Benders post is dead on. DC/GuB aren't likely to put him into the young secondary mix, they need to grow together.

 

Darrell Green was a great player. The end of his career was the late 90s so he did play in the "modern era". I wonder if the game has changed that much since he retired- assuming he played in the same time frame as Champ, would he have been as effective at the end or would the rules and faster players have taken their toll?

 

Same thing the other way- had Champ played his career in the same bracket of years that Green did, would he be equally as effective at the end of his career?

 

You could argue it forever, I suppose, it would be like wondering if the 1984 Tigers could have beaten the 1927 Yankees.

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