2025 NFL Combine

[DrNovaCane]

As a Cowboy fan...I would LOVE to have him.

 

[Gransapo]

I agree with u that baseball sometimes you don’t break a sweat and football is way more physical sport but you could be strong ,fast ,athletic and still can’t hit a baseball is the hardest thing to do in any sport look at Jordan one of the greatest athletes ever couldn’t hit for shet and he grew up playing baseball

What makes Otani even more amazing is that you can legitimately make a case that he is a HOF pitcher AND hitter at the same time. You can't argue that about anyone else. Deion wouldn't have made it in the HOF as both a CB and WR. Forget any guy playing two different sports. Sheeet, even Babe Ruth stopped pitching and he was playing in only a fat white guy league.

 

[ScubaCane]

It’s not just the skill of “playing baseball” vs “playing football” it’s that being a premier pitcher and a premier hitter is two completely different skill sets. Playing DB and Receiver are very similar. There’s a ton of cornerbacks who could play wide receiver in the NFL. There’s no offensive players who can pitch like Ohtani in MLB. The football comparison would be like a quarterback who also played defense.

Also we’re comparing a guy who has done it at a hall of fame level professionally to a guy who hasn’t played a single professional snap and will likely not play both positions full time professionally. Hunter will be a cornerback who gets snaps at wide receiver occasionally. There’s been a ton of guys who have already done that in the NFL.

This and it isn't even close

 

[Gransapo]

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[Kalikgod]

They’re not taking into account the collegiate/professional aspect either. There’s been plenty of college baseball pitchers who could also hit really well but none of them ever transitioned to the majors doing both because the difficulty level from college to MLB is huge. The only guy in recent history I can think of was Rick Ankiel who was a decent pitcher but had arm issues and made the transition to mediocre outfielder. He was nowhere near the hitter or pitcher Ohtani is though.

I played against Ankiel in HS regularly. He’s basically the reason I decided MLB probably was not in my future, lol.

Told many people he was the Ohtani of the 90s. Too bad Lasorda ruined his pitching career in that Game 1 start vs Maddux.

 

[AUcane]

& that’s the conundrum: does skill = harder? I think baseball, golf, & hockey r the three most difficult sports to play, skill wise, but there’s a reason football players have an avg. shelf life of 3 yrs playing ONE position.

It’s a POV ?, & this is what makes sports a uniting & divisive entity. I believe what Ohtani is doing is incredibly special, but the physical demand of a football player whether it’s collegiately or professionally is hard to fathom. Doing it on both sides all game long for 3 seasons is even harder to imagine.

I agree with your take in general but my only quip is golf. Lots of dudes can shoot par or better in this country. What separates the pros is the mental part of it for the most part. Do you consider this part of the "skill" category?

 

[Negro-Wan Kanobi]

the second i saw the post i said “howie roseman is a fckin dckhead.”

Howie da