BF2S Forums It appears the europeans are closet american football fans

PBAsydney wrote:

Rugby = NFL without sissy armor.

NFL guys are bigger, especially the linemen and guards.  They need some armor to protect themselves.

Wembley is an awesome stadium. I see it everyday (almost) and the arch is huge, took a shitload of time to demolish the old stadium and build the new one though. Too bad the FA Cup final tickets went out just as quick as these.

-Gunsmoke- wrote:

Yaocelotl wrote:

link52787 wrote:

NFL guys are bigger, especially the linemen and guards.  They need some armor to protect themselves.

Steroids anyone?

If you want steroids have a look at baseball, not American football.  Btw, go Eagles (even though they drafted a fucking QB)

woot!! another Eagles fan!!!

I was disappointed too when they drafted a QB.  Our defense should be better though.

I think we do MOAB
We don't want to kill our guys by busting their heads open.

Safety first

And Rugby is way different then American Football.......

GO SAINTS

Isn't there a game being played in Beijing at some point as well?

Bitches.

I love how guys write rugby is tougher than football. . . .

If an American football team went out there against a rugby team, they would destroy the rugby team!

A. Bigger and Stronger B. faster (rugby has too many white dudes who think they are fast). C. overall better athletes play football/more variety of athelete

Rugby players are big, but not as big as American Football players. . . .Rugby players are fast, but couldn't come close to the speed of some runningbacks, recievers, and cornerbacks have in the NFL.  Lets put it this way, I would much rather have some international rugby player hit me coming over the middle than say a Brian Urlacher or Ray Lewis. . . .or in the past Lawrence Taylor!!!

For christs sake, linebackers in the NFL are as fast as the "speedsters" in rugby, AND BIGGER AND STRONGER!!!!

Rugby is great, but you dont see too many rugby players steppin up and playin football. . . .the only rugby players I have seen "step up" become kickers in the NFL!! LOL

Last edited by fadedsteve (2007-05-17 23:19:41)

mabye because rugby players see it as a step down?

Vernedead wrote:

mabye because rugby players see it as a step down?

Here in the USA, guys who couldnt hack it playing college/pro football generally turn to rugby. . .lol

Its true. . . . .

Smaller guys play rugby, otherwise they would get murdered playing football!! All the guys who couldn't hack it trying to make the Univ. of Oregon football team (thats where I went to college), played rugby. . . .sorry to say rugby fans!!

I played 4 years of high school football, and walked on at the Univ. of Oregon.  I ended up quiting the football team during the summer to play on their lacrosse team for winter/spring instead.  Shit, I am only 6'0 ft 205 lbs!!! I did run a 4.5 40 yard though (my claim to fame is that I am fast)

I could have played rugby, but I was honestly better at lacrosse than I was at any other sport.  Rugby is a good game, I have nothing bad to say about it as a sport.  Its just that football players are far and away tougher, bigger, stronger, and faster than ANY rugby player I have ever seen or played against.  They are contrasting sports, you dont need the size in rugby like you do in football!!!

Biggest difference is ANY football player can go down and play rugby. . . .NOT every rugby player can come up and play football at a competitive level. . . All the rugby players that have played in the NFL have been kickers. . .

Last edited by fadedsteve (2007-05-18 03:49:58)

Im not a fan.

fadedsteve wrote:

I love how guys write rugby is tougher than football. . . .

If an American football team went out there against a rugby team, they would destroy the rugby team!

A. Bigger and Stronger B. faster (rugby has too many white dudes who think they are fast). C. overall better athletes play football/more variety of athelete

A. Probably
B. Debatable, and is this just sprint speed or being fast for an hour straight. Rugby payers stay on the field for 80 minutes with only 1 break at half time. NFL players get changed almost every second play (or every 30 seconds).
C. No way in hell.

Rugby players are big, but not as big as American Football players. . . .Rugby players are fast, but couldn't come close to the speed of some runningbacks, recievers, and cornerbacks have in the NFL.  Lets put it this way, I would much rather have some international rugby player hit me coming over the middle than say a Brian Urlacher or Ray Lewis. . . .or in the past Lawrence Taylor!!!

I would much prefer to play a rugby game against these so called big men. They would have been run ragged and be completely useless within 20 minutes and you could just walk past them. Rugby has some, big tough guys but the game doesn't revolve around them. Its about speed and skill. Size isn't everything when you have a game which doesn't stop for drinks breaks every 15 seconds, in fact its a big negative.

fadedsteve wrote:

Its just that football players are far and away tougher, bigger, stronger, and faster than ANY rugby player I have ever seen or played against.  They are contrasting sports, you dont need the size in rugby like you do in football!!!

Your talking about a country which sees Rugby as a lesser sport. Everyone who is good, plays NFL, its where the money is, its what you've all been brought up on. In all other countries the best players go to rugby. Your comparing American rugby players to American NFL players. ever wondered why America can't do jack against other teams in rugby? Its because they just can't hack it.

Biggest difference is ANY football player can go down and play rugby. . . .NOT every rugby player can come up and play football at a competitive level. . . All the rugby players that have played in the NFL have been kickers. . .

Only in America, As I've explained an NFL player could just not play at the same level for as long as good rugby teams.

I'm not even a rugby fan, Much prefer my AFL (Australian Football league). I'll admit NFL players are good at what they do (running into people) but put then in a game which requires a lot more hand eye/foot eye coordination and just general more skill, they would get the asses caned. You get any 21 NFL players, put them against an under 21s AFL team and they would get there asses handed to them. Now take any AFL players and put it against an under 21s NFL team and I don't think the outcome will be so 1 sided.

Fitness (endurance) > Size

How many NFL players run up to 20Km a game (or 2 hours).

Last edited by DrunkFace (2007-05-18 07:03:02)

Entertayner wrote:

fadedsteve wrote:

I love how guys write rugby is tougher than football. . . .

If an American football team went out there against a rugby team, they would destroy the rugby team!

Rofl!!!!!!!!  You've obviously never played rugby.  See those pussy ass "football" players that wear a shitload of foam pads just in case they get a boo boo on their tootsie?  Yeah..  Well I made my point in that sentance; I'd rather play rugby and get battered to fuck but know that I'm alive than play "football" and prance around on a fake pitch running around people and shoving them away instead of having balls and running straight at them because I know that it'll be so much more fun to go home and say to someone "Haha, I ran straight in to this guy and he went flying and then I ran through and scored a try" rather than coming home and saying "WOAH MOM I MADE A 40 YARD PASS AND THEN THAT DUDE CAUGHT IT AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH US!!"  Grow some balls,  I've never seen an American Rugby team but you don't know how many "football" teams there are here, explore.. Open your eyes, selfish cock.

/rant.

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