Thursday games actually coincide with Thanksgiving... dawned on my while playing some madden as the Lions just now.

Unfortunately I still see having a Thanksgiving game (or 3) once a season much more novel than a game EVERY Thursday.

AgentW

United States7725 Posts

October 15 2014 23:51 GMT

#3203

So Burfict is fined $25K for attempting to injure the opposition and Jimmy Graham was fined $30K for dunking in a preseason game. I know repeat offenses matter, but c'mon.

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

October 16 2014 00:05 GMT

#3204

Have you guys seen this Jarryd Hayne thing? What are the chances he actually plays?

AgentW

United States7725 Posts

October 16 2014 00:07 GMT

#3205

I have no idea how good he is. From his body type he has to be a running back, right?

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

October 16 2014 00:12 GMT

#3206

People are saying he's too tall to be a RB. He's 6'2 so idk if that's too tall but definitely on the tall side. On reddit they were saying he's probably best suited to be converted to a LB or SS

AgentW

United States7725 Posts

October 16 2014 00:16 GMT

#3207

Maybe, but he seems too small to play LB. He's have to be a defensive back. I just think RB would be easier.

GreenHorizons

United States23930 Posts

October 16 2014 00:40 GMT

#3208

After watching that I would love to see an NFL team pick up another rugby star and turn them into potential special teams all stars until they get more accustomed to the NFL.

Especially a team who gets way behind a lot and already has to dial up crazy plays anyway. I wonder what kind of numbers ($$ wise) he is expecting to get? I guess the contract he walked away from was ~$1 million

But he could fill a lot of roles as a 3rd stringer while probably being able to walk onto plenty of teams special teams units. All of which could get him a pretty decent contract (especially for those teams with UK games on their future schedules [I'm looking at you Jacksonville])

Mindcrime

United States6899 Posts

October 16 2014 00:46 GMT

#3209

He could probably come in and play gunner right away, but beyond that I have my doubts.

GreenHorizons

United States23930 Posts

October 16 2014 00:56 GMT

#3210

On October 16 2014 09:46 Mindcrime wrote:
He could probably come in and play gunner right away, but beyond that I have my doubts.

Well we are talking about the 2015 season so he could work with some other football (non-nfl) team until time and pick up plenty of basic football knowledge/skills he may be lacking.

It's a different game, but there is no question the way he plays rugby should transition well. With the floor for his contract being ~50% of what he was offered for Rugby I say it's worth it for a team (especially the jags) to offer him whatever the difference is between the league minimum and the least he would sign for.

Jacksonville would probably make more on merch sales in Europe than they do in the US if they did it and he had at least 1 big play early in the season.

Sermokala

United States14113 Posts

October 16 2014 03:25 GMT

#3211

he would probably be able to run basic plays pretty easily. hitting the holes would just take a week or 2 of practice. I don't know how good his hands are to catch a ball or how good he can pass protect, both these things are needed in a RB these days.

Jacksonville could do a lot worse then sign him.

y0su

Finland7871 Posts

October 16 2014 04:57 GMT

#3212

Football is a late development/specialization sport anyway. Plenty of players have little experience and are drafted based on potential (like the Lion's past two 1st rounders Ziggi Ansah and Eric Ebron).

GTR

51593 Posts

October 16 2014 12:03 GMT

#3213

holy shit, jarryd hayne is getting somewhere in NFL circles?
guy was a fucking beast in the domestic rugby league here in australia.

i reckon he'd be best suited as a rush linebacker in a 3-4 defense or defensive end in a 4-3 - i don't think he has the skillset to play against the pass.

edit: actually at 6'2, 220 - i think he's too much of a tweener unless he bulks up.

Spiller

United States106 Posts

October 16 2014 15:04 GMT

#3214

6'2 is on the taller side for running backs but it is not unheard of. Darren Mcfadden was 6'2, Adrian Peterson was 6'1 I believe, and heck Brandon Jacobs was a good power back listed at 6'4. If this guy has the speed and the vision he could potentially be a decent running back, and teams love to get productive runners for cheap in today's league.

If he can learn to cover guys and has enough speed to not get blown by, he could also potentially be a decent strong safety. Although by the looks of it he would be better in run support than pass coverage. But either way, you guys are right he would probably have to prove himself by contributing to special teams first.

Aveng3r

United States2411 Posts

October 16 2014 16:27 GMT

#3215

I understood that his coming over caused a bit of an uproar for this "supercoach" thing that they do in the rugby league that he came from, can anyone shed some light on this?

DannyJ

United States5110 Posts

October 16 2014 17:20 GMT

#3216

I doubt he will ever do anything other than special teams. Sure it's not impossible to pick up positions in football easily compared to other sports, but I doubt he or teams would want to go through with such an ordeal.

Souma

2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts

October 16 2014 17:24 GMT

#3217

If you see talent and you got nothing to lose, might as well take a crapshoot.

Then if everything pans out, you got yourself a movie 20 years later.

AgentW

United States7725 Posts

October 16 2014 17:27 GMT

#3218

I feel like this is a move that San Fran makes, but I don't know why.

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

October 16 2014 17:29 GMT

#3219

On the other hand I guess they said Jarryd Hayne doesn't have much to lose since his rugby contract isn't super high and the NFL minimum salary is still like half of what he's making there. And he could always go back and teams would want him