Statistically compared to what? To the video game they play nowadays? Swan (and Stallworth) played the first half (approximately) of their careers in a running era. Back when they broke in, if you consistently passed on 3rd and 5 you were a "wimpy" team that wasn't going anyplace. Today, 3rd and 1 teams line up in the shotgun and pass. They were as good a receiver as anyone in their era, and far better than most. To me that makes them HOFers. And I hated the Steelers (but recognized talent). Statistically baseball pitchers todays have much higher ERAs than the pitchers of the deadball era, but so what. It's two different games. Same with football - you can't do a simple stat comparison. You have to ask, did they dominate, were they feared, could they do things no one else could do? That's the only way you can judge across eras. I'm not saying football today is worse (or better), just radically different.
Dude you're not Mike Wallace, let your guest speak and finish his sentences.
Swann isn’t statistically a hall of famer, hate me all you want.
Wake up
@@CharlieGandziarski Edelman has better stats and he doesn’t belong in the Hall of Fame
Statistically compared to what? To the video game they play nowadays? Swan (and Stallworth) played the first half (approximately) of their careers in a running era. Back when they broke in, if you consistently passed on 3rd and 5 you were a "wimpy" team that wasn't going anyplace. Today, 3rd and 1 teams line up in the shotgun and pass. They were as good a receiver as anyone in their era, and far better than most. To me that makes them HOFers. And I hated the Steelers (but recognized talent). Statistically baseball pitchers todays have much higher ERAs than the pitchers of the deadball era, but so what. It's two different games. Same with football - you can't do a simple stat comparison. You have to ask, did they dominate, were they feared, could they do things no one else could do? That's the only way you can judge across eras. I'm not saying football today is worse (or better), just radically different.
@@bobbell1922 he was a one time all pro and three time Pro Bowler, that’s not Hall of Fame.
Yeah, noll ran the ball a lot. One year Harris and blier had 1k yards.