Should NFL teams bring in Sumo as OL?

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by loochy

But Parsons doesn't play that way. He's fast AF and would get around that sumo in an instant.

Parsons thought he could out-muscle the sumo, and he couldn't.



But the point here isn't what happened in the video. It's about whether the sumo is big enough, strong enough, and athletic enough to play OL. Learning how to block, and getting into football shape are things that can be taught/trained.

But there's no question that a large enough sumo is enough of an athlete to block average NFL DLs. Also, their martial art is based on wrestling, so they understand footwork, balance, leverage, hand-fighting, etc. as well or better than most NFL OLs. They'd just have to be taught how to do those things within NFL rules and get their conditioning up to the point where they could play a game.



Still don't see it ever happening more than maybe once or twice, but whether they could or not? Imo, they could pretty easily.

[ThrobProng]

Originally Posted by seamonster

I don't know what these Sumo naysayers are seeing, that little fat guy stonewalled an elite professional NFL player (and an alpha). I'd sign at least two, probably three. Google search shows that they only make about 150K a year.

Get that tubby dude out on a football field and let's see him stonewall Parsons.

[Pablo]

Could Bruce Lee beat Mike Tyson in a fight?

[Dark Horse]

If they do they probably shouldn’t let them wear those diapers

[Megatron96]

From a purely athletic standpoint, sumos would probably do fairly well in football. They'd have to increase their stamina/endurance of course, learn how to block, and learn a playbook, but sumos aren't dumb, and stamina is simply just training. But from a strength and athleticism perspective, sumos probably could make the transition without too much trouble. Biggest issue would be that most of how they've trained to fight would be flat illegal in the NFL.

[nbkc fan]

The already bring sumo in as cheerleaders

[ThrobProng]

Originally Posted by nbkc fan

The already bring sumo in as cheerleaders

Hey now, let's not start insulting sumo wrestlers.

[threebag]

A swim move or a spin move would have sumo eating shit

[GloucesterChief]

The Kelce Brothers discussed this.