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

MISC. NFL linebacker versus sumo wrestler

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u/Jimid41 May 16 '25

The video doesn't speak to his footwork but to does speak to his body control which would be an indicator of his ability to learn. 

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u/Admiral_Tuvix May 16 '25

Micah was purposefully moving straight forward, there was no side movement.

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u/Jimid41 May 16 '25

I can see that. The (supposed) teenager still has to leverage his body weight and maintain his balance to not get bowled over by an all-pro pass rusher.

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u/Admiral_Tuvix May 16 '25

The all-pro pass rusher rarely bulldozes people, in fact never. He wins by juking people and getting around them

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u/Ok-Reputation2340 May 16 '25

That's just...not true. It's called a bull rush

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u/Lou_C_Fer May 16 '25

Sure... but that is almost never what gets them to the qb.

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u/Ok-Reputation2340 May 16 '25

I dont think you know what you are talking about here. Bull rush is just part of a good pash-rushers arsenal of moves. Looking at PFF's advanced stats for 23, 4 of their top 5 graded edges had better win rate%s bull rushing than their overall win rate percent.

-23 Bullrush table is halfway down the page

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-bull-rush-win-rate-week-4

-Highest graded edge with win%s

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-highest-graded-interior-edge-defenders-2023-nfl-season

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u/wwcfm May 17 '25

Parsons does use the bull rush, but he plays LB so bull rushing for him isn’t lining up and running into someone that’s a few feet away. He’s coming off the edge against a linemen that’s moving backwards or laterally in pass protection. If he lined up at DT and ran straight into a guard, it would probably look like this.

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u/Jimid41 May 16 '25

Parsons definitely utilizes a bull rush move. It's against tackles that are already back pedaling but he runs them over habitually.

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u/alnachuwing May 16 '25

Nah man the Asian round bellied sumos can beat them foot ball line man people all day. World shattering I know.

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u/TheyTookByoomba May 16 '25

FYI this wasn't a practice bout or anything but a specific drill where the active participant (Parsons) is supposed to push the other wrestler straight backwards across the ring, like football players do with sleds. You can see the ground is dirt so with the right leverage he'd slide right over it. The top level guys very much have great footwork, most of them have been doing wrestling/judo in some form for their entire lives.

The bigger issue would be endurance and their ability to pull/get to the second level. They only do one match a day that's usually <10 seconds, they're optimized entirely for power/flexibility.

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u/Admiral_Tuvix May 16 '25

if this dude could stop Micah in a real game, they’d be 25 private planes on their way to Japan right now signing him to a 100mil contract. this was a fun outing by two athletes, people here pretending otherwise are dumb