When the Game Was Played on Natural Grass

GORICO

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According to Eagles fans that was the hit that started the rivalry

"On Dec. 10, 1967, Jordan delivered an elbow and forearm to the face of Eagles running back Timmy Brown, a hit naked and vicious and unforgettable for the man who suffered it - or for anyone who witnessed it. Newspaper reports at the time said it cost Brown four teeth. Brown said recently that the actual number was nine."

"No opponent inspires the same visceral dislike that Dallas does, and the genesis of the Cowboys' status as the Eagles' bête-noir can be traced to that single moment, when Jordan shattered the veneer of civility between the two teams in the same instant he shattered Brown's jaw."
"That," Brown said in a phone interview, "started the rivalry."

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/spo..._that_started_the_Eagles-Cowboys_rivalry.html

Wow Road--- i wish i could have seen the hit...no doubt such a blow would erupt a rivalry....back in those days rough housing was common place
 

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who cares about the field,

football where D.Woodson, Lott, and Rod Woodson type safetys and a lot of LBs could actually hit, tackle, decleat and make an offensive player scared to come over the middle..that was football.. heck no more cleats because of fake fields takes the name decleat out..lol

imagine the career Roy Williams could have had if he was drafted say even 5 years earlier then he was..dude was an enforcer in the wrong era..
Dude they knocked the snot out of one another way before those guys. Ever heard of a close line? How about a crack back block? They used to decimate the qb's in a long bygone era. Threw em around like rag dolls, all legal. All the players you mentioned were ferocious hitters in their era as well but the hard hitting started long before they ever stepped on a nfl field.
 

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Dude they knocked the snot out of one another way before those guys. Ever heard of a close line? How about a crack back block? They used to decimate the qb's in a long bygone era. Threw em around like rag dolls, all legal. All the players you mentioned were ferocious hitters in their era as well but the hard hitting started long before they ever stepped on a nfl field.


umm we all know this i was keeping it in the most recent eras of players who were ALLOWED to do it before rule changes..thats real football and the point of the thread.. so?!

i dont miss the grass as much as the football part of football still being allowed..bunch of overpaid crybabies' now,
 

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That picture most likely taken in 1970,in Cleveland.A game the Cowboys won 6-2,in the mud.
 

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It’s pretty disingenuous to reminisce on the old days to not mention the early deaths, brain damage, and life altering crippling injuries...all on little pay and not enough medical help.

Never understood why people think football needs to be overly violent. Id much prefer a game of skill than people just mauling each other. Watch MMA if that’s what you want
 
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