Anyone else notice a trend this year?

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magicmarker

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the first joke was clearly aimed at soccer

the second was just a playful comment

but since you have now engaged me with this laugher of a post...

No way would the guys in this clip stand a snowballs chance in hell in the NFL.

they would get juked out of their shoes or RAN over.

I don't see anyone who looks like patrick willis, ray lewis, terrell suggs making tackles.

I don't see anyone who looks like maurice jones drew (see SI bodies issue) or peyton hillis or even remotely close to that running the ball.

Its an entirely different game, NFL players are built to explode for 5 to 6 seconds and then catch their breath, not run around ALL day so your guys are very deficient in both weight and explosiveness.

The rugby players I see in this clip are SEVERAL anabolic cycles away from catching up with the NFL.

They are tough, they just aren't built to hold their own against NFL players.
 
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magicmarker said:
the first joke was clearly aimed at soccer

the second was just a playful comment

but since you have now engaged me with this laugher of a post...

No way would the guys in this clip stand a snowballs chance in hell in the NFL.

they would get juked out of their shoes or RAN over.

I don't see anyone who looks like patrick willis, ray lewis, terrell suggs making tackles.

I don't see anyone who looks like maurice jones drew (see SI bodies issue) or peyton hillis or even remotely close to that running the ball.

Its an entirely different game, NFL players are built to explode for 5 to 6 seconds and then catch their breath, not run around ALL day so your guys are very deficient in both weight and explosiveness.

The rugby players I see in this clip are SEVERAL anabolic cycles away from catching up with the NFL.

They are tough, they just aren't built to hold their own against NFL players.
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Sheer size doesn't guarantee toughness. I think that when you've been running solid for 70 minutes and engage in a full-pelt tackle (bone on bone, not pad on pad) with a 18 stone colossus you've got to be at the top of the toughness tree. And just because you're built to run all day wouldn't necessarily rob you of explosiveness.

I know a few rugby players and I teach a couple of ex-NFLers (The two NFLers are both ridiculously warm-hearted individuals) and both groups would scare the shit out of me on a sports field/pitch

Although I did enjoy your anabolic cycles comment:D
 
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magicmarker said:
the first joke was clearly aimed at soccer

the second was just a playful comment

but since you have now engaged me with this laugher of a post...

No way would the guys in this clip stand a snowballs chance in hell in the NFL.

they would get juked out of their shoes or RAN over.

I don't see anyone who looks like patrick willis, ray lewis, terrell suggs making tackles.

I don't see anyone who looks like maurice jones drew (see SI bodies issue) or peyton hillis or even remotely close to that running the ball.

Its an entirely different game, NFL players are built to explode for 5 to 6 seconds and then catch their breath, not run around ALL day so your guys are very deficient in both weight and explosiveness.

The rugby players I see in this clip are SEVERAL anabolic cycles away from catching up with the NFL.

They are tough, they just aren't built to hold their own against NFL players.
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Not denying that the NFL is tough but you are seriously underestimating the rugby league guys. If you put a wide receiver or running back in rugby league without their pads and helmets they would be crying for their mum by half time. Yes tight ends and linebackers might be big and athletic but tackles, centres etc are just big lumps who just push and grapple with their opposite number. They arent involved in big hits like all the rugby players are.

Size is not an indication of toughness. Just need to look at Rob Burrows who plays for Leeds Rhinos. He is very small but as hard as nails. Some of the bigger lads such as Adrian Morley, Jamie Peacock and Sam Burgess could handle anything the NFL would throw at them.

I know you were referring to Football and totally agree with you.
 
KGlennCole

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This is the only Blue I worship...

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And, the coup de grace...
Remember this? :eek:
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Atlanta, November 13th, BABY!! Duke-KY, BABY!! It's going to be a war, BABY!!
 
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mgranato

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KGlennCole said:
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Atlanta, November 13th, BABY!! Duke-KY, BABY!! It's going to be a war, BABY!!
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Always gotta go there don't you? :p

You gotta come down for the game. I'll pick you up at the airport...

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Mamma will make you a nice dinner...

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and we'll give you the room with the best view...

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It'll be epic! :D
 
drewyallop

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OLIVER1 said:
Sheer size doesn't guarantee toughness. I think that when you've been running solid for 70 minutes and engage in a full-pelt tackle (bone on bone, not pad on pad) with a 18 stone colossus you've got to be at the top of the toughness tree. And just because you're built to run all day wouldn't necessarily rob you of explosiveness.

I know a few rugby players and I teach a couple of ex-NFLers (The two NFLers are both ridiculously warm-hearted individuals) and both groups would scare the shit out of me on a sports field/pitch

Although I did enjoy your anabolic cycles comment:D
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A sojourn in the Middle East where NFL was never seen but plenty of Rugby Union on the tube with a thorough education from a former Scottish pro who lived down the street; this one thing stood out ... it never stops, it literally never stops. Take your "explosive" NFL whatever and let him have a go. I predict a quivering puddle midfield after 20 minutes.

Drew
 
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leon

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Having played both rugby (the gentile variety, i.e. union) and football (not soccer), I'd say they're both pretty tough, just different, although I think football edges it. In rugby the clock doesn't stop and you're on the move more (although plenty of "rest"time), whilst football is stop-start, but games can last 4 hours, so you'd better be pretty fit. In rugby you're just trying to stop the other team scoring, so tackles are generally less energetic, more like just falling over. In football, the other team only needs to get 10yds in 4 goes, so fall over 4 times and you're there. As a result, tackles are a LOT more violent. I never really got injured playing rugby but football messed me up real good. Oh, and as for all the rugby players who moan about football padding, look at all the soft padding that has appeared in rugby recently. Plus, as my old football coach used to say, we need padding because we tackle with our face :)
 
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eric54 said:
Yes tight ends and linebackers might be big and athletic but tackles, centres etc are just big lumps who just push and grapple with their opposite number. They arent involved in big hits like all the rugby players.
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Don't take this the wrong way, and I'm not doubting a rugby player's toughness but this statement is gonna make my "top ten most ignorant things I've ever heard" list.
 
mgranato

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In sports where groups of men huddle together arm-in-arm in short shorts, ruby players are the toughest of that lot. The closeness of the sport requires a certain toughness.

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In sports where short shorts are frowned upon, and 270 lb men run a 4.4 and rocket themselves into other players, NFL players are the toughest of that lot. If there were no helmets/pads involved there would be fatalities every Sunday.

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OLIVER1

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LOL Mike. Or, rather, in homage to our dear friend Dariusz, ROFL...

I guess you have to grow up with a sport to really appreciate it. I know when I watch gridiron and the chaps have run for 250 yards in the whole game, and here's me, smoking a pack a day knowing I could manage at least a small par 5's worth, my only question is:
Where's my $10 million dollar contract?;)
 
johnnymarlboro

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Just big lumps who push and grapple? I only need one example. #92 Haloti Ngata, 6' 4" 350 lbs. One of the most impressive athletes in the NFL.

 
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