Pat Caputo On Marshall Faulk Trashing Matthew Stafford
It makes for interesting conversation when a former NFL player of note doesn't just praise the players of today and becomes critical.
I have no issue with it. It's a good thing in the sense you're getting honest commentary from from former athletes, where before they often came across as making excuses for players regardless. Present day players are particularly sensitive to such criticism, especially when it comes from figures who are viewed as iconic in their sport.
I've heard this expression many times in such instances: "They forgot how difficult it is to play this game."
While I defend Marshall Faulk's right to make his recent statements basically dismissing Matthew Stafford's 5,000-yard passing season in 2011, he couldn't have been more wrong.
He made it sound like any QB could do it. Absurd. It has only been done five times in NFL history, and Stafford was only one of three QBs to accomplish it this season.
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