Sapp look like a bowl of crap physically, but he might be the best athlete I have ever seen at his size. Does anybody ever remember the show where the would run the obstacle course deal? He had better times than some LB's and WR's and always won. The dude was a freak athlete and had feet like Emmitt.
Damn, I was just thinking about that the other day. I saw it when he was just a rookie. They had to push weighted sleds so far, run through the tires, swing across monkey bars, climb walls etc. Not only did Sapp win the whole thing but he won it going away. There were literally running backs in the competition and Sapp was more nimble than they were.
Maybe the best athlete that I ever saw for a DT.
He definitely doesn't fit the mold of a heavy run stopping DT, that's for sure. He weighed well under 300 when he came into the league, and even if he did weigh up around 320, he was always the athletic 3-tech DT. If Marinelli had Sapp now, he certainly wouldn't want him to gain weight and try to get fat. Marinelli just doesn't like fat guys. Sapp getting a little bit of a pot belly didn't do a damn thing to help his game. When he did get heavy, he just looked fat.
If he got 10 sacks at 320, he would have probably gotten 15 at 305.
