Football tackling technique

[Houston]

Yes there are some(few) very fast Rugby players but as a whole, the NFL is faster.

Take the average speed of a NFL skilled position vs. the average skill of a rugby player and the NFL wins.

[Houston]

If we're going to just include the backline of Rugby League players, then it's debatable. I know for a fact that the average of running 40 metres is around 4 and a half seconds. 40 metres is a bit longer than 40 yards, are there results for the 40 yard dash for NFL players?

4.3 is considered fast, but nothing special in the NFL.

[Houston]

I don't think so. I'm pretty sure that's extremely fast for the NFL. That kind of time makes scouts drool at combines.

Yeah but more and more players are able to run it in the NFL. Running a 4.3 is a huge advantage but anyone who runs it shouldn't be surprised if they're not the fastest one on the field. Either way I don't see how you can compare the speed of the NFL to the speed of Rugby, think about it......

[Houston]

So they run even times but Rugby League players aren't as fast? I don't get your logic.

I have none

[ThunderHorse]

ha, Darrell Green ran a 4.24 when he was 40,

Rugby players faster my ass... ha

[Houston]

I know that a player named Matt Bowen ran it in 4.3.

You name a player from Rugby that runs a 4.3 and I can name you 3 from the NFL that do. There are tons of people that run 4.3's and don't even play

[ThunderHorse]

You name a player from Rugby that runs a 4.3 and I can name you 3 from the NFL that do. There are tons of people that run 4.3's and don't even play

thats the sad thing,

there are so many guys in the NFL that run 4.3's that suck...

[ThunderHorse]

I just looked online to see some of the fastest 100 times for rugby players...

and there are kids in college who play football such as Jeff Demps who were faster then these guys in highschool, have Olympic caliber speed, play football, and might not even be good enough to play in the NFL.

[ThunderHorse]

I've played football and rugby in high levels and there is no way in hell rugby players are faster or stronger then NFL players. NFL players are the best athletes in the world hands down. And the reason some players dont tackle by the legs is because the ball carrier will fall forward for an extra 2-3 yards everytime.

yea, people forget that 2-3 yards in football is a big deal, where as in rugby 2-3 yards isn't such a problem.

Players in football have to put everything they have in stopping the ball carrier and not giving up any yards while they do it, because if they give up 2 or 3 yards because they tried to make a form tackle they failed.

in rugby a form tackle is great, but in the nfl your going to get run over if you try to form tackle someone.

[Houston]

there are so many guys in the NFL that run 4.3's that suck...

yep, but luckily in Madden they're better than the actual starting WR's so they can start on my team. lol

Actual catching and route running means nothing in Madden so all these guys have a chance to start in Madden.

[CaribbeanJoseph]

i've played both and rugby just doesn't compare

lol at trying to say your average rugby player is even with a nfl guy when it comes to speed, strength, etc.

[Houston]

i've played both and rugby just doesn't compare

lol at trying to say your average rugby player is even with a nfl guy when it comes to speed, strength, etc.

That's why for the first time in VSN history I stopped an argument on my own.

This one wasn't worth arguing about, it's not even close.............

[Houston]

None you even watch Rugby League so you can't talk of the players who play the game. Playing it doesn't mean much at the level you would have played, you played Rugby Union which is the inferior game when it comes to great athletes. You think that the NFL is better because that's all you have seen, they may be faster but that's all they have on Rugby League players. For skill across the board, the NFL isn't better.

I bet that football players are more faster, stronger, agile, have quicker reaction times, can jump higher, have better hand-eye coordination, and can pull more ho's.

[Saluki]

I bet that football players are more faster, stronger, agile, have quicker reaction times, can jump higher, have better hand-eye coordination, and can pull more ho's.

For someone who doesn't make useless posts, that was pretty useless.

Anyway. I'm not sure about rugby, but alot of times in football guys are trying to strip the ball out as well, which is a different tackling tech than normal.

[Saluki]

Maybe the fast guys are a little more athletic but I see a lot of unfit players in the NFL. In the NRL there are none, they can all run 10 miles, run the 100m in under 13 seconds and can bench press over 125kg. So for across the board, the NFL isn't as good.

You sound like the reverse houston boy. You couldn't take a rugby team, put them in football pads and expect them to compete in the NFL cuz it's not the same thing. Just like baseball and cricket arn't the same thing, most stuff doesn't translate from sport to sport.