Joe Greene Says 70s Defense Would Be Ejected By Halftime Under Today’s Rules

[BnG_Hevn]

That goes without saying, when you kick other players in the groin and elbow them. Today that is considered dirty (Su) but for some inexplicable reason it is "manly" when you are talking about the 70s Steelers.

[GoSlash27]

That goes without saying, when you kick other players in the groin and elbow them. Today that is considered dirty (Su) but for some inexplicable reason it is "manly" when you are talking about the 70s Steelers.

Well... it was considered "manly" because that's how *everybody* played football back then. The winning team would physically dominate their opponent and impose their will. The game has changed, the rules have changed, and what's considered "dirty" has changed. Suh was a dirty player and Burfict is *definitely* a dirty player.

[BnG_Hevn]

Well... it was considered "manly" because that's how *everybody* played football back then. The winning team would physically dominate their opponent and impose their will. The game has changed, the rules have changed, and what's considered "dirty" has changed. Suh was a dirty player and Burfict is *definitely* a dirty player.

But if Suh played in the 70s he'd also be "manly".

IMO, flat out dirty play is not imposing your will, it just is needed to make up for your inability TO impose your will.

I'll root for a hard-hitter who plays clean over dirty play any day.

[tube517]

It was a DB, for certain. (I know that that is not the Keith Rivers play.)

i want to say Chris Crocker... but, I’m not sure.

Tory James

[GoSlash27]

But if Suh played in the 70s he'd also be "manly".

What's the line? "If my grandma had balls, she'd be my grandpa"?
If you're doing things that others are afraid of retaliating for fear of getting themselves ejected, then you're dirty. Yeah, Suh could kick other players in the '70s and it's not dirty... but then again they could punish him for it and that was also not dirty.