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Worst athletes that were great football players

CMicks3110 : 5/14/2022 9:18 pm
Ignoring the QB position. What players in NFL history, not just validated by combine numbers, could you tell were just terrible athletes, but ended up being really solid players.

For me, at least on the Giants, players like David Diehl stand out. He was a guy that got by on guts, guile, and smarts, but he was not someone who should have sniffed the pro bowl, but I believe he made it twice.

What kind of an athlete  
Big Blue '56 : 5/14/2022 9:38 pm : link
is/was Brady?
Jim Burt  
Rolyrock : 5/14/2022 10:47 pm : link
.
RE: What kind of an athlete  
bw in dc : 5/14/2022 10:49 pm : link
In comment 15708841 Big Blue '56 said:
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is/was Brady?


Brady got drafted by Expos in the MLB draft. He was a very good catcher who could hit - FWIW.

If you are playing in the NFL...  
bw in dc : 5/14/2022 10:50 pm : link
you are a great athlete, IMV.
IDK, could  
Bill in UT : 5/14/2022 11:04 pm : link
Butkus do anything other than knock you senseless?
Any number  
Spider43 : 5/14/2022 11:24 pm : link
Of big, fat, offensive linemen. Good at what they do, but not great athletes in the strict sense of the word.
......  
Route 9 : 5/14/2022 11:50 pm : link
If anyone looks like a football player, it's David Diehl
Orlando Brown Jr. had an all-time bad Combine  
Anakim : 5/15/2022 12:06 am : link
And turned out to be an excellent OT
Tom Dempsey  
Gmanfandan : 5/15/2022 12:10 am : link
Born with no toes on his right foot and no fingers on his right hand
"Worst athlete" seems fairly relative  
BlackLight : 5/15/2022 4:44 am : link
when all of your athletic deficiencies still land you in the NFL.
RE: Tom Dempsey  
BlackLight : 5/15/2022 5:02 am : link
In comment 15708951 Gmanfandan said:
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Born with no toes on his right foot and no fingers on his right hand


Evidently, his club foot kicking shoe offered no advantage to him relative to other kickers. Not certain I believe that, but assuming it to be true, nailing a 63 yarder off a grass field, at sea level, with a two-step straight-on approach, is one of the most ridiculous athletic achievements ever. It took 28 years for someone kicking in Denver to tie it, and 43 years for someone kicking in Denver to beat it.
Chase Blackburn was a Super Bowl hero after starting the season as  
Ira : 5/15/2022 6:21 am : link
a school teacher.
From way back  
Aaron Thomas : 5/15/2022 7:20 am : link
Art Donovan comes to mind
Eli.  
johnnyb : 5/15/2022 8:12 am : link
Not very athletic, kind of clumsy sometimes, but he certainly got the job done.
Joe Morrison  
PEEJ : 5/15/2022 9:01 am : link
Not the biggest or strongest or fastest, but got the job done
Alge Crumpler TE  
GoDeep13 : 5/15/2022 10:20 am : link
6’2
266
4.79 40yrd
7.38 3 cone

4x Pro Bowler

RE: Eli.  
Anakim : 5/15/2022 10:21 am : link
In comment 15709022 johnnyb said:
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Not very athletic, kind of clumsy sometimes, but he certainly got the job done.


Peyton Manning was a worse athlete than Eli :P
RE: Eli.  
Big Blue '56 : 5/15/2022 10:22 am : link
In comment 15709022 johnnyb said:
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Not very athletic, kind of clumsy sometimes, but he certainly got the job done.


But wasn’t Eli good at basketball?
Tony Siragusa?  
Big Blue '56 : 5/15/2022 10:24 am : link
aa good, not great player, though
Eli belongs at the top of the list  
JerseyCityJoe : 5/15/2022 11:18 am : link
It made you admire him more as a player imv.
Wasn't Eli a multi-sport star athlete in High School?  
PatersonPlank : 5/15/2022 2:35 pm : link
Vs NFL athletic freaks he wasn't that "athletic" but he surely was a good athlete, better than anyone walking down the street.

I immediately though of The Fridge from the Bears 1985 SuperBowl team
Not gonna say his name but  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 5/15/2022 3:19 pm : link
he was a long snapper.
RE: Not gonna say his name but  
Joey in VA : 5/15/2022 3:40 pm : link
In comment 15709305 Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy said:
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he was a long snapper.
Does it rhyme with Cray Dunkin?
the late great  
pjcas18 : 5/15/2022 3:48 pm : link
hefty lefty should be in the discussion.

RIP Jared Lorenzen.
Bryan Cox.  
FStubbs : 5/15/2022 4:03 pm : link
He got by almost entirely on smarts, he was weaker and slower than the other guys on the field.
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