Dick ''Night Train'' Lane # 2 most feared tackler

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[jamdawg]

Coolest Nickname EVER.

[andrewr62]

14 interceptions in a season still an NFL record. Lane did in 12 games what today's players cannot do in 16.

[andrewr62]

@Legend33Larry True, you must also remember thogh that the football itself was a rounder than. It was not the sreamlined missile it is today. Also denfensive backs had

much more freedom than to take a reciever out of his pattern at any time before the

ball was thrown. I disagree about aweful mechanics. Not all NFL QB' today are elite or have great from either. Techniques have evolved. If the qb's of today played then they would have the same form.

[Legend33Larry]

@boiler6460, since the 70s, QB attempted more passes in games: Peyton Manning Cmp%=65%; Marino, 59.8%, and they are more accurate, even though they attempted more passes in games. Even average Philip Rivers puts better numbers than HOF QB of the past: he completes 63% of his passes, while only 2.6% of his passes have been intercepted (Baugh&Von Brockling INT% were superior to 6% in their respective career!).

So, today QB attempted more passes and they had fewer picks per attempt!

[Legend33Larry]

@andrewr62, in the time, NFL QB had slow mechanics and their completion% was awful! Van Brockling Cmp%=53.6%, while Sammy Baugh Cmp% (56.5). The second thing is they pulled a lot of interceptions on a very few attempts. For example, Baugh attempted 315 passes and have been intercepted 23 times! Baugh (career)had more INT than TD...

[Legend33Larry]

Imagine Dick Butkus, Ray Lewis and Lawrence Taylor played w/out all these rules the NFL implanted due to Dick's dominance... players would probably died on the field!

[seanman70]

Yea a TON of qbs were throwing the pigskin in the 30's thank Don Hutson one of the greatest receivers ever opened up the passing game.

[andrewr62]

@boiler6460 The forward pass was a phenomenon in the 1930's. Powerful passing attacks by teams like the Los Angeles Rams, Browns, and Lions and Slingin Sammy Baugh of the Redskins was well established by this time. The most yards ever completed passing in a game was Norm Van Brocklin in 1950. Don't give me this crap like it was something new or unknown in 1950's. QB's were throwing for over 2000 yards in 12 game seasons by then.

[boiler6460]

@andrewr62 Quarterbacks are a ton better these days than back when the forward pass was seemingly a new phenomenon. Also, Night Train could get his hands on receivers and re-route them all over the field to screw up pass plays, whereas today, DBs can't even look at wide outs without drawing a flag. Lane was a great great player, no doubt. But the odds are stacked much more against today's DBs.

[beatlejim64]

A real football player...

[40yard4and25]

He was a great DB, but many of his tackles were simple neck-grabbing. It was legal then but in the modern era he'd have been an interceptor only, imo.

[buckwheat40]

all time secondary, Night Train and Deion at cornerback.

Steve Atwater and Ronnie Lott at safety.