Cowboys Nostalgia Thread

Chocolate Lab said:
I knew he wasn't anything close to what he used to be, but wow, that really does highlight it.
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Look at the insane blocking he had.

By the time he got to the line there was a clear backward/sideways movement of the defensive front or a hole already blasted through it.

The play against SF, Martin is like 10 yards downfield crushing someone.

Difference up front is night and day
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
He looks so much skinnier and faster. His body shape has definitely changed since then.
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I think that’s some of his issue- he bulked up almost like a short yardage RB, but he really was a better runner when he was lighter. Not sure why he bulked up like he did.
 
ravidubey said:
Look at the insane blocking he had.

By the time he got to the line there was a clear backward/sideways movement of the defensive front or a hole already blasted through it.

The play against SF, Martin is like 10 yards downfield crushing someone.

Difference up front is night and day
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That was an all-timer kind of line, though. Almost nobody gets an OL that good. And while this one isn't that good, it's not bad, either.

I see things like him splitting the safeties vs the Bengals in the very first play. No way he comes even close to being able to do that today. Today that's an eight or ten yard gain, not a 60 yard one.
 
bbgun said:
then explain Henry. drafted the same year as Zeke and had an insane # of carries in HS and college. still going strong.
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Easy to throw that out there, but once in a blue moon a player comes along that goes against the norm. Henry is one of those guys. Just like Emmitt was. Crazy durability is not something that comes along at the RB position very often.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
That was an all-timer kind of line, though. Almost nobody gets an OL that good. And while this one isn't that good, it's not bad, either.

I see things like him splitting the safeties vs the Bengals in the very first play. No way he comes even close to being able to do that today. Today that's an eight or ten yard gain, not a 60 yard one.
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A fast RB makes his OL look better than it probably is, those holes don’t need to stay open very long when he can get thru there quickly.
Zeke has lost quite a bit of speed….that clip is almost like watching a different RB.
 
NoDak said:
Easy to throw that out there, but once in a blue moon a player comes along that goes against the norm. Henry is one of those guys. Just like Emmitt was. Crazy durability is not something that comes along at the RB position very often.
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This is exactly right. Henry is the exception and not normal at all.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
This is exactly right. Henry is the exception and not normal at all.
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I picked Henry because he was from the same draft class and appears to be aging better than Zeke despite a heavy workload. The point is that Zeke shouldn't have been washed at such an early age. Thirty I can understand, but not 26. Frank Gore had 12 years on him yet was swifter than Zeke when he finally retired.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
I see things like him splitting the safeties vs the Bengals in the very first play. No way he comes even close to being able to do that today. Today that's an eight or ten yard gain, not a 60 yard one.
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Though he was untouched and at full speed by the time he got to them. Again, couldn't happen with today's OL
 
ravidubey said:
Though he was untouched and at full speed by the time he got to them. Again, couldn't happen with today's OL
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Maybe. But you have to admit the zero to full speed he had in his first couple years is 100% gone.
 
p1_ said:
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Haslett, McCarthy's buddy, takes McCarthy's developmental QB of several years. McCarthy's brother was DiNucci's eighth grade basketball coach back in Pittsburgh, where they're both from.

Never underestimate the power of nepotism.
 
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NoDak said:
If only there was a guy around with the power to move stuff...
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That’s not even worthy of being moved to the Random thread.

It should be dumped in a never-to-be-created WGAS thread where nobody is interested enough to click on it and learn that Darrin Chiaverini’s dad was in a 60s surf rock band.
 
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