Theismann: LeBron James can be QB

[Da_Eggman]

When Joe Theismann watches LeBron James play basketball, he sees a potential NFL quarterback.

The former Washington Redskins quarterback expressed his belief in telephone interviews to Fox Sports Florida on Saturday and to the NFL Network's "NFL AM" show Tuesday.

"I would love to work him out and also serve as his agent. I'll go wherever he wants this summer. He could play another four years in the NBA before seriously trying the NFL," Theismann told Fox Sports Florida. "There are not a lot of 38- or 39-year-old basketball players, but there are 38- and 39-year-old quarterbacks, so there's always time for him."

Theismann on Tuesday told the NFL Network that his comment about serving as James' agent was made "tongue-in-cheek" but he was sincere in his belief that the NBA superstar could play quarterback.

"Who wouldn't want to coach LeBron James? He's the most physical specimen we have in professional sports," he told the NFL Network. "He could do, I think, anything he wanted."

Theismann said the biggest thing the NBA's reigning MVP would have to work on is his footwork, which he said is the "most important element" to throwing the ball accurately at the NFL level. He also wonders whether James' hands are too big to wrap around the football.

But there's no doubt, Theismann said, that the 6-foot-8, 250-pound James has the mental toughness to play quarterback.

"He's as mentally as tough a guy you're going to find, which I think is the No. 1 prerequisite to play the position," he told the NFL Network.

James played receiver for two seasons at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. He was asked whether he could play quarterback after the Heat's Game 1 victory over the Indiana Pacers last week.

"I have the ability," James told reporters. "I can see and read plays. I study a lot, so I know defenses and things of that nature. So I would have been pretty good if I had decided to go for it."

would of been the goat QB

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

The Onion is hillarious sometimes

 

[Primetime21]

The Onion is hillarious sometimes

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9317790/joe-theismann-sees-potential-nfl-qb-lebron-james

 

[L68]

theisman is annoying as fukk...glad they removed him from thursday night football last year

 

[Jax]

Bron went from shook to Jedi Master in a year

 

[intruder]

They used to say the same shyt about Pele

People always doing this sh!t. Trying to get an athlete who is successful in one sport to be as successful in another. Let it go. The man is an NBA player and thats the end of it.

 

[YouMadd?]

I always thought Lebron could be a monster Defensive end....


shyt if Tebow can play Qb in the NFL, why not Bron...

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

fukk him and his overpriced restaurant...Theismann not even his real last name

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

fukk Joe, who listens to him

 

[gho3st]

Joe Theismann has taken 1 too many hits in the head

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

LeBron flopping in the NFL would rival the GOAT Jerome Simpson

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqS5U4lSSVg[/ame]

 

[Lakers Offseason]

“Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.” — Joe Theismann

 

[SoulController]

fukk him and his overpriced restaurant...Theismann not even his real last name

it is, but he changed the pronunciation so it rhymed with Heisman

one of the corniest things in sports history