Nick Wright lists 7 NBA players who could play in the NFL | Colin Cowherd Podcast
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- Colin Cowherd & Nick Wright react to Austin Rivers claiming on 'The Pat McAfee Show' that 30 players in the NBA could play in the NFL but not vice-versa. Nick also lists the only NBA stars he believe could transition and make a career in pro football including LeBron James, Anthony Edwards, and more.
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The fact that basketball nobodies like Antonio gates & Jimmy graham became elite nfl players yet vice versa never occurred proves the point
That's because basketball players who tried football said: "F.... this! I'll just go back to hooping!" Ask Charles Barkley, who was the perfect size for football!
@@jaybird8192 Charles Barkley literally never played pro or college football so not sure what that has to do with anything.
@@tyalprince Charles himself said he tried it and said: NOOO!!! BTW: You don't have to go to college to play football or basketball, my guy! there's been many free agent signings.
Guess you missed that interview.
Basketball nobody’s??? They both played division 1 basketball and Antonio Gates originally went to college to play both sports at a power 5 school. So to act like Antonio Gates was just some basketball player that hopped on the football field is insane. Jimmy Graham is the exception not the rule and even he played a year at Miami and grew up playing football.
Charles Ward won the heisman..was a starting pg, Nate Robinson played football in college..Allen Iverson was a great football player in HS.. and all had great nba basketball careers
A 6'9" target going over the middle is ever so tempting to guys who take pleasure in lighting up receivers.
Maybe 10 years ago.. not in the current NFL.. those types of plays have been removed from the game..
You do realize Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham etc barely played Football growing up and were elite TE's purely off of size and how freakishly athletic they were?
@@christianjames92 not many can do it , they can not take hits. i played in 80s, football is more than raw talent, its serious technique at different positions and knowing how to get a edge, bron is soft, he wouldn't last, football is very physical , basketball is not hard at all. Nick wrong is wrong again. Football has skill players too
4:30 When Nick said he’s not trying to be mean I already knew he was gonna say Zion 🤣🤣
550 leg press is average… 550 squat tho….
Ty. Lmao. I wasn’t too interested in saying much about it but as a 19 year old track guy leg pressing 550 was on the menu for me. I’m quite sure NFL guys press 850+ and that’s not even the big boys.
I leg pressed 810 pounds for 10 reps one time in highschool. Burst a blood vessel in my eye. Lol
Different muscles, different sports.
Love your takes Colin
His takes r butt
stating that young Lebron would be the greatest TE in NFL history is a huge stretch, i think he would be phenomenal but its not just athleticism that determines TEs
And it’s disrespectful to every other tight end who tries to perfect their craft every day.
bron is soft , he wouldn't be able to bully d ends and linebacker, and safties wouldn't fear him they way they do in NBA
Nick Wrong is so dumb he thinks 6'4" NBA players who weigh 210 lbs when they are built that wouldn't be able to fight as a Heavyweight in UFC could be edge rushers when edge rushers weigh 265 lbs minimum which is the maximum weight for UFC heavyweight. Frame size matters.
Did Nick say Westbrook could be an edge rusher in the NFL? 😂😂😂😂😂
he has edge rusher height and length..... he puts on 35lbs and he is the same size as Dallas Turner
@@jamesbartholomew7664 hahahaha he weighs like 200 lbs maybe 210 and 6’3 - 6’4. He would get mauled by OT.
@travisoshea exactly, as i said he gets up to 245 and he's the same size as a lot of these edge rushers coming in.
@@jamesbartholomew7664 he’s not though. He’s not the same size at all. Which rushers are 200lbs and 6’3?
@@travisoshea do you only read every other word????
The numbers my D1 teams would put up in the weight room would make everyone in commercial gym stare in disbelief. I can only imagine how much bigger the numbers are in the nfl
Kyle Long. Not Jake Long.
Lebron is 6’9 and like 240. They say he is 250 he isn’t.
He is just to tall. He would have his knees blown out by a 5’11 210lb saftey.
There is a point where you are too tall to play that game at a skill position
Edwards is 6'4". Name more than an outlier running back that is that tall. I'll wait. Payton 5'10", Sanders 5'8", Smith 5'9", Dickerson 6'3", Brown 6'2", Peterson 6'1". Dickerson is the only one close to 6'4"
Nick dont know what he talkin about
Nick is talking out his ahh, don’t take him to seriously. It’s for clicks.
