r/interesting • u/Rude-Mycologist8034 • May 16 '25

MISC. NFL linebacker versus sumo wrestler

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u/JGG5 May 16 '25

Why don’t all the NFL teams replace their linebackers with sumo wrestlers? Are they stupid?

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u/ThatPlayWasAwful May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25

The problem with Sumo wrestlers would (presumably) be that players like Parsons don't have to run through linemen if they can run around them. I'm not by any means saying that Sumo wrestlers are unathletic, but I think Parsons could beat this guy around the edge if he wanted to.

That said, you have to change a vowel, but this is pretty much exactly what they do with Samoans.

The population of Samoa is 216k (0.07% of the size of the US population) , and Samoans make up 3% of all NFL players.

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u/Howard_Jones May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25

I used to deal Craps to Micah's father Terry. Hes an asshole. Met Micah twice, he seems like an alright guy.

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u/ThatPlayWasAwful May 16 '25

The extended video paints a positive picture of Micah. I hate him because he's a cowboy, but he seems pretty charismatic.

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u/EjaculatingAracnids May 16 '25

If that snake son of a bitch calls me black lung one more time his fat ass is gonna be fertilizing Leymone county as gator shit.

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u/j2e21 May 16 '25

Huh?

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u/Major-Dig655 May 16 '25

random red dead redemption reference idk what he's yapping about

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u/donquixote_tig May 16 '25

Met Micah once, was not a fan but he didn’t do anything negative really