Interesting Tight End

[The Shadow]

Oh.
I thought this was about Jennifer Love Hewitt.

[Guiness]

When you look at most NFL receivers after several long yardage plays, they look 'winded'
Look at soccer players, having to run the length of the field, back and forth, sideways..............talk about endurance.

Having not played either sport, this is just conjecture on my part.

I've heard this many times - about soccer, rugby, etc. I had a soccer playing friend who would laugh when they showed kick returners getting oxygen after a long runback.

The comparison doesn't quite work. Football players are more sprinters, expending maximum energy in short bursts, going 100% on every play. Soccer players do a lot of jogging, walking and standing around during the game, interspersed with short bursts.

[the_idle_threat]

His 40 time is impressive considering that he probably hasn't worked on it for the past year like some guys do when they know they are headed to the combine.

[Joemailman]

Oh.
I thought this was about Jennifer Love Hewitt.

I'm surprised Michele or 007 haven't been in here looking for Brett.

[Partial]

His 40 time is impressive considering that he probably hasn't worked on it for the past year like some guys do when they know they are headed to the combine.

Damn right. Spend two months doing that and you can knock .1 or .2 off.

[Partial]

When you look at most NFL receivers after several long yardage plays, they look 'winded'
Look at soccer players, having to run the length of the field, back and forth, sideways..............talk about endurance.

Having not played either sport, this is just conjecture on my part.

I've heard this many times - about soccer, rugby, etc. I had a soccer playing friend who would laugh when they showed kick returners getting oxygen after a long runback.

The comparison doesn't quite work. Football players are more sprinters, expending maximum energy in short bursts, going 100% on every play. Soccer players do a lot of jogging, walking and standing around during the game, interspersed with short bursts.

Lleyton Hewitt makes them all look like a bunch of sallies. Olympic sprinter speed and one of the best tennis players in the world. Tennis may not seem exhausting but in 120 degree weather on a clay court for 5 hours is damn exhausting. Those guys have got some nads, that is for sure.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Don't knock and athlete because he doesn't play college ball. For how much people knocked Billy Shroeder (sp?), a track star, the guy had speed and there were times he showed that he had skill. Without Favre though, he wasn't much.

Schroeder played college football--just at a lower level. He was really good at that level too.

[Merlin]

Yup he sure did. But he was known more for his track skills. He played @ UW-L just like Werner.