Someone asked me the other day what I thought about the idea of making Olympic gold-medal sprinter Usain Bolt a football player. Let's put it this way: If Hall of Fame general manager Tex Schramm and I were still running the Cowboys, we'd be in Jamaica right now waiting for Bolt's plane to land.
That's not to say anyone can predict what the fastest human being alive might do on a football field. But in a sport that places such a premium on raw speed, why not take a chance on a guy who just shattered world records?
Bolt electrified the Olympics this week as he set records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter events. He became the first Olympian since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win gold in both those races.
Talk is cheap....Bolt talks and Delivers!
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
Someone asked me the other day what I thought about the idea of making Olympic gold-medal sprinter Usain Bolt a football player. Let's put it this way: If Hall of Fame general manager Tex Schramm and I were still running the Cowboys, we'd be in Jamaica right now waiting for Bolt's plane to land.
That's not to say anyone can predict what the fastest human being alive might do on a football field. But in a sport that places such a premium on raw speed, why not take a chance on a guy who just shattered world records?
Bolt electrified the Olympics this week as he set records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter events. He became the first Olympian since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win gold in both those races.
Talk is cheap....Bolt talks and Delivers!
You gotta be kiddin´ me.
He has great speed, but the build of a wire-doll. No upper body muscle. This guy would not last a game.
What about hands? If he has none, then you´re basically stuck with nothing but a decoy.
Bolt should stay in track and field. Those moves from sport to sport rarely if ever, work.
A bunch of years ago, Renaldo Nehemiah, from my alma mater, Md was a the best 110m hurdler in the world. He signed on with the 49'ers and didn't do much. Or better put, he was a flop with lots of press about his signing. I remember him getting slaughtered on one play by a lb...it may have been one of the last hits he took in the NFL.
Coaches and owners have long tried to bring in the world's fastest runners as NFL players. Very, very few have had any success. John Madden has a few stories about it in some of his earlier writing (which is a lot better than his more recent books).
Bob Hayes converted his track skills into a decent NFL career.
Carl Lewis parlayed his long term track prowess into multiple huge endorsements, and never needed football.
Bolt, however, has a much smaller constituency (how big a following would a Jamaican sprinter have?)... he might be tempted to take a look at football as an option... and someone would be willing to offer a contract.
Would it work? Well, I don't think I'd be holding my breath...
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Countertrey wrote:Bob Hayes converted his track skills into a decent NFL career.
Carl Lewis parlayed his long term track prowess into multiple huge endorsements, and never needed football.
Bolt, however, has a much smaller constituency (how big a following would a Jamaican sprinter have?)... he might be tempted to take a look at football as an option... and someone would be willing to offer a contract.
Would it work? Well, I don't think I'd be holding my breath...
Willie Gault was decent, but it doesn't seem like track stars have been a reliable source of NFL receivers. Here's another article on Bolt. It says Carl Lewis was drafted by the Cowgirls, I didn't know that.
it just wouldnt work. he probaly has no idea how to play football and chances are he has never even watched a game. it would be cool to see a WR that fast but he probaly wouldnt have good route running ability and bad hands. it would be an interesting project trying to turn him into a football player.
Someone asked me the other day what I thought about the idea of making Olympic gold-medal sprinter Usain Bolt a football player. Let's put it this way: If Hall of Fame general manager Tex Schramm and I were still running the Cowboys, we'd be in Jamaica right now waiting for Bolt's plane to land.
That's not to say anyone can predict what the fastest human being alive might do on a football field. But in a sport that places such a premium on raw speed, why not take a chance on a guy who just shattered world records?
Bolt electrified the Olympics this week as he set records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter events. He became the first Olympian since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win gold in both those races.
Talk is cheap....Bolt talks and Delivers!
You gotta be kiddin´ me.
He has great speed, but the build of a wire-doll. No upper body muscle. This guy would not last a game.
What about hands? If he has none, then you´re basically stuck with nothing but a decoy.
Some things make little sense.
No, you've got to be kidding me. If Chris Collinsworth can play WR in the NFL, Usain Bolt would be able to do it.
Andre Carter wrote:Damn man, you know your football.
JSPB22 wrote:No, you've got to be kidding me. If Chris Collinsworth can play WR in the NFL, Usain Bolt would be able to do it.
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Someone asked me the other day what I thought about the idea of making Olympic gold-medal sprinter Usain Bolt a football player. Let's put it this way: If Hall of Fame general manager Tex Schramm and I were still running the Cowboys, we'd be in Jamaica right now waiting for Bolt's plane to land.
That's not to say anyone can predict what the fastest human being alive might do on a football field. But in a sport that places such a premium on raw speed, why not take a chance on a guy who just shattered world records?
Bolt electrified the Olympics this week as he set records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter events. He became the first Olympian since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win gold in both those races.
Talk is cheap....Bolt talks and Delivers!
You gotta be kiddin´ me.
He has great speed, but the build of a wire-doll. No upper body muscle. This guy would not last a game.
What about hands? If he has none, then you´re basically stuck with nothing but a decoy.
Some things make little sense.
No, you've got to be kidding me. If Chris Collinsworth can play WR in the NFL, Usain Bolt would be able to do it.
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