Brandon Jacobs is 6’4”, as you said he’s an outlier.
Larry Csonka & Eddie George are 6’3”.
Derrick Henry is 6’3
Exactly!! Nick doesn't understand the importance of pad level at RB..or the bend, power and explosion you need to play DE.. Even at wr uf your over 6'4 you will have problems getting in and out of routes..they trippin
The only other sportsmen who could possibly handle the violent aspect of the NFL are pro boxers and MMA.
Don't forget Rugby
@@lynco3296how many rugby players were starters in the NFL? Only one I can think of is a Haloti Ngata in Baltimore
@@lynco3296 possibly rugby and Australia rules football but I am of the opinion the violence aspect of football is on another level because of the pads and helmets.
Kenny Lofton Jr can be a lineman
As a big & tall dude (6’5” and 300+) this was very entertaining
Two people that have never played a meaningful possession in either sport.
Find me on nfl player that can bench 225 for 31 reps.
The nfl players are soooo strong it’s almost unbelievable.
I have the ultimate scenario/argument against NBA players pleying in the NFL.
If and NBA player was going to be on offense in the NFL, then it would be like once a week playing in roughly half on an NBA game with always on hack a Shaq. How many players would survive that for 16 weeks let alone a handful of playoff games.
If the NBA player was going to be a defensive NFL player, then it would be like the guy you are guarding always having a blocker (sometimes 2) that could push you down from any angle but from the back... For the whole game!
Renowned brothers Chris and Jake Long
There were guys back in the '90s(ALOT) that possibly could have played in the NFL.TODAYS,NBA MAYBE 5 GUYS could stick for a minute in the NFL.
There are some frames and abilities that would be able to earn a future’s contract as in the Team would see this person being able to participate in Offseason Camps and fall camp then maybe make a practice squad, it would take 2-3 years to develop football competence and durability, as in training different muscle groups and building up the anaerobic system. The ability to close space and deliver a boom constantly, catch the ball with the anticipation of a hit, it would take time, however there’s multiple guys that an NFL team would invest time in. AE, Zion, Westbrook, Lebron… just off the top of my head and they would all be defenders, you could recondition their bodies and add about 25-30lbs over a span of 2-3 years… and make them legit defenders… as in could possibly make a 53 man roster maybe break into a package ⏸️ or even a starting lineup.
As a guy who played both sports growing up, I'd say there's a few guys who could do it, but some of these positions are not happening. Nobody in the NBA playing no damn RB, lineman, or edge rusher. The only defensive position would be maybe safety, and on offense WR, or more likely a Kelce style TE. The other one that's interesting, I've always wondered if NBA athletes all grew up playing QB, learning to throw and read defenses instead of passing and shooting. Imagine someone as tall and athletic as like a LeBron, or as precise and accurate from deep like Steph. Also at QB durability would be far less concerning.
I said the same about steph imagine how accurate of a qb he would be and the quick release players say he has a crazy natural gift of aiming like a marksman
Come on. Zion as an edge rusher
Nick couldn’t even be the water boy for either sport!😂
NBA players are physically the most gifted athletes in North America, football players are the mentally toughest athletes in North America. Both sports have guys athletic enough to do the other but neither actually can in my opinion
No they are not I would give that to track athletes more specifically sprinters or football players. Basketball players are third they don’t have the speed people think they do
I disagree..Height is a huge variable in Basketball. If Giannis was 6'3 he wouldn't be a top college ball player. Your average DB would destroy 95% of 🏀 players in a speed,power, agility, balance test, obstacle course and just about any sport not involving dribbling or shooting. And as far as decision making, QB is the most difficult position to play in all of sports.
@@warriorscholar6633 your avg DB might be more athletic than an nba player but the avg football player is faaaaar less athletic than the avg nba player. Lmao you brought up DB who is usually the most gifted athletes on a football field. The average football player is miles less athletic than the avg db
@@warriorscholar6633 also your frame and build are a part of your athleticism bro
@@BigPerc17 Don't move the goal post. We are talking about who is more athletic.. DB are NOT the most athletic in Football.. you have QB,RB,WR, TE, LB and some DE equally as athletic as the DB and MORE athletic than the average NBA player..
Football made me a tougher hooper. Playing baskeballade meore agile. Pros and cons but Im from Florida, we play multi sports.
