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    Why are there no 7'4" tight ends in the NFL?

    down near the goalline they would be unstoppable. pay them 400k a year and they can play in the redzone and also block kicks
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    Female you're drunk, high or both....which is it?

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    it would work and also if they played d line or linebacker when teams kick fg's and extra points. Wondered this myself

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    stfu

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    that is a very good question. Now someone is using their brain on here.

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    For some reason, if you're over 7 feet tall, you're slow as shit.
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    Because they make 10 times the money playing basketball.

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    Omer Asik is tall and athletic enough to be a a goal line threat for a toss up

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    why not stick an obese person into the net as goalie in hockey?
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    Quote Originally Posted by InTheDrink View Post
    Female you're drunk, high or both....which is it?
    neither. and that 6'8 guy from stanford looks pretty slow. speed means nothing inside the 10 td line. how do you even jam yao ming

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    I would love to see Omar Asik on the Knicks. Trade him for Bill Walker straight up.

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    HAHA that'd be interesting

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    don't have to be fast down at the goaline or to block fg's.

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    puff

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    i was wondering why no team would employ the tallest man in the world, or the guy who could leap the highest to block kicks. just have a 7'8 guy put his hands up and jump hope for the best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYSportsGuy210 View Post
    I would love to see Omar Asik on the Knicks. Trade him for Bill Walker straight up.
    F- Off! He anchored the Bulls Defense in the playoffs! Especially when Boozer got exposed and Noah couldnt keep his composure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neverstoppers23 View Post
    i was wondering why no team would employ the tallest man in the world, or the guy who could leap the highest to block kicks. just have a 7'8 guy put his hands up and jump hope for the best.
    guys that approach 8 feet have bad knees. they wouldnt be able to play. but guys like yao ming are proven athletes who can actually move and jump. you really could just lob it to yao and he probably catch it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Puppy View Post
    neither. and that 6'8 guy from stanford looks pretty slow. speed means nothing inside the 10 td line. how do you even jam yao ming
    qb would be on his ass waiting for yao and his broken feet to get 5 yards down field

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    because tall guys go to the nba. could you imagine guarding a 7 foot dwight howard on the goal line with a 40 inch vertical leap. it would be unstoppable. he's stronger than all defensive backs in nfl as well.

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    Can this guy be scored on in hockey ?

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    Because they are slow, uncoordinated, already can't catch a basketball let alone a football. Yao Ming would break into a million pieces after he got hit.

    It's not that hard to cover someone taller than you.

    Because a nobody like Kenny Gregory @6'3 1/2 will outreach whatever 7'4 monkey you put in there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SportsPedagogy View Post


    Can this guy be scored on in hockey ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goat Milk View Post
    because tall guys go to the nba. could you imagine guarding a 7 foot dwight howard on the goal line with a 40 inch vertical leap. it would be unstoppable. he's stronger than all defensive backs in nfl as well.
    Unfortunately there are no 7 footers with a 40 inch vertical.

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    Because of leverage. Imagine Clay Matthews given complete access to the hips of the guy across the line from him. You'd need to change QB's every time you got into the red zone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by k13 View Post
    Unfortunately there are no 7 footers with a 40 inch vertical.
    Wilt Chamberlain had a vertical well over 40, but Howard is almost 7 foot

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    dwight howard would be even better than yao. dwight would probably be good during the entire game. if dwight howard was banned from NBA and he had a year of football training he would be unreal

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    lebron would be the best nba player playing football...6'9" and a much better athlete than....well anyone

    guy was a hs all stater as a junior

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    Quote Originally Posted by InTheDrink View Post
    lebron would be the best nba player playing football...6'9" and a much better athlete than....well anyone

    guy was a hs all stater as a junior
    ya thats true he would run like a 4.48 (maybe better) and just be an absolute beast. would he have larry fitzgerald hands or roy williams hands.............hmmm............cause there are so many good athletes in NCAAF but only so many who have nfl skills

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    watch the throw on the run at 1:30

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER4ZGnqSiYI

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    NFL refs won't give Lebron the calls he gets in the NBA. He would probably get frustrated by the physicality and crumble.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 8ArIvd5 View Post
    NFL refs won't give Lebron the calls he gets in the NBA. He would probably get frustrated by the physicality and crumble.
    true. he is mentally brittle

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    Quote Originally Posted by Masu485 View Post
    For some reason, if you're over 7 feet tall, you're slow as shit.
    Pretty much. The NBA has guys like Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett etc... who are 7-footers and athletic as hell, but you're talking about some of the elite worlds elite athletes. 99.9% of seven-footers are very slow, very uncoordinated, or both.

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    who said they need to be tall?




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    Quote Originally Posted by rm18 View Post
    Wilt Chamberlain had a vertical well over 40, but Howard is almost 7 foot
    You probably believe all those 40 yard times in the nfl too.......

    Howard's vertical is not 40 and neither is Wilt's as athletic as he was.

    All the numbers are exaggerated.

    He did a 30.5" standing and 35.5" running vertical at the combine....yeah you'll say he improved since then....bs..maybe an inch or two.

    There are very few TRUE 40 inch verticals in the NBA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by k13 View Post
    You probably believe all those 40 yard times in the nfl too.......

    Howard's vertical is not 40 and neither is Wilt's as athletic as he was.

    All the numbers are exaggerated.

    He did a 30.5" standing and 35.5" running vertical at the combine....yeah you'll say he improved since then....bs..maybe an inch or two.

    There are very few TRUE 40 inch verticals in the NBA.
    I think Wilt was over 40 Howard maybe not quite but he has real long arms too. I don't think it is even possible to record the high jump numbers Wilt did without a 40+ vertical.

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