90's Cowboys vs 70's Steelers Computer Generated on NFLN Now

[smarta5150]

What crap

 

[superpunk]

Nobody thought we'd actually win this game, did they?

Is it at least an interesting concept?

 

[rcaldw]

As soon as Aikman was pulled for Wade Wilson might as well have shut the TV off. Never would have happened, period.

 

[EveryoneElse]

I wish Howard C would have taken some shots at Joe Theeeeeesman instead of Steve Sabol.

I knew the outcome already.....

I watched this thing like 4 or 5 years ago.

Re-run.

Was a fun idea though.

 

[tyke1doe]

Funny, but I was arguing with a Niners fan on another forum that the 92 Cowboys would have whipped the 78 Steelers because of the size difference, the difference in coaching and the difference in styles of play.

He countered by saying that the Steelers of the 70s didn't have the same benefits in terms of diet and workout regiment that the Cowboys of the 90s did, and if they had, they would have easily beaten the Cowboys.

I responded by saying it's hard to create "what if" scenarios because "what if" scenarios don't happen perfectly. Who is to say the Steelers - under the same conditions - would have been the same players. Some players can't adjust to the weight, muscle gain. And speed doesn't necessarily improve significantly with training. You either have it or you don't.

Of course, the Niners fan also felt that the 89 Niners would have destroyed the 92 Cowboys, to which I laughed uproariously (in Internet language, of course).

Those teams were evenly matched - Cowboys #1 ranked defense, #3 ranked offense; 49ers #1 ranked offense, #3 ranked defense.

That would have been a great game.

The reason why people think the Steelers would have beaten the Cowboys of the 90s is because they beat the Cowboys of the 70s and they won 4 Super Bowls during their dynasty reign while the Cowboys only won 3.

But I think that 92 Super Bowl team was one of the best ever.

 

[Stash]

Nostalgia is great.

Reality is another.

The fact is that a 350 lb man would destroy and 260 lb man - especially a 350 pounder who's been better-schooled with modern techniques.

And the "drawn in the dirt" plays of the 1970's don't compare with the complexities of the modern day offenses and defenses.

Players are bigger, stronger, faster, and better coached - there is no contest.

Great team were great - in their day, but a modern NFL team would obliterate a team of the past.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Is it at least an interesting concept?

Not really. If you had seen the horrible job you would know what I mean. What a waste of good electricity.

 

[sms4332]

Check out the website whatifsports.com You can select any Football team to play any other team from another era.

Because of this thread, I picked the 92 Boys against the 78 Steelers. The Boys won 17-3 at Pittsburgh with Ike Holt picking off a Bradshaw pass for a TD and Irvin catching a 5 yarder from Aikman.

You can also choose whose other stadiums, weather conditions, etc.

 

[Doomsday101]

Nostalgia is great.

Reality is another.

The fact is that a 350 lb man would destroy and 260 lb man - especially a 350 pounder who's been better-schooled with modern techniques.

And the "drawn in the dirt" plays of the 1970's don't compare with the complexities of the modern day offenses and defenses.

Players are bigger, stronger, faster, and better coached - there is no contest.

Great team were great - in their day, but a modern NFL team would obliterate a team of the past.

I agree. Pitt was a great team in that era but as you said athletes are bigger, faster and stronger now than back then.

 

[lurkercowboy]

I agree. Pitt was a great team in that era but as you said athletes are bigger, faster and stronger now than back then.

How would you match up the 2006 Colts with the 1992 Cowboys? That is 14 years difference.

There was also 14 years difference between the 1992 Cowboys and the 1978 Steelers.

 

[Doomsday101]

How would you match up the 2006 Colts with the 1992 Cowboys? That is 14 years difference.

There was also 14 years difference between the 1992 Cowboys and the 1978 Steelers.

I don't think the gap is as glaring between the 92 Cowboys and the 07 Colts. During the 70's players work outs where not as they are today with machines that help to isolate muscle groups and special conditioning programs we see today. If you look at the size difference between the 70's players and what we saw in the 90's up till today is vastly different.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I don't think the gap is as glaring between the 92 Cowboys and the 07 Colts. During the 70's players work outs where not as they are today with machines that help to isolate muscle groups and special conditioning programs we see today. If you look at the size difference between the 70's players and what we saw in the 90's up till today is vastly different.

Jimmy Johnson was the first coach to make 300lbs linemen normal in the NFL.

 

[Doomsday101]

Jimmy Johnson was the first coach to make 300lbs linemen normal in the NFL.

I had never heard that. Interesting.

 

[kingwhicker]

The 90s Cowboys were bigger, stronger and faster than the 06 Colts- plus they had tons more depth- I would figure the score would be something around 30-13.

As for the 70s Stealers- that would be a total gang rape- their little 260 lbs offensive and defensive linemen would get pwned and Stallworth and Swann would have been eaten alive by Brown and Smith- no way they could make up for the speed. I figure Bradshaw would go down at least 12 times if he wasn't knocked out. I honestly don't see ANY way they would have even scored. Troy could have just handed off to Emmitt 40 times and never passed and they would have scored on every posession. I'd see Dallas winning something like 34-0 simply because they ran out the clock and had mercy but if they went balls to the wall they could EASILY put 60+ on them.

What would be even more eye opening would be the execution style slaying they would put on the 60s Packers!!

The 89 49ers or the 85 Bears would be one heckuva nail biter.

 

[burmafrd]

Actually the size jump in offensive linemen started in the early 80s. The Hogs were more publicized but actually I think the Green Bay Packers started putting in huge guards (Ron Hallstrom was a 300lb guard)

 

[Catch-22]

How would you match up the 2006 Colts with the 1992 Cowboys? That is 14 years difference.

There was also 14 years difference between the 1992 Cowboys and the 1978 Steelers.

The talent at the top of the NFL peaked with the 90's Cowboys and that one 49ers team.

The Colts are the best of a mediocre, salary cap controlled league.

 

[CF74]

What was the final score? I had to get back to work

 

[skinsscalper]

What was the final score? I had to get back to work

27-25 Steelers. A total joke. Not to dismiss the 70's Steelers, but they would have been mauled by an O-line that outweighed them by an average of 50 lbs and considered by many to be the best offensive line ever assembled in NFL history. They had Stallworth juke Deion for an early TD that NEVER would have happened. The whole thing was laughable.

SS

 

[CF74]

1992 Dallas Cowboys at 2006 Indianapolis Colts
The RCA Dome
Final - 2/13/2007 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 1992 Dallas Cowboys 7 13 7 17 44 2006 Indianapolis Colts 7 7 0 13 27



Man according to the simulator, I can't find a team to beat the 92 Cowboys

 

[trickblue]

lolZ, yeap but Steelers still win.....

It really is a joke...

The early 90's Cowboys would destroy the 70's era Steelers. The Steelers weren't big enough or fast enough...