IMO, Bradshaw by a lot, it was a different time of course, but the first 8-9 years of his career the receivers were fair game, you could hit them, knock them down, knock them off their routes, etc, and QB's were much less protected. Add in the fact that his HC did not like him at all and his accomplishments are even more impressive, whereas Ben has had a much smoother ride with the Coach, fans, and media. Noll played for Paul Brown and he wanted that approach from his QB i guess. I loved Bradshaw's game right away, a very powerful arm, could run, was big and strong (for his day), but Noll didn't like him at all, (Noll had the same blindspot when Marino came available and he did not want him), Noll started Joe Gilliam over Bradshaw at one point , which i thought was ridicules at the time
Click here. Of course the "know-it-all, 40 years of losing in the NFL" Steelers fans gave TB a hard time early on just to make it more difficult....comparing Championships between the two is very easy too, Bradshaw doubled Ben, each had Super Bowl seasons(2 to 1) when the team was mostly responsible for their success, and both had SB seasons (2 to 1) in which they in which they acted as main contributors to the championship(s)
Of course both are HoFers , but I would draft Bradshaw over Ben every time.
