jazzcat22
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Why not. The nba of the 50s and 60s isnt even close to the same game as it is today. Comparing baseball players , especially pitchers from the 40s to pitchers of today is ridiculous.
Salary Cap era vs non is the same thing. The scrutiny on teams today never allows Tom Landry to exist. He would have been fired long before he started winning.
6 years before he had a .500 season. He also had a 10 year contract.
So it wasn't like he could be fired that easily.
To me fans that want to say cap vs no cap and all that, are just looking for ways to cherry pick if they or want need to.
I understand that though for certain things, like building and maintaining a team. Which yes, NE has been the best. But also just about every one of their trips to the SB has had some type of controversy to it. But there is no asterisk to that either.
Look how many times it has been said, Jimmy could not do in Miami as he did in Dallas because of the cap. Or was it he hit some lightning in a bottle here with Jerry at his side, great trades and such. No asterisk there either.
Sports is still sports, NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, others are all still basically there same. Players are bigger, faster, stronger, with all the emphasis put on training and modern medicine, stupid rule changes. But the are still basically played the same way, like 95%.
So where does one want to cut it off at. Rule change 1, rule change 5, salary cap. pre SB or after. AFL / NFL merger, I mean why should AFL stats count with NFL stat. They were 2 separate leagues.
It is my opinion, your opinion, anther persons opinion, so I guess no right or wrong answer. It is how someone wants to view it.
To me, it is all part of the NFL history. I am sure if Bellicheck breaks Landry's record, there will be those on both sides, saying why one was better than the other. And there will be many reasons for and against both ways.