When you're writing about the past, one of the most important tools you can carry with you is context. Last week, I wrote an article about the late, great Don Unverferth which claimed that he was a terrible quarterback in the 1960s because of how he supposedly measures up statistically to the likes of quarterbacks today. While that hyperbole was really just to reinforce the incredible person he was as a doctor, we received numerous messages from his friends and family who pointed out that I wasn't being fair to Don Unverferth the athlete.
And they were right!