faulk did not usher in the era of receiving running backs. Thurman Thomas did with the k gun offense. He led the league for like 5 years and 15 years before Marshall faulk.

Dumb thumbnail Ever see Mahomes with his shirt off? Dad bod all the way

Roger Craig needs and deserves to be in the HOF!!!

No long snappers? Never watching the NFL again

Actually, in early football many teams commonly used 6 guys on the defensive line. 6-2-3 was a thing. From the inside out: two guards, two tackles, and two ends on the line — with the ends often rushing upfield; two linebackers; and two defensive halfbacks and a safety on the back end. Five man fronts had a "middle guard" — basically what we would call a nose tackle today — two tackles, and two ends.

As passing became more prevalent over time, defenses started to skew things towards the back end. My Colts use a 4-2-5 as essentially a base defense.

They didn't have specialized kickers because roster sizes were so small. When you've gotta cut to 33 guys or whatever, something has to give...

pete gogolak is also the first unofficial free agent.

I played a 5 technique DT at Va Tech back in the 1970’s. 6’6” and 225 lbs. I blew my knee out in Spring of my freshman year and again at the end of my sophomore season. Severe arthritis by 35. Knee replacement by 50. Pretty much constant knee pain at age 67. Football is off the charts hard. That’s what makes it great. I’d do it all over again if I could.

i love Goku

anima is life

There would be deaths on the field if not for rules changes

No more astroturf

Don't compare Bryce young and Kyler Murray lol ther enot on the same level Bryce young is nowhere near Kyle's level...

Darrelle green 5’7 hof?

more race pandering

Kam Chancellor is 6'3" 235lbs. One of the biggest safeties ever

Y’all could’ve mention Brandon browner somehow

It’s funny back then players had to work harder, wear less padding ,get crappy pay , get hurt less yet these divas today get paid more and do less it’s ridiculous

This is fantastic. The random clips of random greats, some known and many almost forgotten really shows some love..

When the Giants had Lawrence Taylor, the Packers put out two time broken legged John Anderson.

Wowwwww man I did my high school senior project on this exact topic. Evolution of the football player

HOW TF DO YOU TALK ABOUT GAMECHANGERS AND YOU DON'T EVEN MENTION DEVIN HESTER?! FFS HE EVEN WAS A GAMECHANGER IN REGARDS TO SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS GETTING PROPER CONSIDERATION FOR THE HALL OF FAME!!!

Anybody remember Jim Plunket

This was valid high fives all around

What about the Kickers, Punters, and Long Snappers?

I doubt an nfl team now could take on a team from the 90’s to the millennium

This is the best Football video I've ever seen.

Get your facts right before you make videos. Players needed outside jobs in the old days to make ends meet. That's how the Packers got their name. They worked at the local meat packing plant and it stayed that way until the AFL came along forcing salaries up. Glen Campbell and Roy Clark both turned down pro sports careers because they were already pro musicians with regular gigs in the late 50s at 18.

Is Tom Brady doing the narration?…

I desperately miss the class of older players. I didn't have to watch a dumbass dance/celebration after every tiny play. They acted like they'd been there before because it was their job. Never again, though.

The evolution of football is pretty black and white. If you get what I’m sayin😂😂

steroids

Did you leave out Prime in the lock down corner category? 🤔

Better drugs now

ray lewis really didn’t get a mention as a game changer blew my mind

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