but this one I didn't see until seeing your post, RAMbler.... and shocking it was.
I remember well his playing days.... and thinking, "Will my Rams ever have a player like him?". I knew few other football fans in those days, the NFL was NOT very popular here where I live; baseball ruled. BUT... even non-NFL friends knew Jim Brown.
I remember a quote from Jim in which he said he would have preferred professional LaCrosse to football.... I loved that quote - Not because I was a big LaCrosse fan but rather that I liked that he had a passion for the game and openly admitted it.
I like that people "whom I consider knowledgeable football fans" unanimously agree that Jim, at the very least, was one old time NFL player that without doubt could have played in today's game. When I hear anyone opine that he couldn't have, that the talent of today far surpasses his skills I know that said person opining that has got his head squarely up his ass. Not only could he have played in today's game but I think he would have been nearly, if not as much, dominate.
The term 'generational talent' is used far too casually and loosely today.... but Jim was just that, a generational talent.
