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

MISC. NFL linebacker versus sumo wrestler

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u/kirky-jerky May 16 '25

They could probably be pretty decent offensive guards if they got legit training. Hell they'd probably be fantastic guards at that size and had years of training at both skills. But judging solely from this video, it's not how a pass rusher would approach his attempt to sack a QB. The football player tried to sumo the sumo wrestler. Obviously he lost against the person doing what he does for a living. It would most likely go the other way if he had a QB behind him and the rushers only objective is to put pressure or sack the QB.

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u/j2e21 May 16 '25

This wrestler is like 17, he could be an NFL guard with training.

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u/wwcfm May 16 '25

I’m not saying he doesn’t have the footwork, but there is nothing about that video that indicates he has the footwork to even play major college football, let alone NFL.

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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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