It’s definitely exciting to imagine Cushing playing in a different era of football. For example, let’s imagine he played in the 1940s. Given the rate of inflation, I would have only needed 11.5 1940 words to equal 200 today, so this PT should already be done. We both know that won’t work, though. Like, we beat the Nazis, but…fucking Nazis, ya know?
Another perk of seeing Cushing in that era was that SO many athletes went off to war, leaving pretty slim pickings to play against. And remember, this was pre-black people (no black football players until 1946), too, so already the level of athleticism was a bit lower, now send some of them out of the country and you have some Hall of Fame seasons just being handed to you. Cushing would have likely been something of a villain back then, known as he is for his loud-mouthed behavior. He still would have played at defensive back, but as wide receiver as well, following up a shut down performance with going on offense and catching over the defender who couldn’t catch against him. I don’t know how many deaths we had in World War II, but there probably would have been a couple more suicides on top of that. Probably for the best that he plays now.
Another perk of seeing Cushing in that era was that SO many athletes went off to war, leaving pretty slim pickings to play against. And remember, this was pre-black people (no black football players until 1946), too, so already the level of athleticism was a bit lower, now send some of them out of the country and you have some Hall of Fame seasons just being handed to you. Cushing would have likely been something of a villain back then, known as he is for his loud-mouthed behavior. He still would have played at defensive back, but as wide receiver as well, following up a shut down performance with going on offense and catching over the defender who couldn’t catch against him. I don’t know how many deaths we had in World War II, but there probably would have been a couple more suicides on top of that. Probably for the best that he plays now.
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