American Football

[regular john]

Anyone play it regular here? I've just been looking at some gnarly tackles on youtube.
Being a rugby player im not going to dive into that age-old argument of rugby is better than football or vice versa and I'm not dissing this sport by any means but sometimes I just fail to take it seriously with all that padding. Whats the pain factor like in American football?

[Darcangelo]

Good band

[Supreme]

i've never played football with pads.

[Adrenaline Pins]

Whats the pain factor like in American football?

there's a reason they only play once a week.

[regular john]

i've never played football with pads.

shin pads?

[Incendius]

Anyone play it regular here? I've just been looking at some gnarly tackles on youtube.
Being a rugby player im not going to dive into that age-old argument of rugby is better than football or vice versa and I'm not dissing this sport by any means but sometimes I just fail to take it seriously with all that padding. Whats the pain factor like in American football?

Well dont forget, this is carebear america, no one wants to see others get hurt too bad on TV. But then again look at the size of the players. I wouldnt want to get my life ruined by some 350 lb linebacker because my 185lb skinny ass quarterback chose to act like a man and not wear pads. And even with pads people are getting wrecked with bad injuries. Some guys break bones and are out of action for the rest of the season or even break their neck. Its expensive as fuck to live in this country when it comes to health. If it werent for pads, there wouldnt really be american football because everyone would be dead on the field haha

[RiseAgainstAll]

shin pads?

I'm assuming he's talking about good old-fashioned backyard football. Full contact, no pads. It's a good time. Two hand touch is for pussies.

[regular john]

ahh i thought he was referring to what you chaps call soccer.

[Supreme]

I'm assuming he's talking about good old-fashioned backyard football. Full contact, no pads. It's a good time. Two hand touch is for pussies.

[RiseAgainstAll]

ahh i thought he was referring to what you chaps call soccer.

No, the kind of backyard football we play in America is more like Rugby. We spear the crap out of our friends with no kind of padding on at all.

Like I said...it's a good time.

[Incendius]

oh yeah backyard football is beast, fuck pads. But obviously professional, tv broadcasted shit will

[devikit]

Well dont forget, this is carebear america, no one wants to see others get hurt too bad on TV. But then again look at the size of the players. I wouldnt want to get my life ruined by some 350 lb linebacker because my 185lb skinny ass quarterback chose to act like a man and not wear pads. And even with pads people are getting wrecked with bad injuries. Some guys break bones and are out of action for the rest of the season or even break their neck. Its expensive as fuck to live in this country when it comes to health. If it werent for pads, there wouldnt really be american football because everyone would be dead on the field haha

while i understand what you're saying, i still can't help but feel there's no difference in the physical side of the game to rugby :/

[Gawd]

It still hurts with pads. You just get the air knocked out of you more than anything.

[dactylSAUR]

ive been wanting to play rugby for a looong time. i dont think anyone plays football regularly unless their on a team of some sort. its hard gettin 10+ people together on a regular basis

[Incendius]

while i understand what you're saying, i still can't help but feel there's no difference in the physical side of the game to rugby :/

well yeah of course except the size difference in the players lol

[regular john]

ive been wanting to play rugby for a looong time. i dont think anyone plays football regularly unless their on a team of some sort. its hard gettin 10+ people together on a regular basis

ahhh mate. try it, its amazing.

[preech]

both are great sports, but i would never wanna get hit by a linebacker period. pads or no pads.

[Nun Stampede!]

I've seen some pretty gnarly hits, and when I played, I understood the point of the pads. I played linebacker, and I would blindsight the fuck out of people coming through the holes on a regular basis. Positioning ftw.

[Incendius]

I've seen some pretty gnarly hits, and when I played, I understood the point of the pads. I played linebacker, and I would blindsight the fuck out of people coming through the holes on a regular basis. Positioning ftw.


yeah man, i used to play WR, TE and Slot back and when you go out for a pass and you dont pay the fuck attention to the people around you as soon as that ball is in your hands.....goodnight haha. Ive been laid out plently of times. The best is kick-offs though haha. Me and my buddy would run full force down the field but id stay behind him under cover, and out of no where just fly out behind him and wreck someone. Shit was so fun, but you can get hurt pretty badly even with pads lol

[regular john]

I've seen some pretty gnarly hits, and when I played, I understood the point of the pads. I played linebacker, and I would blindsight the fuck out of people coming through the holes on a regular basis. Positioning ftw.

Lol, you guys must be built like tanks after having a general view of NFL linebacks stats?

