Yeah CONGRATS to Driver.
Great player and an even better person.
But yeah, kind of strange that he is the only 600 reception guy but I guess that speaks to the lack of WR greatness with the Pack.
But we can't really complain when had Lombardi, Starr, Favre, White, etc.
"zombieslayer" wrote:
Arguably the best player of his generation was a WR - Don Hutson. He revolutionized the game.
We also had James Lofton, who had the most yards record until Jerry Rice came along.
Sterling Sharpe could have made a run at Rice's record.
Now we have Driver and Jennings, two long shots at the HoF (there are a lot of really, really good WRs today, not a knock on them, just saying there's a lot of competition).
So I wouldn't say the Packers didn't have good WRs in our history.
Now, I wish our site historian would come along and tell us about Dale, Dolar, and Max McGee. How good were they? Before my time so I don't know. The only reason I know about Hutson is I listen to old men in bars talk football.
The other thing, 600 receptions is a new thing. In the old days, you simply didn't pass like you did today. 4000 yards was very rare. I remember Lynn Dickey was one of the first QBs to do it. Now several QBs each year throw for 4000 yards.
Same thing with 100 receptions. Used to be very rare. Not any more.
"RedSoxExcel" wrote: