Why do you think breaking nfl all time statistical records doesn’t come with the same fanfare as other sports?

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

The old people announcing tried to force it into being a super important headline…but nobody cares

Even if it’s from the most decorated athlete in the most prestigious position

Individual stats don’t really hit in the NFL like that anymore..people just want their team to win

 

[FTBS]

So if someone breaks that it’s gonna come with the same hype as LeBron breaking Kareem’s scoring record?

You don’t seriously believe that

After the way they acted about Saquon threatening the single season record and considering how special a player would have to be to do it, I think so. If he is a Cowboy forget about it. Joker or Tim Duncan breaking the record in OKC doesn't get the same hype has Bron doing it as a Laker and replacing a Laker.

 

[L. Deezy]

these dudes careers dont last long enough in the NFl to break records anymore.

 

[Piff Perkins]

The All Time leading rusher record is the most prestigious record in the NFL and comes with fanfare

You must be very young

While I agree wouldn't you say they we're only now coming out of a years long campaign to discredit and demean the running back position? If not for Bijan and Gibbs proving a lot of people wrong we'd likely still be in that environment. Hard for a RB to get into record breaking convos when, until very recently, RB debates settled on running guys into the ground for 3-4 years and then drafting another one on day three of the draft.

Point being that so much NFL discourse is driven by (white) nerds attempting to turn every conversation into a "value" debate where entire positions get dropped down the totem pole while the importance of QBs gets increased more and more. That creates an environment where only QB records/stats matter.

 

[the next guy]

They're random numbers. Do you care that Brady has 89, 214 yards?

Plus, only four players have 500 TDs, for example.

We also only pretend that the Super Bowls matter when the NFL is over 100 years old. The Eagles, for example, are just as old as the Steelers and have been better longer if you go back 100 years. The Steelers were awful until the late 1960s.

 

[MikelArteta]

I remember emmit breaking was a big deal

The thing is alot of these NFL records all time are just crazy

Look at Bruce Smith Sack record

If anyone comes close it will have great fanfare, same with Jerry Rice receiving yards or receptions but those even with the added game look unbreakable.

Passing no one cares anymore because of inflated stats and the added game

 

[bigde09]

Because of rule changes, added games and the fact that the NFL will always be the ultimate team sport.

You only get that kind of fanfare with QBs, RBs and WRs

 

[MikelArteta]

these dudes careers dont last long enough in the NFl to break records anymore.

Bruce Smith 200 sacks
Reggie white 198

Next in third place is Kevin Greene at 160


TJ watt has 108 and he's already thirty

You can average 15 sacks for 10 years and still be 50 behind

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

I don't care what you think

I'm telling you what I know

I watched Walter Payton break the record

I saw Kareem break the record

There was fanfare for BOTH equally

I'm older than you

There is an entire generation of men that have memorized Payton's rushing total. It was the most prestigious record in football. Emmit breaking it was huge (not the least of which is because a Cowboy holding that record is pure sacrilege ).

Dude must be a youngin'. Only reason that record isn't mentioned like that nowadays is because it's seen as untouchable with how RBs were devalued over the years. But with Saquon restoring the feeling, maybe that will change.

 

[Supa]

these dudes careers dont last long enough in the NFl to break records anymore.

No one will catch Rice's numbers.

He's 5000 yards ahead of #2 all time.

 

[MJ Truth]

Steph curry becoming the all time leader in 3’s was a bigger deal than that.

That was way more about people wanting to celebrate Steph’s career than it was about the actual record.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

GTFOH with this fake ass narrative!

 

[the next guy]

These were a big deal no?

 

[Street Knowledge]

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/official-peyton-manning-all-time-passing-td-leader-thread.247365/

 

[10bandz]

Like when Hank Aaron beat Ruth’s record to become the all time home run leader it was a classic moment in sports. People at the time will tell you I remember what I was doing when that happened. Same thing when Lebron passed Kareem, or even now Ovechkin passing Gretzky in Goals scorer.

When nfl records of longevity are broken it’s kinda like

Especially compared to other sports.

No one is gonna remember what they were doing or where they were when Bron passed Kareem.