[PLEASE HELP] are footballers more athletic than NFL players?

[r ! z]

Overall, who's a better athlete?

Lets say James Rodriguez or Russell Wilson (as an example)? Im curious what you guys think.

[Underboss]

20 pages here we come ....

[Furn]

Depends how you define athletic.

NFL players only do one aspect of the game so while they excel at that, they arent necessarily really good overall athletes.

Australian rules football players are by far the best overall athletes in any team sport.

[DeadLikeMe]

I'd give Russel Wilson the edge. He'd also beat the **** outta James Rodriguez.

Top to bottom the NFL isn't more athletic than the EPL just due to the bulk/pure strength based positions in American Football. If you look at guys who can really hold up the ball and bully defenders around in the top European leagues, like 2/3rds of the NFL is that strong or stronger and they're likely significantly faster as well.

Both have excellent athletes, but like mentioned above training is focused on different things between sports and even positions.

[Butler]

who really has the "authority" to be called football players..


the NFL Players or the Succer Players


both are called football players depending on who you ask..

[DeadLikeMe]

To try and put it in perspective Ryan Shawcross would need to put on like 20 kilo of muscle to be the crude equivalent of a centerback in the NFL, and many of those guys are way faster than he is now.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Let's face it, any player from the Neanderthal F@g League wouldn't be able to last even a half of real football without gassing out and dying.

[Sweet Pea 50]

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The saga continues.

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[badass316]

I think NFL skill players (RB, WR, CB, and some TEs) are more athletic than soccer players. I don't think you can find a soccer player that's nearly as athletically gifted as Megatron.

[madsweeney]

Let's face it, any player from the Neanderthal F@g League wouldn't be able to last even a half of real football without gassing out and dying.

Likewise, nearly any soccer player could make it through an American football game playing anything but kicker.