Bo Jackson never had a 1,000 yard NFL season. He was always injured. When he was healthy though, there are people who say he was the best player in the NFL and a better RB than Emmit Smith turned out to be.
Jackson bounced between baseball and football and was ultimately lost to injury. Emmit Smith had amazing durability, played for a really consistent team and put up monsterous numbers. Emmit was a great player and deserves all of those accolades, but when people say Bo Jackson was the better RB, if he was better on the field then he was better on the field regardless of who played longer, racked up more stats and avoided more injury. That's something completely different.
Favre's legacy is bigger. Favre lasted longer. Rodgers is better.
Last edited by RashanGary; 02-14-2011 at 02:33 PM.
"Favre's legacy is bigger."
Let's ask Jenn Sterger about that.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Expect A-rod to win 3-5 super bowls. While never matching Favre's amazing stats, A-rod's future potential post season success vaults him over BF and Starr.
Don't get me wrong man.....I'm loving this time and am bullish on the Pack to be serious contenders for...who knows? Lots of things can happen on the way to the forum. Enjoy it....worry about a dynasty after they win another SB. You know it's not easy......but this team is looking set for a run.........
C.H.U.D.
A large part of the problem was this : Favre always gave you a chance to win - even against better teams, BUT : he always gave you a chance to lose - even against poor teams.
Who Knows? The Shadow knows!
I suppose I should have said that the teams under Favre's years had their strength in the RB and TEs where Rodgers' is in the WRs as far as the passing game goes. That would have been consistent with the premise that you can't compare the athletes between now and then as they have improved so much.
All hail the Ruler of the Meadow!
Tough to measure up current guys to Starr when #15 played in a league with a dozen teams.
A lot easier to win titles then than it is now. IMO, 3 SB wins in today's free agency era is just as impressive as what the 60's Packers accomplished. The NFC has sent 10 different teams to the Super Bowl in 10 years. That is a remarkable statistic in a 16 team conference. Parity really does reign.
It's such a GOOD feeling...13 TIME WORLD CHAMPIONS!!