When tackles Bob Skoronski and Forrest Gregg were the bookends of the Green Bay Packers’ offensive line during Vince Lombardi’s three-peat, they were listed at 249 pounds, as well as at 6-foot-3 and 6-4, respectively.
For the 10 years, from 2000 until the Packers’ Super Bowl season of 2010, the Packers’ starting tackles were 6-5, 330-pound Chad Clifton and 6-4, 320-pound Mark Tauscher.
That’s a 70- to 80-pound difference over a roughly 35- to 45-year span. In other words, it’s like comparing Studebakers to Hummers.
Although Gregg was one of the three tackles named to the NFL’s 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, there’s no way he could have been playing a decade ago at his playing weight.