The amount of respect on the field that Lofton garnered was impressive.. in a day where the rules were more balanced between the offense and defense.

In Hutson's day.. the rules were tilted towards the defense in the passing game.. DB's were afforded a ton of contact.

This isn't taking anything away from Driver.. but the era in which he has played has benefited him.

That is not to say that Donald wouldn't not have excelled in different era's, he is a physical receiver and doesn't shy away from the middle of the field, it just that the league as tilted the advantage towards the passing game.

Originally Posted by: Pack93z 

I can not imagine what Hutson would have done in a league with a 16 game season, additional teams and the rules set up the way they are now. It would have been amazing to watch him play.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

Rice may or may not have surpassed Hutson's records.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

Let's not forget that Lofton had some of his good years not as a Packer. The Bills resurrected his career after he wasted two years on the Raiders.

So if anyone got the shaft, it's Hutson. He played in a league with less games and very little passing.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

The guys on the field are freaks of nature these days, and I think the heroes of yesteryear, as awesome as I still find them, would for the most part be average to good in today's game.

Originally Posted by: pack_in_black 

Today's players are much bigger then those from the past. In the "old days" there were almost NO players that weighed over 300 pounds, Now, they are on every team. And the size and strength of the WR's is amazing. If you took a man from the 1930's and threw him into a game today, i doubt he would fare well. Also, to take a WR of today and throw them into a 1930's team, and he's probably be on IR after one game, as they could just about take your head off with no penalty.

What i'm trying to say is, if DD gets the record, he earned it. And probably some day someone else will pass his record.

I just feel lucky that i was alive to be able to see Sharpe, Lofton and Driver play for the Packers.

Same with Bart Starr. His numbers are small compared to what Favre did here. And Starr was the winning QB in 5 NFL championship games. I think Starr threw only 156 career TD's. In today's passing game, maybe he wouldn't have been very good. But in his time, he was pretty amazing. Same if you tried to put Favre into the 1960's game. Back then, QB's were not protected. I doubt Favre could have had the playing game streak that he ended up having if he had to play back then.

But that in my eyes does not take away from what each of them did.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

The guys on the field are freaks of nature these days, and I think the heroes of yesteryear, as awesome as I still find them, would for the most part be average to good in today's game.

Originally Posted by: pack_in_black 

To be fair, in today's league, you can't have an impact in a championship game after staying out all night the night before. 🤣

The guys on the field are freaks of nature these days, and I think the heroes of yesteryear, as awesome as I still find them, would for the most part be average to good in today's game.

Originally Posted by: pack_in_black 

So what you are saying is if a player who excelled in the days before year round training learned to do so without all the modern convinces, they would not be able to become elite players today as well? 😳
If Hutson had the drive and knew what it took to stand out in his day, he could do it today as well.

Originally Posted by: wpr