[prayer]

The REASON there is pads, is so that you CAN hit harder without fear of injury. And remember, in America we have black people, and they are bigger, stronger, and faster, than probably most every pro rugby player. So pads suit the sport well. Rugby players cannot be as carelessly violent as football players, or they would be dead. Rugby is fucking badass as all hell without pads anyways.

[Jotun]

Getting the wind knocked out of you, pinching a nerve (SUCKS), actually breaking a bone/tearing cartilage are probably the 3 biggest things...I don't think you really feel the pain of simply being hit when your adrenaline is pumping like that.

That said, play ice hockey. I just started, it's the most fun I've ever had playing any organized sport ever.

[Gawd]

Black people. Brian Dawkins. http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/24/245346.jpg

I can't even fucking imagine getting hit by that.

[MothiNrust]

Good band

yeah

[regular john]

Black people. Brian Dawkins. http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/24/245346.jpg

I can't even fucking imagine getting hit by that.

hes nothing. you want to see ian evans of wales/ospreys. 6'8 and 18st 9lbs

[Deathface]

Brian Dawkins in his prime was a fucking beast. So was the dude in Gawd's avatar.

[Cambridge_works]

Reg john... just think of getting hit at full speed by a 5'10" 230 pound man. Without you knowing about it. Well nevermind you probably know what the feels like.

The pain, there really isn't any. Unless it so happens ^ that happens to you. But I played on the line, so the worse I got was a scratch on my arm. And on occasion I got the wind knocked out of me.

[devikit]

yeah i think they may just look bigger because of all the padding :P

but yeah good point whoever made it, about being able to hit harder with no fears or whatever, because i suppose that changes the game completely.

[Nun Stampede!]

have you ever seen someone juggle a kickoff? I've seen a kid start stumbling around trying to catch a kickoff that hit the ground and then hit him. Took about four swipes at it, and when he finally got control, he was in the ground. Its always funny when people get up, and it looks like they've been grazing.

I've seen a kid get his mouthguard knocked out and fly about 10 feet downfield. Actually, my sisters ex-boyfriend made that hit.

[Jotun]

hes nothing. you want to see ian evans of wales/ospreys. 6'8 and 18st 9lbs

It's pretty hard to get under somebody when you're 6'8".

[Gawd]

It's pretty hard to get under somebody when you're 6'8".

And it's hard to run be as fast as a safety when you're 6'8. You've gotta take into consideration not only size.... but how fast these guys are.

[dactylSAUR]

so there's no pads or protection in rugby? im pretty sure they would have some padded vest under their jerseys.. even the nba wears pads underneath their jerseys..

[Jotun]

even the nba wears pads underneath their jerseys..

uhhh...

[Nun Stampede!]

its just the coke talking.

[Gawd]

:confused:

[dactylSAUR]

fucking idiots, if i could find a good picture...

http://www.nba.com/media/act_stephen_jackson.jpg

what do u think hes wearing under his jersey? they're fucking pads for his sides. if u ever watched post game interviews u'd see them when they take their jerseys off.

must just be the coke talking huh? pickledick

[Nun Stampede!]

I know what you're talking about, but those aren't really pads. Usually thats just rib/posture protection. When I played football, our running back would wear those during padless practices, and during full pad practices. Its more like a flak jacket, just basketball version.

[dactylSAUR]

jesus christ, pads, flak jacket, "rib/posture protection" FUCK! YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN

[Gawd]

They're not pads.

[struckanerve]

besides a concussion of two, playin lacrosse i got injured like 3 times as much as football. each year in college i was in the training room damn near the whole season

[Nun Stampede!]

I blacked out once playing football, and once playing hockey. Not sure if I got concussions, though. Never really got it checked out, and I went back into the games.

[DillingerEscapePlan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MKtA_nJLbc
Ignore the music, never seen any hit as hard as this.

[teh Mazn]

the NBA wears underarmour like everyone else. i don't think it's padding.

[playitfaster]

Good band

football sucks, i'd rather watch basketball

[Sudden Intoxication]

I like gay cocks in my mouth

[Gawd]

football sucks, i'd rather watch basketball

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[RiseAgainstAll]

football sucks, i'd rather watch basketball

Yeah. I love boring crap, too.

[preech]

HOOOOOOCKEY , FOOOOOOOOOOOOOTBALL and MOTOGP in my household.

[Captain Obvious]

the pain factor in football is very low while playing. the next day is the real shitter. as already said in here, the size, speed and power of NFL players is greater than that of rugby players. this doesn't make either sport better, it just indicates what is most important to each sport.

