Michael Irvin GOES THE HELL OFF on podcasters downplaying WRs / DBs of his day compared to today’s players

[Osmar]

"I went in and made plays, where pain lived" sounds like a Rap bar

 

[Bryan Danielson]

I stand with Mike on this….

so I stand with @darealvelle @dtownreppin214 @DallasTxRep @Dallas' 4 Eva too

I don’t have to like The Cowboys or MI….. but he definitely one of the GOATs and a lot of these current boys can’t lace his boots

Gotdamn… my bad…. I missed one good brother

@BlueHeffner you the homey too!

Bless you my guy!

 

[KFBF]

"I went in and made plays, where pain lived" sounds like a Rap bar

Can hear Ransom or Malice spitting that.

 

[lamont614]

I worked out earlier but Mike Irvin make me want to go back and do another set

Preach Michael preach

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Has Deion ever explained what happened that day? Lol

Think I saw an interview he did once where he talked about him vs. Rice, and he may have mentioned that game briefly.

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

lol how common are possession receivers these days though?

 

[BlueHeffner]

lol how common are possession receivers these days though?

We calling Mike a possession receiver now

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Deion would be able to play today.

With that being said, the overall talent and freakishness of the WR's today as a whole are much better than in the 90's and prior. That's not to say that Rice and some others wouldn't be great today, but the sheer amount of freakish WR's today is much more than decades ago. QB's are also making passes that QB's decades ago weren't making. There are always exceptions, but as a whole the WR's today are tougher to cover.

There are not more freaks currently playing at a high level than back then .

The top WRs JJ,Amon-Ra,Puka and Ja’Marr are no more freakier than Irv and Rice .

Freaks are guys like Megatron,Julio,Tony G and Gronk

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Mike 100% right on this. Its easy to run fast when nobody can touch you while you are running and they cant hit you until after you catch the football. The term "separate from the football" has pretty much lost all meaning in todays game, and we all knew what that meant back when Irvin played. You caught a pass over the middle and you were looking to hit the ground, YAC meant you were trying to get sawed in half.

Exactly

The wrs of today wouldn't even have the career length they have now if they ass was getting knocked the fukk out and hit at release like back then.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

lol how common are possession receivers these days though?

Puka and Amon -Ra both got secondaries in hell right now

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Deion would be able to play today.

With that being said, the overall talent and freakishness of the WR's today as a whole are much better than in the 90's and prior. That's not to say that Rice and some others wouldn't be great today, but the sheer amount of freakish WR's today is much more than decades ago. QB's are also making passes that QB's decades ago weren't making. There are always exceptions, but as a whole the WR's today are tougher to cover.

Nah.... the rules are COMPLETELY different. Rice had elite hands and elite route running. These WRs don't have to worry about getting hit.

 

[BucciMane]

Nah.... the rules are COMPLETELY different. Rice had elite hands and elite route running. These WRs don't have to worry about getting hit.

I'm not disputing that at all, and I believe the elite of the elite then would be fine today. I do believe that the overall amount of top talent now at the position is greater now.

 

[trap101-ETHout-Allegri-In]

"I went in and made plays, where pain lived" sounds like a Rap bar

That whole tirade was low key motivational.... Pastor Playmaker merged stromg football talk with fire and brimstone from the good book.. .. made me want to go chop off the heads of heathens just now...

 

[JesusFOREVER]

That damn NBA done rubbed off on my precious football!

Came here to say this- hopefully this just irv being irv and not setting any future precedents

 

[Ahmen]

... And get off my lawn!