Don Dada F Poppa
Benchwarmer
If it was so simple nikkas who couldn't read/understand their playbook would still be in the league
Make uneducated opinions brehs
Rugby league star quits to try NFL
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If it was so simple nikkas who couldn't read/understand their playbook would still be in the league
Make uneducated opinions brehs
Whitty Hutton
these posters are TRASH
backbreaker65
All Star
Rugby Tacking is currently being taught in NFL camps, because it is fundamentaly sound and they tackle without helmets and have less concussions. So I can see why Rugby guys are given a shot.
BlackAchilles
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Didn't know this but
to Pete. In rugby it's a penalty to tackle above the shoulders and in union it's also a penalty if you don't attempt to wrap up. Also penalties aside there's the fact that you'd KO yourself if you went in w/ no form like so many NFL cats do.
Alot of people think he will make it.
niners got a rugby guy on their practice roster
trust me, unless he grew up playing football its gonna take years for him to make that adjustment
6'6 290, runs a 4.3
maybe he can do something next year
I can tell from his facial structure that he's Yoruba
iceberg_is_on_fire
Wearing Lions gear when it wasn't cool
niners got a rugby guy on their practice roster
trust me, unless he grew up playing football its gonna take years for him to make that adjustment
6'6 290, runs a 4.3
maybe he can do something next year
Dude looks like a real life Monstar
If it was so simple nikkas who couldn't read/understand their playbook would still be in the league
Make uneducated opinions brehs
Jason Pierre-Paul hooped up until his junior year of high school before playing football. He forwent his senior season of college before declaring for the draft, so that's only 4 years of ball beyond the Pop Warner level before making the league. Now he's a 2x Pro-Bowler.
Look at Ziggy Ansah on our squad this year. He's the current NFC Defensive Player of the week and had 8 sacks as a rookie last year.
He didn't learn to play football until his sophomore year of college.
I'd be inclined to agree that if you're a physical freak with speed, footwork, and hands, you don't have to necessarily "grow up" playing football to get burn at tight end/defensive end.
Good for him, hope he makes it. 
Lolol at brehs talking about football is complicated to master, no it fukken isn't.
Look at this foreign mofo, never played until college. Got picked in the second round.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margus_Hunt
Lolol at brehs talking about football is complicated to master, no it fukken isn't.
Look at this foreign mofo, never played until college. Got picked in the second round.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margus_Hunt
BlackAchilles
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Jason Pierre-Paul hooped up until his junior year of high school before playing football. He forwent his senior season of college before declaring for the draft, so that's only 4 years of ball beyond the Pop Warner level before making the league. Now he's a 2x Pro-Bowler.
Look at Ziggy Ansah on our squad this year. He's the current NFC Defensive Player of the week and had 8 sacks as a rookie last year.
He didn't learn to play football until his sophomore year of college.
I'd be inclined to agree that if you're a physical freak with speed, footwork, and hands, you don't have to necessarily "grow up" playing football to get burn at tight end/defensive end.
Jimmy Graham played 1 year of college ball
Antonio Gates didn't play any
Christian Okoye came to the US as a discus thrower and didn't know what the NFL was.
American football has a shorter learning curve than other sports; I think Hayne's biggest problem is that he's already 26
Ronnie Lott
#49erGang
niners got a rugby guy on their practice roster
trust me, unless he grew up playing football its gonna take years for him to make that adjustment
6'6 290, runs a 4.3
maybe he can do something next year
Yo, real talk, this MF is a straight up beast. Standing next to him made me look small
I met dude a couple of times and his accent almost throws you off
I played rugby for a year- aint no joke
The tackling is MUCH more fundamental in rugby, because it HAS to be. If you tackle someone improperly in rugby, chances are youre going to injure yourself far more than the other guy. As a result its seen as something of a gentlemen's sport.
That being said, while rugby is a tough sport played, football is a VIOLENT sport. Basically this:
Vs. This
I would have no problem recruiting a rugby player on defense, because of their tackling and pursuit abilities. A rugby player on offense doe?
The tackling is MUCH more fundamental in rugby, because it HAS to be. If you tackle someone improperly in rugby, chances are youre going to injure yourself far more than the other guy. As a result its seen as something of a gentlemen's sport.
That being said, while rugby is a tough sport played, football is a VIOLENT sport. Basically this:
Vs. This
I would have no problem recruiting a rugby player on defense, because of their tackling and pursuit abilities. A rugby player on offense doe?
I AM WARHOL
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Lmao seriously4.3?
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
he might make a team...but in the NfL the athletes are on another level.
I AM WARHOL
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I'd put him at LB. Don't trust his speed of ball handling skills