Steven Adam’s would be the greatest offensive lineman of all time
Basketball players tend to have good hands and agility which best translates to receiver, tight end, safety, corner, or running back. You could get close to a dozen competent people for those positions no problem from the NBA. The problem is there would be a hard time finding five NBA players who could be starting line men, because basketball talents and builds would not translate as well if not at all to them. So, comparing mid-sized or even most large NBA players to a line-man like Parsons is unfair. He dwarfs running backs, wider receivers, and other NFL players; but we don't usually give them a hard time about it. I was a d3 athlete who participated in multiple club sports, so I saw how at my level some of the basketball and football players translated to other sports. There is no exact rule to this though just tendencies.
Ant and Russ would be wide receivers
Don't hit your vape on a zoom call
All nick does is glaze colin
Steven Adam’s would be an awesome lineman
No he wouldn’t. He’s far too tall. Knees would literally be falling off the bone after a year
@@robertvoyten4858 you just put him on special teams to block punts I could see him truck a guy and then block the field goal
I think that rajon rondo would be one of the best QB's. Draymond could be great TE.
He has no hands or skill or speed. Lmao.
Leg press… no one with dignity does leg press.
Another example of how little Nick Wright knows about sports.
I remember at my small college Harvey Martin and Too Tall Jones showed up at the cafeteria you can not really get the mental picture of how big these guys are and we saw our football players all the time but no these guys are huge! Also had a kids of one of my workmate get drafted as an OU lineman when he walks through the door he literally takes up the whole door frame. TV makes it seem like they aren't that big and the other thing that doesnt computes is the speed of the game.
Nobody in the NBA could walk on to an NFL team and make the 53 man roster. That’s disrespectful to the athletes who train 24/7 for their sport. I like Nick usually but if he’s talking about KC I leave and if he’s saying something ignorant like this I leave. People don’t realize how much training goes into each sport. Same goes with NFL to NBA. If you’re not professionally training for it you won’t make it. This debate is so dumb. If you’re going off of athletic ability alone, well, that’s what every undrafted free agent is. They have all the traits but are raw. So if you’re saying Ant Edwards can be an undrafted Safety then sure, but he has to make the practice squad let alone the final roster.
I feel curry would be the goat of kickers prove me wrong
The average height in the NBA is 6’7. The tallest dude in the NFL is 6’8 maybe 6’9.
NBA players are better athletes but NFL players are far stronger, the NBA guys would have to be receiver or tight end.
I don't agree..NBA involved more specialized skill and height is a strong variable.. An average DB would destroy almost all Bball players in any obstacle course, speed,power or agilità test and any sport that doesn't involve dribbling and shooting...
Football players are far faster, stronger, more agile and jump higher. How are basketball players more athletic?
Better athletes? They don’t wear pads, so I agree
Nick Wright has not so slowly become the worst commentator in sports tv
Huh??
He's obnoxious and annoying
Don’t agree personally but I see why people don’t like him. He’s a cool guy I met him last year at a Nets game he was super chill, not as snobby as he is on air
@@elijaho.3540 I do t care how snobby he is. His takes are absurd. Click bait junkie that guy
On a recent podcast with Colin, nick admitted that it is an act, he started trying to be the funny guy, but he realised his niche was being a guy that people will love the hate. He knows what he is doing.
Taking a hit is not a "skill"...
Westbrook at edge rusher? Wtf our they smoking on this show..Nick does a lil better than this usually dam lol😂😂😂
Of course he says lebrcan be the goat at tight end
Disagree about lebron, I think he’s too big of a body to make it at a skill position at the nfl level. Definitely had the speed/athleticism advantage in his prime against nba sized dudes, but I don’t think he’d have that against an nfl secondary. I think he’d get rocked similar to how Earl Thomas did to gronk that one time, but on a more regular basis
NBA players are only thin because the sport requires cardio and constant running, the NFL stops every 5 seconds.
If Zion or Lebron didn't have to run for 40 plus minutes they would be bigger
Ant with a NFL weight training could be Derrick Henry. All-pro skill guys could be lockdown defensive guards. Sad that parents "specialize" kids so we don't see more Deion, Bo, Charlie Ward, etc
I don't think ant could be an rb because of his frame in the lower half, but I think he could be a devastating safety or pass rush guy. Remember Myles Garrett jumping the line to block that FG against the Colts? Ant man on the line might do that so much they'd have to change the rules 😂
They arguing like a nba player just will wake up and say im gonna go play football lol. They have to train to play football just like they train for basketball. Nba players have lean muscles while nfl players have muscular physics. Also quit saying nba players will paly in the trenches lol they will play the money positions.