[Darcangelo]

http://crimsontechnology.net/forum/images/smilies/arigtfo.gif

I'm still laughing at this

[dactylSAUR]

Yeah. I love boring crap, too.

dumb

[dactylSAUR]

Yeah. I love boring crap, too.

dumb

[Gawd]

I'm still laughing at this

Nice sig :emot-LOL:

[RiseAgainstAll]

dumb

At least I'm not a Chargers fan.


How is my opinion dumb, anyway? Basketball bores me. Too bad. :emot-blin

[Darcangelo]

Nice sig :emot-LOL:

Had to

[Nun Stampede!]

Momentum makes Hockey the best sport to watch ever. Did anyone else see that sandwich hit early in the Boston vs. Montreal game today?

[Wiggles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz0_An6RH5k

I think rugby has to hurt harder at the time in general, those hards are hard and its none stop so you have to get back up and keep playing with no pads.
However, American Football has all the fun blindside blocks on people who don't have the balls, or the momentum ones on kick offs of the kick returner getting ruined which you don't have in Rugby

[Shawn]

Momentum makes Hockey the best sport to watch ever. Did anyone else see that sandwich hit early in the Boston vs. Montreal game today?

I never get the hype over hockey hits. They only look so bad because you don't really see a lot of hits in hockey in comparison to football. You see 4-5 badass hits like that a game in the football game, and if you wanna talk about tough sons of bitches, play on the fucking line in a game of football.

[Jotun]

I never get the hype over hockey hits. They only look so bad because you don't really see a lot of hits in hockey in comparison to football. You see 4-5 badass hits like that a game in the football game, and if you wanna talk about tough sons of bitches, play on the fucking line in a game of football.

If anything, you see MORE big, notable hits in Hockey than in Football. Then again, it's kind of lame to compare two completely different sports...

[dactylSAUR]

At least I'm not a Chargers fan.


How is my opinion dumb, anyway? Basketball bores me. Too bad. :emot-blin

all the time in the world, and thats what u came up with?
a for effort!
ur opinion is dumb, because it IS. its DUMB. thats just my opinion of ur opinion. so suck my round cock bitch

[Shawn]

If anything, you see MORE big, notable hits in Hockey than in Football. Then again, it's kind of lame to compare two completely different sports...

*noticable* not notable.


In football, that at least 5 hits happen every play. We call that the Offensive and Defensive line. You don't see any one fly back on their ass usually (though that happens a lot too), but each of those link ups in the line is like a fight in hockey. Shit gets grabbed, one or two punches are thrown, and someone ends up on the ground eating dirt.

Then theres the play itself. The leadblockers are liable to either knock the secondary completely on their ass, or be knocked completely on their ass by the linebackers.

At which point the ball carrier is subject to any and everyone who can hit him, and everyone who can hit him is subject to being knocked on their ass by him.

you hear a lot about this "pass", "run", "block" "route" shit... what football boils down to, is, by physical force, back your oponnent up against a corner, and then take over their beloved land. Thats the object of every play.

Each player is assigned differen't positions based on their ability to deliver and take hits. Football is all about hits.




where as in hockey, you get lucky enough sometimes for there to be a guy who doesn't notice you, that you can obliterate, and send back to the 3rd grade, and then steal the puck back from him.

[Six One Cynic]

This thread sucks, who cares about America anymore.

[adrianwar]

http://signoraggio.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/ron_paul_photo_4.jpg

[regular john]

how fast are these football players? I know bryan habana can run the 100m in 10.4 seconds and tonderai chavanga did it in 10.27 seconds

and although theyre completely illegal tackles, here are some for laughs.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tc0Ut5y-GRc

[teh Mazn]

it's obvious - NFL = skill sport (for the most part) and rugby = toughness/physical sport. rugby players are tough motherfuckers and NFL players are skilled motherfuckers.

[RiseAgainstAll]

all the time in the world, and thats what u came up with?
a for effort!
ur opinion is dumb, because it IS. its DUMB. thats just my opinion of ur opinion. so suck my round cock bitch

...and even after that, basketball is still a boring sport. Period.

[Shawn]

how fast are these football players? I know bryan habana can run the 100m in 10.4 seconds and tonderai chavanga did it in 10.27 seconds

and although theyre completely illegal tackles, here are some for laughs.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tc0Ut5y-GRc

The only thing that makes that worse than football is the lack of pads.


That shit is like every weekend in my backyard in HS.

[Sudden Intoxication]

Noticable is not a word, Shawn. Noticeable is. But notable is the right word to use in that context.

you hear a lot about this "pass", "run", "block" "route" shit... what football boils down to, is, by physical force, back your oponnent up against a corner, and then take over their beloved land. Thats the object of every play.

Unless you're Barry Sanders and juke everyone in your way to death. Or until they feel too silly to keep trying to tackle you.