Comments on: Flashback: 1966 Chicago Bears Highlights

By: Boomer

Boomer — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:58:03 +0000

Glad you guys like the flashbacks. It’s interesting to see how the game has changed, especially with replay.

By: venomlash

venomlash — Sun, 29 May 2011 04:14:19 +0000

Watching old footage like this really reminds me of how much the rules have been refined over time, especially with regard to completion of a pass. Towards the end of the Bears/Vikings game, they showed a Bear pick off a Minnesota pass and immediately drop it as he fell to the ground. A teammate scooped it up, but the fact that such a play today would be ruled an incomplete pass really brings it home how things have changed in the sport.
(Not that it’s necessarily a bad thing that the rules have changed. Keeping the spirit of the game is going to have to play second fiddle to keeping the players decently safe at some point.)

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 28 May 2011 23:39:47 +0000

Saw this earlier, I love watching classics like these… Wish the NFL today wasn’t all flashy like they are and would get back to that blood,sweat, and tears mentality like it used to be