01-30-2017, 12:31 PM
(01-30-2017, 07:57 AM)xxlt Wrote: Does this say more about the inability of sports "experts" to rank talent or about the folly of playing football? Regarding the former, thirty two times fifty four equals one thousand seven hundred and twenty eight NFL roster spots. It seems if you are in the top 100 you should be a lock for one of the top 1,728 spots. Yet a quick glance suggests the majority of the top 100 never made it to the NFL, and some never even got as close as a tryout. Regarding the latter, they say playing the lottery is poor people paying "the stupid tax" because it is such a poor financial choice. It seems playing football is a similar tax but rather than paying it with money you can't afford to "invest" you pay it with your only brain or your knees, things it also seems one can't afford to relinquish.
I was amazed at how few of the guys in the article I had heard of, and how many I had heard of who had no NFL career or a very brief one. I wasn't surprised that it made me like football a little less as many items have had that effect on me over the last few years.
Thanks to the OP for posting the article.
It's a huge jump from high school to college. Then a bigger jump from college to NFL.
Plus, a lot of high school defenses these kids face have very little talent. A fast kid can just run outside and rack up yards. In college's obviously everyone has talent and speed or they wouldn't be there.
Look at the draft success rate in the NFL. The 1st Round of any particular draft might have 10 Pro Bowl players. Why not higher? Well...the jump from college to Pro is huge.
