Receivers with a chip on their shoulder are valued commodities in today’s NFL. But in the old era of football, it was a necessity. Following every snap, dogfights ensued on the edges. When the ball was in the air, anything was fair game.
Now, the game has changed. As the rules continue to play a larger and larger factor, more and more fans are enticed to look back to the days of old, when receivers were expected to be tough, not praised for it.
In our last edition of the Redskins Legends Bracket, formidable flanker Bobby Mitchell handily beat Pierre Garcon, one of the toughest receivers in the game today, to advance to the next round.