In Which We Rank Athletes From Other Sports At Their Potential Ability to Play Football

OK, Thursday night. REAL LIFE ACTUAL HONEST-TO-GOD PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL THAT’S NOT THE CFL. Less than 12 hours until all our hopes and dreams are fulfilled from now until the end of February!

However, in the meantime until the pissed-off Patriots run roughshod tonight over a Steelers team missing key contributors in Le’Veon Bell, Martavis Bryant, and Maurkice Pouncey, we still have several hours we need to fill, otherwise the boredom returns and the walls start to close in. As I’m sure you’ve observed over the past few weeks, I’m aiming to run weekly debate threads here on DFO in order to stir up the anger, rage, depression, alcoholism, and occasional flashes of brilliance of the general population of this website. By keeping my expectations low in life, I’ve found myself to be pleasantly surprised at almost every turn. “Hey! I just put my shoes on! Alright! Better grab a beer to celebrate.” Try it for yourself sometime if you feel stressed out. It’s nice.

Anyways, this week’s debate is all about athletes in other sports. I pose the following question to you:

Imagine you’re an NFL GM, and you have a roster spot to fill on your team that can only be completed through looking outside the game of football. What athlete do you select? What position are they playing? What makes them a decent fit for the job?

I think I’ll kick this off by selecting literally the only good thing that the state of Ohio has ever produced… a generic choice, yes, but the tone has to be set here.

Yeah, LeBron played high school football, and was an all-state caliber wide receiver before his jump to the NBA, but holy fuck. We joke about Jimmy Graham and Antonio Gates and all the various tight ends with a basketball background, but the guy is a fucking freak of nature. You get this guy jumping over a cornerback to reel in a deep route, or running a wheel route and having blockers bounce right off him…

I don’t think we appreciate just how fuckhuge 6’8″, 250 lbs is. Speed, hops, power. Bron has it all. He will eat your secondary alive.

Anyways, who are you picking to fill out your roster, and why?

Let’s… Get… Kommenting!