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U.S. football big surprise to English soccer star
Primo:
exactly i played football in h.s and i was fullback .The pads are a pain in the ass and the helmut is heavy. it's alot harder to run in those pads.
TheSheriff:
I've always played cornerback or wr. Like they're all saying, it's damn hard to run in pads, so without the pads, your average wr is probably as fast as most soccer players. They're the only ones who could really "make it" in a soccer team. Them, and cornerbacks, and maybe running backs (the ricky william type of rb)
.:DayGoStyLz:.:
--- Quote from: Inspector Owen on June 27, 2003, 09:02:40 AM ---I've always played cornerback or wr. Like they're all saying, it's damn hard to run in pads, so without the pads, your average wr is probably as fast as most soccer players. They're the only ones who could really "make it" in a soccer team. Them, and cornerbacks, and maybe running backs (the ricky william type of rb)
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^^true...
plus, remember he was saying Ricky Williams blew him away in the strait-away...Williams is far from the fastest player in the NFL though, and probably not even the fastest player on his team.
Sol:
--- Quote from: .:DayGoStyLz:. on June 27, 2003, 09:41:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: Inspector Owen on June 27, 2003, 09:02:40 AM ---I've always played cornerback or wr. Like they're all saying, it's damn hard to run in pads, so without the pads, your average wr is probably as fast as most soccer players. They're the only ones who could really "make it" in a soccer team. Them, and cornerbacks, and maybe running backs (the ricky william type of rb)
--- End quote ---
^^true...
plus, remember he was saying Ricky Williams blew him away in the strait-away...Williams is far from the fastest player in the NFL though, and probably not even the fastest player on his team.
--- End quote ---
James is a goalkeeper, he doesnt need to have great speed so any attacking NFL players should beat him easily in a sprint.
im surprised he couldnt kick the ball though.
The view in England of American Football is that it is a very boring game played by fat, overweight people. This of course is a very ignorant view, although there is some truth in it.
i remember in the last super bowl a clip was shown on the TV here many times of a really fat player hardly being able to run, chasing a guy down the line. How this guy was able to make it in a professional sport i will never understand.
Most of the players though are great athletes.
.:DayGoStyLz:.:
--- Quote from: Sol on June 28, 2003, 01:45:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: .:DayGoStyLz:. on June 27, 2003, 09:41:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: Inspector Owen on June 27, 2003, 09:02:40 AM ---I've always played cornerback or wr. Like they're all saying, it's damn hard to run in pads, so without the pads, your average wr is probably as fast as most soccer players. They're the only ones who could really "make it" in a soccer team. Them, and cornerbacks, and maybe running backs (the ricky william type of rb)
--- End quote ---
^^true...
plus, remember he was saying Ricky Williams blew him away in the strait-away...Williams is far from the fastest player in the NFL though, and probably not even the fastest player on his team.
--- End quote ---
James is a goalkeeper, he doesnt need to have great speed so any attacking NFL players should beat him easily in a sprint.
im surprised he couldnt kick the ball though.
The view in England of American Football is that it is a very boring game played by fat, overweight people. This of course is a very ignorant view, although there is some truth in it.
i remember in the last super bowl a clip was shown on the TV here many times of a really fat player hardly being able to run, chasing a guy down the line. How this guy was able to make it in a professional sport i will never understand.
Most of the players though are great athletes.
--- End quote ---
you know what though, youd be surprised how FAST some of those "fat guys" are. Alot of them, probably being able to run a 40 faster then a LOT of professional soccer players.
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