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Jarryd Hayne to the NFL

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lurking
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Rugby equivalent to Lebron announced today that he would leave the Aussie pro circuit to go try and play in the NFL. Pretty interesting that he would give up his seven figure contract in Australia to go try and play a totally different yet similar sport where he may not even make a team. But you can't deny that you wouldn't love to see plays like these every Sunday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yItnEVoD0VQ#t=218
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theBearJew
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I'm excited. Hope he does amazing so I can talk shit and say that rugby is better than football. I'll bet if he plays on defense he wraps up when he fucking tackles.
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loganschnurRugby equivalent to Lebron


This is disingenuous. He plays Rugby League which is a game for criminals and fuckwits and he's certainly not the Lebron equivalent. He's a top tier player, sure, but definitely not THE top.

Anyhow, I'll certainly be interested to see how he goes. He's supposedly trying out for Wide Reciever? I don't actually know anything about NFL.
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AT-AT
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Im really interested to see the switch over from one sport to the other. Similar yet also very different.
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lurking
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--ski--This is disingenuous. He plays Rugby League which is a game for criminals and fuckwits and he's certainly not the Lebron equivalent. He's a top tier player, sure, but definitely not THE top.

Anyhow, I'll certainly be interested to see how he goes. He's supposedly trying out for Wide Reciever? I don't actually know anything about NFL.


I heard he was gonna try to play both sides of the ball, on offense as a tight end, and on defense as a linebacker.
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Mr.Mitten
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What a fuckin animal. Best of luck to him in the NFL, will for sure be interesting to see if he makes it/gets playing time. Rugby is a hell of a game compared to football
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edai
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loganschnurI heard he was gonna try to play both sides of the ball, on offense as a tight end, and on defense as a linebacker.


Probably wont happen, theres a reason no NFL players play both ways, at that level theres always someone better
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Funkadelic
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--ski--This is disingenuous. He plays Rugby League which is a game for criminals


Then he'll fit right in in the NFL.
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straightlining
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If it goes well for Hayne, you might end up getting Todd Carney...

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Turd.Ferguson
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--ski--This is disingenuous. He plays Rugby League which is a game for criminals and fuckwits and he's certainly not the Lebron equivalent. He's a top tier player, sure, but definitely not THE top.

Anyhow, I'll certainly be interested to see how he goes. He's supposedly trying out for Wide Reciever? I don't actually know anything about NFL.


well if you're looking for criminals and fuckwits i'd say the nfl has a few
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sbarlett
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This dude is a freak athlete, but I find it hard to believe he'll be able to make an NFL roster without ever playing before. It looked like he would try to play RB probably? I'm not claiming to know a lot about Rugby, it just seems like there are a lot bigger differences to football than people act like there are.
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sbarlett
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This dude is a freak athlete, but I find it hard to believe he'll be able to make an NFL roster without ever playing before. It looked like he would try to play RB probably? I'm not claiming to know a lot about Rugby, it just seems like there are a lot bigger differences to football than people act like there are.
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lurking
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straightliningIf it goes well for Hayne, you might end up getting Todd Carney...



He'd fit right in with the NFL
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lurking
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--ski--This is disingenuous. He plays Rugby League which is a game for criminals and fuckwits and he's certainly not the Lebron equivalent. He's a top tier player, sure, but definitely not THE top.


I should've addressed this earlier, but in 2014 Hayne was the top try scorer, Fullback of the year, the player of year, the representative player of the year, and he won the Fittler medal. He also won the rookie of the year back in 06, he has another fullback of the year, a winger of the year, and another Dally M player of the year.

So in tally

2- Dally M Player of the Year
2- Dally M Fullback of the Year
1- RLIF International Player of the Year
1- Top Try Scorer
1- Rookie of the Year
1- Australian All-Star
1- Fittler medal
1- Representative Player of the Year


All of these awards came in 8 seasons. You can read this list of awards and it demonstrates how he could be likened to Lebron.
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californiagrown
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loganschnurI heard he was gonna try to play both sides of the ball, on offense as a tight end, and on defense as a linebacker.



The guy is about 3 inches and 40lbs too small to play TE, and is about 40lbs too small to play LB. They will see what he can do on special teams, not as a returner mind you, but as a kickoff guy or gunner. Maybe install a wildcat play or two to try out on the scout team. thats it. Dude has no idea how to shed blocks, use his hands, run proper routes, proper footwork etc, etc, etc...which is 100% necessary in a league where everyone is a complete freak of nature and has been refining technique for 10+ years.

Dude is a very good athlete. Unfortunately he doesnt know the sport, at all, and that will be his greatest hinderance.

Regardless i really hope there is video of his tryouts and practices.

loganschnurI should've addressed this earlier, but in 2014 Hayne was the top try scorer, Fullback of the year, the player of year, the representative player of the year, and he won the Fittler medal. He also won the rookie of the year back in 06, he has another fullback of the year, a winger of the year, and another Dally M player of the year.

So in tally

2- Dally M Player of the Year
2- Dally M Fullback of the Year
1- RLIF International Player of the Year
1- Top Try Scorer
1- Rookie of the Year
1- Australian All-Star
1- Fittler medal
1- Representative Player of the Year


All of these awards came in 8 seasons. You can read this list of awards and it demonstrates how he could be likened to Lebron.



