Why don't NFL teams just hire Usain Bolt...

Why don't NFL teams just hire Usain Bolt... Nov 23, 2017 22:54:40 GMT

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Post by northern on Nov 23, 2017 22:54:40 GMT

Nov 23, 2017 15:05:07 GMT @manlystanley said:

...or whoever the fastest guys in the world are over 60 yards or something.

Because I was watching a documentary about OJ Simpson, and it turns out he couldn't even catch a ball, so what they did was literally hand the ball directly to him (rather than throw it to him), then he'd just run with it to score a TD every time. Because he was extremely quick, no one could stop him, so that's how he became widely regarded as the greatest NFL player of all time, despite having absolutely no skill (besides being able to run quickly).

So why don't NFL teams just hire the 8 100m Olympic finalists every 4 years?

What good would he be if he can't run patterns and catch a ball? You can hand him the ball to run, but with all that padding on he's not going to out sprint anybody, and really there isn't that much space to sprint on the field.