NFL going after more international athletes

[futureman 22,562]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nfl-eyes-nrl-star-holmes-for-elite-international-program-20181122-p50hq5.html

there’s another aussie league player trying to make the NFL.  valentine holmes, 6’1” 200# and an absolute freak, only 23 years old.  among others.  it looks like the league will start actively pursuing more international talent for more than just punting duties. it didn’t work with jarryd hayne but these guys are too talented in space with the ball in their hands for someone not to stick eventually.  

 

[Parliament 14,357]

I like it. Diversity is a good thing.

[millhouse 2,637]

1 hour ago, Parliament said:

I like it. Diversity is a good thing.

I thought it was an old wooden ship.

[Nope 3,143]

I feel like they would have an easier time getting acclimated if they’d start at the college level like specialists do. First time playing a sport and you start against the best in the world? 

Edited November 23, 2018 by Nope

[futureman 22,562]

1 minute ago, Nope said:

I feel like they would have an easier time getting acclimated if they’d start at the college level like specialists do. First time playing a sport and you start against the best in the world? 

I agree to an extent.  but certain things like fielding a punt and eluding the defense is something that these guys can do as well as NFL players.  all the nuances of scrimmage play would take years to master, sure.  but athletes are athletes.  it worked with bob hayes. 

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12,301]

5 minutes ago, futureman said:

but certain things like fielding a punt and eluding the defense is something that these guys can do as well as NFL players.

Ok

[Nope 3,143]

7 minutes ago, futureman said:

I agree to an extent.  but certain things like fielding a punt and eluding the defense is something that these guys can do as well as NFL players.  all the nuances of scrimmage play would take years to master, sure.  but athletes are athletes.  it worked with bob hayes. 

Sure, but a no pressure redshirt year would be invaluable

[NowThis 931]

sending our jobs overseas

[#1Texasfan 82]

The NFL is copying the fucking NBA hoping to capitalizing on international markets which I like, I hope one day I can watch Chinese players suiting to play on the field. With that said, I dont like the idea of setting international teams overseas. That so un-NFL lol

[futureman 22,562]

1 hour ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Ok

yeah.  if not better than NFL players.  clearly you’ve no understanding of what a fullback does on the rugby field. 

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12,301]

1 minute ago, futureman said:

yeah.  if not better than NFL players.  clearly you’ve no understanding of what a fullback does on the rugby field. 

Ok

[NWAustinDude 2,252]

, cool.

Hook'em

[futureman 22,562]

19 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Ok

you’re adopted, your parents don’t love you

[SurlyBDR 22,886]

2 hours ago, NowThis said:

sending our jobs overseas

[IDIOTsavant 8,508]

1 hour ago, #1Texasfan said:

The NFL is copying the fucking NBA hoping to capitalizing on international markets which I like, I hope one day I can watch Chinese players suiting to play on the field. With that said, I dont like the idea of setting international teams overseas. That so un-NFL lol

Your handle makes more sense now.

[NowThis 931]

long time ago all the kickers were foreigners. Now it's the punters. 

[TexasMan 10,992]

What happened to that one rugby player that played for the 49ers a couple of years ago? I guess he was a flop.

[SurlyBDR 22,886]

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25326080/rugby-star-ex-49ers-rb-jarryd-hayne-charged-sexual-assault-australia

[Nope 3,143]

1 hour ago, SurlyBDR said:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25326080/rugby-star-ex-49ers-rb-jarryd-hayne-charged-sexual-assault-australia

Well at least he learned some transferable skills while he was here...

[futureman 22,562]

1 hour ago, TexasMan said:

What happened to that one rugby player that played for the 49ers a couple of years ago? I guess he was a flop.

I mentioned it. 

[Blotto 23,597]

2 hours ago, SurlyBDR said:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25326080/rugby-star-ex-49ers-rb-jarryd-hayne-charged-sexual-assault-australia

 

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Police will allege that Hayne bit a woman upon her vagina with such force that she required medical attention the next day. It’s alleged that Hayne met the woman on social media and took a cab to her house in the Hunter Valley, two hours north of Sydney. It’s alleged he asked the driver to wait, meter running, before going inside where he reportedly “tore off” the woman’s clothing and engaged in consensual sex which allegedly became non-consensual. Twenty minutes later he got back in the cab.

Probably a 69ers joke in here somewhere.

[Jkwellborn 6,781]

Young man was trying to get his redwings the hard way.

[kopp0e 1,135]

On relation to topic, this might help sway some foreigners:

 

[Sgt Hulk 13,928]

Josh Gordon likes that tweet 

[kopp0e 1,135]

Also, the league might not want to continuously go after the same player on a current team:

 

[Jkwellborn 6,781]

Saw him tweet about that the other day. We have a guy at work that’s been tested 5 or 6 times this year.

[futureman 22,562]

I thought that kneeling asshole was on his couch. 

['stache 21,895]

Ehrmahgerd, a knerler!!!!!

[wood 11,303]

I've wondered for a long time why the NFL hasn't already tried to take advantage of the obvious talent in the Rugby and Aussie Football ranks. Makes sense.

[Guest]

well, they need SOMEBODY who can make the longer PATs...

[Guest]

On 11/22/2018 at 9:23 PM, futureman said:

you’re adopted, your parents don’t love you

It's mutual...

[futureman 22,562]

7 hours ago, wood said:

I've wondered for a long time why the NFL hasn't already tried to take advantage of the obvious talent in the Rugby and Aussie Football ranks. Makes sense.

aussie rules produces athletes more suited for basketball.  usually tall and wiry white guys with ball skills.  actually, thinking about it, that could work as well as anything for a tight end.  if they gained a bunch of weight and learned how to block. 

[RoyalBevo21 810]

I wonder why colleges haven't tried to recruit some of these guys?

[futureman 22,562]

2 hours ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

I wonder why colleges haven't tried to recruit some of these guys?

they will.  it won’t stop at punters.

[texifornia 57,202]

2 hours ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

I wonder why colleges haven't tried to recruit some of these guys?

There was a rugby player from the UK we looked at a couple years ago who ended up at Coastal Carolina. We've also offered a Kansas JuCo kid this year, Bamidele Olaseni, who's from London.