How many people in the world grow up wanting to be a pro rugby player? At the tops, probly around 50 million, right?

How many people grow up wanting to be a pro basketball player? conservativly, around 500 million.

Lebron is a one-in-a-generation athlete...not for his sport, but for any sport. When Hayne puts together the kind of run Lebron put together over the past 8 years, then you can enter his name into the convo. But right now its not even close.
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no_steeze
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He is like 25% faster than everybody else on the field
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lurking
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californiagrownRegardless i really hope there is video of his tryouts and practices.


Hopefully a team will take a chance on him, unfortunately, most tryouts and practices probably aren't full contact for fear of injury (assumption), so we really couldn't watch him light someone up.
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loganschnurI should've addressed this earlier, but in 2014 Hayne was the top try scorer, Fullback of the year, the player of year, the representative player of the year, and he won the Fittler medal. He also won the rookie of the year back in 06, he has another fullback of the year, a winger of the year, and another Dally M player of the year.

So in tally

2- Dally M Player of the Year
2- Dally M Fullback of the Year
1- RLIF International Player of the Year
1- Top Try Scorer
1- Rookie of the Year
1- Australian All-Star
1- Fittler medal
1- Representative Player of the Year


All of these awards came in 8 seasons. You can read this list of awards and it demonstrates how he could be likened to Lebron.


He's a great player and has accolades to show for it, but he'd just be in the top ten NRL players. Hasn't Lebron been the top of his sport for almost a decade? Hayne is no where close to that.
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JDA
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He's a good player but I can think of many more league and union players which would be better suited to American Footy however you can't deny him a shot at his dreams.

Reggie Bush said he would 'do well' but that means nothing
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KravtZ
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Let the guy try out...Wes Welker is like 5'9'' 185 and kills it. I think he has the speed/awareness/toughness but is his catching/ball handling skills there. Not to mention play reading. But he says its his lifetime goal and you gotta imagine he has been practicing/preparing for a while. Im rooting for the guy
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DockEllis
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Definitely looks like he has the physical ability to play in the NFL.

I don't know a whole lot about the intricacies of rugby, but I assume that football is a way more complicated game mentally. When I played in high school our play book was crazy. Can't even imagine what a pro playbook looks like. Having to learn and memorize all of that, with out every playing, seems like an insurmountable task.

Good luck to him though. Takes a lot of balls to quit something when you're at the top of your game and move half way around the world to try your hand at something you've dreamed about. Respect.
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JDA
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DockEllisI don't know a whole lot about the intricacies of rugby, but I assume that football is a way more complicated game mentally. When I played in high school our play book was crazy. Can't even imagine what a pro playbook looks like. Having to learn and memorize all of that, with out every playing, seems like an insurmountable task.


I wouldn't say it is more complicated mentally, anyone can remember plays out of a book no matter how many there are given time however in rugby, while there are game plans and set plays, there is a lot more individual decisions to make- so if he understands the game he will be ok
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DockEllis
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JDAI wouldn't say it is more complicated mentally, anyone can remember plays out of a book no matter how many there are given time however in rugby, while there are game plans and set plays, there is a lot more individual decisions to make- so if he understands the game he will be ok


I don't know man. I play lacrosse which sounds loosely similar to rugby in that aspect. Handful of plays and formations, but mostly individual decisions and knowing where to be and when, etc.

Football playbooks are literally hundreds of pages long, a quick google search yielded 600 pages as an answer, with an absurd amount of formations. That, combined with the different variations of each play, and the quarterback's ability to call the plays at the line of scrimmage, along with audibles, makes me think that learning the game of football is much more difficult than you're giving it credit for.

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2014/08/04/how-difficult-it-memorize-nfl-playbook-neurologist-explains

I'm in no way knocking Rugby, I'm just saying that for how similar the games are, they are completely different from a mental standpoint.
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KravtZ
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DockEllisI don't know man. I play lacrosse which sounds loosely similar to rugby in that aspect. Handful of plays and formations, but mostly individual decisions and knowing where to be and when, etc.

Football playbooks are literally hundreds of pages long, a quick google search yielded 600 pages as an answer, with an absurd amount of formations. That, combined with the different variations of each play, and the quarterback's ability to call the plays at the line of scrimmage, along with audibles, makes me think that learning the game of football is much more difficult than you're giving it credit for.

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2014/08/04/how-difficult-it-memorize-nfl-playbook-neurologist-explains

I'm in no way knocking Rugby, I'm just saying that for how similar the games are, they are completely different from a mental standpoint.


He wont be able to become a RB or any high demand player with minimal experience of NFL plays. He said he wants to be a Kr or PR which he could kill it and learn the game through that and move up
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DubV134
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Check out his interview on the Dan Patrick Show
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DockEllis
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KravtZHe wont be able to become a RB or any high demand player with minimal experience of NFL plays. He said he wants to be a Kr or PR which he could kill it and learn the game through that and move up


Ok, I gotcha, that makes sense. Well yeah, dude looks like a freak athlete, I'd love to watch him return kicks.
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