Adrian Peterson could go play rugby and dump on whatever that clown who went to the 49ers is doing.
CAn Ade Pete tackle?
Interesting, I always thought the opposite.
From my limited knowledge, genetic pre-disposition will always drive the athlete toward the sports that they are most likely to excel in.
NFL players would be shithouse at other sports.
Zero endurance = getting left in the dust in a real sport.
The current reigning monarch of the air is LeBron James. With his vertical leap reportedly measuring in at somewhere north of 40 inches (the NBA average is in the high 20s)
But baseball players are mostly just standing around or sitting down. It is not a strenuous sport. That is why it is so popular in countries that are too humid during the season like DR, PR, and Venezuela, the US southeast.
Baseball (particularly outfield) requires athletes to improve their running, jumping, catching, throwing and tool manipulation. Name another sport that asks you to improve in so many areas?
There is a good documentary where players/former players from different sports (Soccer and Baseball) swap to Gaelic Football and Hurling and vice versa. Jackie Tyrell from Kilkenny went to the Miami Marlins for a while...they were impressed by his catching without a glove, go to 21 minutes.
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At the end he takes a fastball from some ex-MLB pitcher, not sure of his name and manages to hit a fastball. The coaches were impressed with him too.
Baseball no doubt takes a lot of really specialized skill though, for batting and pitching. The speed of the ball is crazy, they must have class hand-eye coordination.
I would say absolutely yes, even kickers in the NFL know how to tackle lmfao.
Well, I'd originally highlighted outfielders. But this wasn't a question of which sport is the most strenuous - if it was then wouldn't marathoners be the right answer or gymnasts? Certainly not NFL athletes who only play half the time and even then the competition requires short bursts of intensity and not sustained effort.
I read the question as which sport produces the best athletes - meaning that after playing competitively which athletes have developed the broadest range of skills.
The NFL doesn't produce the best athletes. It pre-selects the best athletes and then makes them specialists. No one who plays D-line in the NFL develops skills for a position like QB or a wide receiver. That's not a knock on their athleticism just on what the sport turns great athletes into.
Baseball (particularly outfield) requires athletes to improve their running, jumping, catching, throwing and tool manipulation. Name another sport that asks you to improve in so many areas?
The only thing a soccer player or whatever would have over an NFL football player would be endurance, that's it.
Nah, the fastest soccer players have acceleration, straight line speed and agility which leaves football players in the dust.
You have to remember that while football seems like a big sport to America it pulls from a relatively small talent pool compared to soccer, which takes athletes from all over the planet. A larger talent pool is more likely to find more talent. That's a no-brainer unless you're a brainwashed American.
I mean, just look at the fastest players IN NFL HISTORY:
Fastest OF ALL TIME = Chris Johnson, RB 4.24 seconds for a 40 yard dash. That's 8.62 m/s.
Now look at the fastest soccer players in the English Premier League alone, so not including Spain, where Ronaldo and Messi play, or Germany, the league of the World Champions, or any of the other top 5 or 6 pro soccer leagues:
Ashley Williams plays for a mid-table team, is not even a striker or winger (generally the fastest players) and clocks 20.98 mph. That's 9.38 m/s. And he's ranked about 20th fastest in just one of the top 5 or 6 leagues.
Maybe it's because they wear all that goofy-as-fuck padding but watching football players try to change direction or accelerate compared to soccer players is like watching B-52s try to dogfight compared to F-18s.
It's not football players' faults all that dorky gear makes them look so lumbering and clumsy, but the numbers don't lie. Even soccer players from mid-league teams leave the best football players in the history of the game far in their wake when it comes to speed and acceleration. And, yes, endurance.
I mean, fuck, look at the balance, agility and fast-twitch of Jose Aldo. This is a guy who couldn't make it in soccer because he's too small, but P4P he's an elite specimen. And there are thousands like him - and better - in soccer.
Basically, Ronaldo would be one of the 3-4 lightest football players in the NFL, he's one of the fastest players in the world's most popular sport -- which has the largest pool of players to draw from -- and he still runs only a 3.61 in 25 meters. Is that fast or slow?
25 meters is about 82 feet, or 27-28 yards. Projected out to 40 yards, it would mean that Ronaldo ran a 5.28 40-yard dash. As in, that would be the slowest time at the NFL combine most years, and usually run by a 360lb nose tackle. But this is a 175lb world-class soccer player who is also one of the top 5 fastest players (it would already be a slow time for a world-class player who has mediocre playing speed).
So your silly comment of "It's not football players' faults all that dorky gear makes them look so lumbering and clumsy, but the numbers don't lie. Even soccer players from mid-league teams leave the best football players in the history of the game far in their wake when it comes to speed and acceleration. And, yes, endurance." is completely bogus, the video below actually argues that Ronaldo's sprinting technique is actually quite sloppy. I guess playing a D level sport like divegrass requires less technique than "clumsy" football. lmao!!!
Also this.
http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000537507
Max Speed (Ball Carrier)
The fastest ball carriers during Week 2 all topped 21 mph during individual plays: Pittsburg Steelers wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey (22.01 mph), New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (21.74 mph), Washington Redskins running back Matt Jones (21.64) and Cleveland Browns wide receiver Travis Benjamin (21.42 mph).
There's also a video of an NFL player running 25 mph on a treadmill, lmao!!!
My point here is that in a 40 yard dash NFL players would burn soccer players, because they practice it. Your article only shows the runners top speed at the height of their acceleration, which is different. The second link I provided does the same thing and essentially shows that NFL players are just as fast if not faster, all while being larger, stronger and more powerful.
And for the record I don't think there's anyone in the NFL named "Ashley" lol!!!!
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