Originally Posted by Mutt

how old are you? i never said football is any less dangerous today, i said the rules have changed over the years to favor the offense and the main reason it's been done isn't to protect players, it's been done to make the games more exciting and entertaining for fans and it's worked.

here it is in black and white for you, NFL passing yards leaders by decade - notice anything?

1970-79
23,863 Fran Tarkenton
23,026 Jim Hart
22,279 Roger Staubach
20,030 Ken Anderson
19,918 Terry Bradshaw

1980-89
30,958 Joe Montana
28,301 Dan Fouts
27,853 Dan Marino
24,492 Phil Simms
22,771 Neil Lomax

1990-99
33,508 Dan Marino
30,894 Brett Favre
30,817 Warren Moon
30,280 John Elway
29,561 Troy Aikman

2000-09
42,254 Peyton Manning
38,435 Brett Favre
31,925 Donovan McNabb
30,844 Tom Brady
30,646 Drew Brees