National Football League (American) - Page 3

August 20, 2007, 2:43 PM

The thing with rugby is they don't wear as much protection as what American football players do, but then again they don't need it as much because in rugby you can only tackle from behind and you can't throw the ball forwards which would prevent players clashing together.

August 20, 2007, 5:59 PM

Actually...it's only in college and high school American football that the most padding is worn. I read an article that said that close to 90 percent of American football players (pro) don't wear much padding. Only shoulder pads. They don't have that frontal armor, or even knee braces. Srsly.

August 20, 2007, 10:26 PM

Bieng from Texas I have always been a fan of the Dallas Cowboys. We got a pretty good team this year and we might actually have a chance to win the Super Bowl.

August 21, 2007, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Warbourne

Actually...it's only in college and high school American football that the most padding is worn. I read an article that said that close to 90 percent of American football players (pro) don't wear much padding. Only shoulder pads. They don't have that frontal armor, or even knee braces. Srsly.

I thought that was all the pros wore anyway

Either way, they still get more protection than rugby players.

August 21, 2007, 4:25 AM

True.

According to pro football players, armor is over-hyped. xD

But anyways....the preseason's shaping up to be pretty good. Though as to how the starting lineup of each team will fare in the regular season is yet to be seen.

I've only seen the Bears/Colts game (re-match kind of...Bears win) and Chargers/Rams game.

August 21, 2007, 4:30 AM

I haven't caught any Pre-season football yet. I'm hyped for it, definitely, but I don't feel like watching the starters play for 1 quarter than sitting the rest of the game.

Chargers though look promising this year, but the new Coach Turner has got to prove he's a winner right from the start. Here's to hoping the new NFL season is a blast!

August 21, 2007, 4:52 AM

Promising indeed. Only bad thing that happened last Saturday was that the 3rd string running back was injured in the knee after being dragged down.
But I think the Chargers' running-back depth is really great.

August 21, 2007, 5:59 AM

It wasn't Darrin Sproles was it? he was out all last year too and he's one helluva kick returner with blazing speed! Yeah, with LT, and Mike Turner taking most runs, it'll be fine, but if it's Sproles on the DL, that blows. He's an exciting player to watch.

August 21, 2007, 6:01 AM

Nah, it's not Sproles. It was Gross, yes that's his last name; haven't heard of him 'til he got injured in any case. Anyways, it had better not be all that serious, although the fact that he was carted out was kinda a bad sign.

August 21, 2007, 1:36 PM

The Chargers game was great, they demolished the Rams.

Gross' injury looked pretty bad from my point of view, he sort of got his leg caught underneath him and had all his weight pushed down on his knee, he should be out for a long while.