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Mel Blount is blunt

Yeah, okay. However, the article has a significant misstatement. Specifically, the author notes:

Blount also had an unquenchable thirst to succeed after not getting selected in the 1970 draft.
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Uhh, no, the Steelers took Blount with the first pick in the 3rd round.

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1970 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com

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GREAT find Confluence and thanks for posting !!!


Definately a GREAT player and person. I loved watching him play but then again I loved watching all STEELERS play from that era. There were so many great ones on the greatest dynasty in the NFL ever.



Salute the nation
 
One of my favorite players all time. Those teams of the 70's I'm really glad I got to watch as a young kid.

Nobody is ever touching that group.


Now that I'm going down memory lane L.C.Greenwood should be in the HOF.


Still super stoked Donnie Shell is in.
 



Turnovers galore all season,injuries to key players and they still prevailed. That's a winning culture. A true next man up. Their teammates wouldn't accept anything less.

Got to bring that culture back and a little nastiness.
 
Average 2 interceptions a game. C'mon Mel. That's a stupid *** statement. I've always said Mel and Joe are the two guys you could time machine forward without having to retrain as kids and they could play today. But get real man. There is a reason these teams pass so much. Because the rules and the training come together to force DBs to largely guess correctly to get an interception. And guessing by a DB is largely an invitation to get beat. Like are we gonna pretend that Blount would be a more instinctive player than Polamalu. And Polamalu's game would allow him to guess more often and would be tougher to just eliminate by the QB in the progression. No offense but that is stupid ****. Almost as stupid as saying Terry was better than Ben.
 
Mel Blount has ALWAYS been a tough guy.

Having been born in Western PA in 1951, I grew up a young kid watching the Steeler games in the late 50s and in the 60s knowing that we would gas in the 4th quarter and lose. It sure didn't help that Cleveland had Jim Brown!

Out of the blue, the Chief loosens his grip a bit and lets Dan Rooney take a larger role. In comes this unknown coach Chuck Noll.

We draft this young player from North Texas State ("The Mean Green) -Joe Greene. Mel Blount came on board as a relative unknown.

If my memory serves me correctly, Emperor (he earned the title!) Noll only won a single game his first season but the team had hustle and heart. No more gassing in the 4th quarter.

For younger Steeler fans, it's hard to put into words what it felt like to have hope that your pro team might be growing into a winner after so many years of frustration.

I was blessed to be a young married grad student living in downtown Pittsburgh when the Steelers won their first Super Bowl. The town erupted with joy. For me the only sport emotion that was similar was when Bill Mazeroski hit his famous 9th inning home run in game 7 to win the series over the Goliath New York Yankees.

I don't remember Mel Blount being quoted as saying much during the season or after. He did his commentary ON the field with his incredible play.

He has earned the right to make his comments.
 
SteelerSask said:
Average 2 interceptions a game. C'mon Mel. That's a stupid *** statement. I've always said Mel and Joe are the two guys you could time machine forward without having to retrain as kids and they could play today. But get real man. There is a reason these teams pass so much. Because the rules and the training come together to force DBs to largely guess correctly to get an interception. And guessing by a DB is largely an invitation to get beat. Like are we gonna pretend that Blount would be a more instinctive player than Polamalu. And Polamalu's game would allow him to guess more often and would be tougher to just eliminate by the QB in the progression. No offense but that is stupid ****. Almost as stupid as saying Terry was better than Ben.
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Having the pleasure to actually watch 47 play the game...

I would have to say he probably would certainly attain double digits int's a season...20 maybe once or twice..

And being a betting man.....I wouldn't bet against him..
 
steel dino said:
Having the pleasure to actually watch 47 play the game...

I would have to say he probably would certainly attain double digits int's a season...20 maybe once or twice..

And being a betting man.....I wouldn't bet against him..
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All due respect to your inflated memory of things. Howard had 10 last year. That is tied for the largest number in the last 20 plus years. so at 20 you are dreaming. And he didn't say 20 he said 32. That is all pure fantasy and ridiculous of someone to say of themselves. I find it hard to believe Joe Greene would say he could get 40 sacks today and frankly with the increased passing he would have a much better chance of doing that then someone getting 20 plus interceptions.
 
SteelerSask said:
Average 2 interceptions a game. C'mon Mel. That's a stupid *** statement. I've always said Mel and Joe are the two guys you could time machine forward without having to retrain as kids and they could play today. But get real man. There is a reason these teams pass so much. Because the rules and the training come together to force DBs to largely guess correctly to get an interception. And guessing by a DB is largely an invitation to get beat. Like are we gonna pretend that Blount would be a more instinctive player than Polamalu. And Polamalu's game would allow him to guess more often and would be tougher to just eliminate by the QB in the progression. No offense but that is stupid ****. Almost as stupid as saying Terry was better than Ben.
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lighten up, Francis.

He probably had to walk to/from school each day too, uphill both ways, in a couple feet of snow.

A 70 year old legend has some fun with a reporter, reminiscing about the old days, and stretching reality a bit.

Too bad you were not able to simply enjoy.
 
Confluence said:
lighten up, Francis.

He probably had to walk to/from school each day too, uphill both ways, in a couple feet of snow.

A 70 year old legend has some fun with a reporter, reminiscing about the old days, and stretching reality a bit.

Too bad you were not able to simply enjoy.
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Didn't really sound too tongue in cheek to me. Is what it is. I don't have anything big against him for sure. The whole thing just sounds a little stupid is all. Which is fine but then some are saying he would get 20 interceptions today. Like give me a ****** break.
 
Steeltime said:
Yeah, okay. However, the article has a significant misstatement. Specifically, the author notes:



Uhh, no, the Steelers took Blount with the first pick in the 3rd round.

www.pro-football-reference.com

1970 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com

Checkout the 1970 NFL Draft Results including drafted players and trade timelines and their career stats on Pro-Football-Reference.com
www.pro-football-reference.com www.pro-football-reference.com
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Donnie Shell was the one who wasn't drafted.
 
SteelerSask said:
Didn't really sound too tongue in cheek to me. Is what it is. I don't have anything big against him for sure. The whole thing just sounds a little stupid is all. Which is fine but then some are saying he would get 20 interceptions today. Like give me a ****** break.
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How old are you?
 
I'm absolutely fine. Here I will fall in line. Mel Blount would easily get 32 interceptions if his 27 year old self could be transported through time to today. It was an awesome article. Even though most of the guys on those teams looked like dudes from a company softball team today, they would all be All Pro today. Terry Bradshaw is significantly better then Ben because he won 4 Super Bowls with a team of 8 other HOF players that couldn't leave via free agency.
See no stick sideways. Have an awesome Friday!!!!!!!!
 
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