Would NFL players still be hilarious obese if they played more?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wycoff


The truly fat NFL players (350+) aren't in good shape by a reasonable definition. They're immensely stong, but they get winded very easily. Guys like Gilbert Brown, Ted Washington, etc. only play / played around half of the team's defensive snaps; the other half of the time they were on the bench sucking oxygen.

The NFL linebackers are probably some of the best athletes in the world. 250-260 pounds, 4.5-4.6 forty times, playing all out every play.


Even those lardasses are in better shape than some MLB players. At least the NFL nose tackles are freakishly strong. Guys like David Ortiz are just fat.

Baseball is more like a statistical conference than a sport, IMO.

The players, except for the pitcher, are not really athletes. Even then, pitchers just use their one arm to throw. Weak. Pussies, even.

[Ninot]

[SlowwHand]

I double dog dare you to call Nolan Ryan names like that.

[Drake Tungsten]

Judging by the stadium in the background, I'm guessing high school.

Why judge by the stadium when the different-colored helmets give it away?

[Asher]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I double dog dare you to call Nolan Ryan names like that.

Be my pleasure to. The fatass has nothing on me.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Nolan Ryan would stare down Asher, causing Asher to break down and cry... that's why he has such an inferiority complex about US sports.

[Asher]

Are you sure he wouldn't hit on me?

[SlowwHand]

Nolan!

[TCO]

I know Asher is being silly, but answers:

Most college and pro linemen are seriously fat. Very few 300-pound lean-muscle individuals exist. Some will make a conscientious point to lose weight after leaving the game. They look completely different then...and not because they "lost muscle". To be a lineman, you need the mass.

More games would not reduce their weight. You don't burn that many calories in exercise. An extra pizza and you're right back where you started from.

Injuries to football players are not a result of them being out of shape or less tough then hockey players. Both sports are dangerous and damaging to the body, but football much more so. For that matter, what the hell point is there to boxing on skates?

[Imran Siddiqui]

He's still overrated

*runs from Sloww*

[monolith94]

God, I can't believe you guys are falling for this. It's so obvious that Asher is just doing this to yank yer collective chains. And oh how he enjoys it...

[-Jrabbit]

1. Both sports are populated by those who have the combination of physical gifts and training to rise to the top of their profession.
2. The physical requirements of the various pro sports are notably different.
3. I can't believe you NFL fans are biting on this Asher-troll.

[Elok]

Yeah, it is a pretty good troll. Stupid, but that's the point.

[korn469]

Well compared to Evans Rutto all hockey players are just out of shape lard asses!

http://www.kimbia.net/athletes/evans_rutto.php

[Asher]

Depends -- are you talking about endurance or strength?

I'd like to see that guy play NHL-calibre ice hockey for 60 minutes and not be winded. Works different muscles than the legs alone.