So true.
Absolutely ridiculously stupid to think any NBA players can play in the NFL.
Not really
Why not? College basketball players do it, why would NBA players not be able to do it?
I don’t think NFL players know how much falling on a NBA hardwood floor hurts
😂😂😂😂
And Nick Wright! Who the hell is he? He couldn't even make the 4-square squad in 4th grade.
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LeBron is too soft to play in the NFL. Flopping is pathetic. It's pathetic in soccer. It's super pathetic in basketball. No one flops in football. LeBron rolls around on the ground when no one even touched him. I can't see him playing NFL football.
NBA players flopping and crying for fouls and Rivers thinks that these guys could easily play NFL. NFL players are hurt from the first week of practice until the end of the season. NBA players are taking playoff games off w/ “sore knees”.
It’s a mental toughness.
Boy you don't know sports in the nba it vould be 4 mins without a break in action nfl has more breaks in action.
@@B.PiercesportsYou sound silly. The NFL is a collision sport. NBA players are crying about getting touched on the forearm. It’s not the same.
@@B.PiercesportsNFL guys are getting hits to the head and breaking their bones.
@craigbradford4850 so why is odell able to play in the nfl cause he so physical?
@@B.Piercesports isn’t he ALWAYS hurt? The claim was the NBA guys could easily play in the NFL. Not vice versa. There would be very few guys in the NBA that could transition due to the brutality. For someone w/ “sports” in their name you seem really ignorant about sports.
LeBron would not last 5 mins in NFL. He is a real cry baby. Football is for real men. Not cry baby or complainer.
What a joke.
The dynamic duo of horrible takes
Anthony Edwards could play NFL SAFTY? That proof Nick Wright never played sports
Miles Garrett enters the chat....
Too small to guard taller players, not quick enough to guard players his height without fouling
Nick Wright is in CRACK. There is ZERO chance Anthony Edwards could play an NFL season. Could he run fast and make amazing moves? Sure! Could he get up week after week after taking hits from guys like Aaron Donald or Nick Bosa? No chance.
C'mon. It's funny having these two be idiotic back and forth.
Ridiculous.
Not if we don't give it to him. If we stuck all NBA players through the works to become NFL players some would adapt, some would break. There are many we do not know on, so it is best to avoid judgement. Plus stars like Aaron Donald and Nick Bosa only make up a fraction of the NFL, and they are freaks within the sport. We see NFL players struggle to stay healthy, even if they are stars (examples: Jo Burrow, David Bakhtiari, and J.K. Dobbins). That doesn't mean that they aren't successful or have no chance, it just has a chance to limit them like health does in any sport.
Austin told the truth but people hate him but he is right
This is what we're doing now, namingbasketball players that could play football...never heard of such a waste of time in my fucking life
Why did you waste you time then
lol how miserable are you?
you are so mad lol
It was a good rant by Chris. He's right about a lot. The players in the NFL aren't there because they're the absolute most skilled at football. They're the most skilled at football that can take the punishment and just overall brutal nature of the game. Same with MMA. Those aren't the absolute most skilled fighters. They're the most skill that handle shots at 100%. Every MMA guy will tell you there's guys in their gym that whoop them in sparring which just tests pure skill. It's when that power goes it separates who makes it and who doesn't. NBA guys could add the size to play football and have the skills. I highly doubt they have the ability to handle how physical it is.
People think that football doesn’t require skill. That it’s a “tough guy” sport. Playing running back isn’t just about athleticism. Taking a handoff would confuse the average person. Mike declaration, getting off press, snap counts, reading coverages take time to learn. Chad Johnson couldn’t even play in the patriots offense.
Anthony Edwards playing safety? Could he even tell if it’s a run or a pass.
Of course if they had to play tomorrow or next week you right but if they had a year to offseason
Lebron and many others would be flopping on the field, whining at the refs and blaming their coaches. Doesn't work in the NFL.
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LeBron is a bum and is so soft he wouldn't last a season. He's a punk.
Lol you don't even know him. What do you again?
You are a Patriot yet Republicans dont even want Puerto Rico to have any representation 😂
How nick know he doesn't get anything right
Everybody want to keep mentioning Jimmy Graham number one Jimmy Graham was only with the saints other than his career is trash and even with the saints he wasn't even the lead he was okay