NFL 300 Pounders

[Future]

Something else about this...in 1988 there were approx. 60 rolls of toilet paper used per week per team.

In 2007 they estimate that approx. 1,749 rolls of toilet paper will be used per week per team.

It makes sense, they have more ground to cover...(uncover?) since guys are bigger.

 

[Stautner]

When I played high school ball in SoCal in the early 70s I was one of 8 guys on the team over 200 lbs, on a 50-man roster. Our heaviest player was 245 lbs, next was around 230. I played as a freshman on the varsity and weighed 205 playing OLB/DE.

We played against Carson High and went up against their Samoan O-Line who all went 270+ but they were an unusually large team.

To have a team in that day and time that had one 270 pounder was highly unusual, not to mention multiple players.

I graduated from high school in 1980, and remember listening to the state championship game on the radio when I was in college a few years later. I was interested because one of our rival schools with one of the biggest football traditions in the state of Texas was in the game, and they won. I remember the announcers saying their O-line averaged something like 158 pounds. That was small for an O-line average even then, but it gives an idea about how players (kids in general really) have grown.

in 1984 our biggest player was 185 and played on the line! At that same high school we now have 275 + pounders!!!!!

Biscuits and taters!!!!!:laugh2:

In 1984 a 185 lb O-lineman was pretty normal.

 

[1fisher]

To have a team in that day and time that had one 270 pounder was highly unusual, not to mention multiple players.

I graduated from high school in 1980, and remember listening to the state championship game on the radio when I was in college a few years later. I was interested because one of our rival schools with one of the biggest football traditions in the state of Texas was in the game, and they won. I remember the announcers saying their O-line averaged something like 158 pounds. That was small for an O-line average even then, but it gives an idea about how players (kids in general really) have grown.



In 1984 a 185 lb O-lineman was pretty normal.

I know.... I'm just distinguishing then from now! We're talking 90 pounds!!!! on the high school level!

 

[Stautner]

I know.... I'm just distinguishing then from now! We're talking 90 pounds!!!! on the high school level!

That's huge.

Hell, DB's in high school these days are bigger than the linemen were in mine.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Thats twenty years. i wonder how big the players were in 1968.

 

[5Stars]

Thats twenty years. i wonder how big the players were in 1968.

Not very big...they had a military draft back then so alot of the males were already gone...

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Funny, the great Bob Lilly was on 103.3 about a half hour ago. He was saying how he could easily have been 300 lbs had he had the weight training and nurtritional programs of today, but he and all the linemen had to fight to keep their weight down back then. They had two-mile run tests to pass, and then two-a-day scrimmages for four straight weeks of camp.

But he said that with everyone on the line at least 6-5, they all had the frames to gain a ton more weight if they'd been allowed to.

(But you guys are right. It's amazing how freaking huge kids are now. )

 

[Q_the_man]

When I played high school ball in SoCal in the early 70s I was one of 8 guys on the team over 200 lbs, on a 50-man roster. Our heaviest player was 245 lbs, next was around 230. I played as a freshman on the varsity and weighed 205 playing OLB/DE.

We played against Carson High and went up against their Samoan O-Line who all went 270+ but they were an unusually large team.

I know what u mean Carson and Banning always had big samoan, but carson always had them big headed boys, that kinda scared u, but now since most players are the same size or bigger they are no longer intimidating as they use to be..... no more 4a titles for carson......

 

[tunahelper]

How many coaches are 300Lbs?

 

[BouncingCheese]

The crazy thing is the the fat players of today can probably out lift and outrun many of the players from 1988 due to better nutrition and better knowledge of the body's limits and how to take care of it. Many if not all players including lineman and the heaviest partake in pilates and yoga, and eat relatively healthy.

Think about it: we have 340 lb offensive lineman who can run a 5.2 forty. That is absolutely incredible if you think about that. (don't compare that time to a 180 cornerback who can run a 4.47) These athletes are the best physical specimens known to man. Just because they are fatties doesn't mean they can't outrun most of the posters on this website.

 

[vicjagger]

I think they need to make the field wider. There's not enough room anymore.

 

[1fisher]

That's huge.

Hell, DB's in high school these days are bigger than the linemen were in mine.

tell me about it!!

what year did you graduate high school?

 

[1fisher]

The crazy thing is the the fat players of today can probably out lift and outrun many of the players from 1988 due to better nutrition and better knowledge of the body's limits and how to take care of it. Many if not all players including lineman and the heaviest partake in pilates and yoga, and eat relatively healthy.

Think about it: we have 340 lb offensive lineman who can run a 5.2 forty. That is absolutely incredible if you think about that. (don't compare that time to a 180 cornerback who can run a 4.47) These athletes are the best physical specimens known to man. Just because they are fatties doesn't mean they can't outrun most of the posters on this website.

That's funny and pretty much true..... however, I think I could give Ted Washington a run for his money, especially if he was chasing me!!!:laugh2:

 

[DeathToTheSkinS]

that both run with 4.2 speed

do it with madden

 

[RomoIsBack]

Yikes.

We are closing in on a 300 lb QB as well. Jared Lorenzen is about a biscuit away..

hahaha he was 300 he lost weight he big

 

[Stautner]

tell me about it!!

what year did you graduate high school?

1980 .....

 

[1fisher]

1980 .....

86 for me

 

[BouncingCheese]

I think they need to make the field wider. There's not enough room anymore.

They need to make the hash marks bigger. Then a west coast team or a team that does rollouts can really do damage. Go ahead and look at College Football and those videos of Drew Stanton last year... The hash marks were so huge that on a rollout the qb could easily run for a first or throw deep with a few seconds to spare if the play fake was good enough. The NFL needs to change the size of hash marks.

 

[Uh-Oh]

That's funny and pretty much true..... however, I think I could give Ted Washington a run for his money, especially if he was chasing me!!!:laugh2:

If you had a cheeseburger in your back pocket, he'd catch you.