Better athletes...NBA or NFL?

bow to royalty
bow to royalty Members Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
It's a slow time of the year, so I figured why not dig up a fun topic. Which league do you think has the best athletes? I'm going with NFL by a mile, but what do y'all think?
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  • mosincredible
    mosincredible Members Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NFL. The combination of pure strength, speed, and quickness of NFL players can't be matched by any sport imo.
  • O.G.
    O.G. Members Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A ton of NFL players have excelled in multi sports on a high school ,college and sometimes pro level. Sports such as track,baseball and even basketball. Very few Nba players have crossed over to other sports and excelled. This ain't even close IMO.
  • So ILL
    So ILL Members Posts: 16,507 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Football, just because its more physically demanding. Not to mention they compete in all different kinds of elements.
  • greenwood1921
    greenwood1921 Members Posts: 47,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Narrow it down to positions. Just because somebody is a "football player" doesn't mean they can do everything in the NFL.

    A offensive lineman can't run a deep route and Moss a nikka in the endzone. And a Randy Moss type can't pancake a Hulk ass Defensive end.
  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Athleticism isent just running jumping and power
  • Max.
    Max. Members Posts: 33,009 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • bow to royalty
    bow to royalty Members Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Narrow it down to positions. Just because somebody is a "football player" doesn't mean they can do everything in the NFL.

    A offensive lineman can't run a deep route and Moss a nikka in the endzone. And a Randy Moss type can't pancake a Hulk ass Defensive end.

    Same for basketball. Most PF's and Centers can't move like a guard. Most guards can't body a Center.
  • MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14
    MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14 Members Posts: 15,337 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The NBA has athletes that are better at not getting arrested that's for sure. Yeah there are 40 plus guys on a team but still. Its almost like its part of ? NFL offseason plan to be in handcuffs lol.
  • its....JOHN B
    its....JOHN B Members Posts: 19,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    O.G. wrote: »
    A ton of NFL players have excelled in multi sports on a high school ,college and sometimes pro level. Sports such as track,baseball and even basketball. Very few Nba players have crossed over to other sports and excelled. This ain't even close IMO.

    Mcgrady just got his first strikeout, but yea NFL without question
  • bow to royalty
    bow to royalty Members Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Damn, lookin like it's a unanimous NFL win
  • bow to royalty
    bow to royalty Members Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Parallel wrote: »
    Monizzle14 wrote: »
    The NBA has athletes that are better at not getting arrested that's for sure. Yeah there are 40 plus guys on a team but still. Its almost like its part of ? NFL offseason plan to be in handcuffs lol.

    There's also 1700 people in the NFL compared to 360 in the NBA

    And that 1700 isn't counting the hundreds of players that get picked up to replace players on IR. They do get arrested too damn much though.
  • Focal Point
    Focal Point Members Posts: 16,307 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gotta go with NFL
  • Mister B.
    Mister B. Members, Writer Posts: 16,172 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NFL has ? bodybuilders with speed in every damn position.

    Outside of Bron, Bodie Westbrook, and Dwight Howard, I don't see many NBA players matching up with these dudes in terms of size and speed combined.
  • nujerz84
    nujerz84 Members Posts: 15,418 ✭✭✭✭✭
    though its harder to make in the NBA than NFL
  • DOPEdweebz
    DOPEdweebz Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 29,364 Regulator
    Why are ? talking bout arrest? Does being arrested make you any less athletic? No? ? .
  • So ILL
    So ILL Members Posts: 16,507 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nujerz84 wrote: »
    though its harder to make in the NBA than NFL

    I hope so, since NBA teams are about 12 deep while NFL teams run 53 players on their active roster.
  • StoneColdMikey
    StoneColdMikey Members, Moderators Posts: 33,543 Regulator
    Parallel wrote: »
    I think the NFL has the most gifted athletes in all of the world as a whole...it's ridiculous how athletic those guys are especially the linemen (given their sizes)

  • Say What
    Say What Members Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭✭
    NFL has specialist some people run while others just use their strength. I say NBA because you must be able to combinde these things. The clunky center still has to run down court. Linemen don't do that every play. Act like 2 of the best tight ends didn't just walk over to football from basketball where they didn't really have a chance
  • nujerz84
    nujerz84 Members Posts: 15,418 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So ILL wrote: »
    nujerz84 wrote: »
    though its harder to make in the NBA than NFL

    I hope so, since NBA teams are about 12 deep while NFL teams run 53 players on their active roster.

    Outside of QB the Skill set in NBA is harder than NFL
  • MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14
    MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14 Members Posts: 15,337 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2014
    Parallel wrote: »
    Monizzle14 wrote: »
    The NBA has athletes that are better at not getting arrested that's for sure. Yeah there are 40 plus guys on a team but still. Its almost like its part of ? NFL offseason plan to be in handcuffs lol.

    There's also 1700 people in the NFL compared to 360 in the NBA

    you missed the part of my quote bringing up that fact in my previous post

    even the percentages of arrests is higher in the nfl. ? the ravens might have more offseason arrests in the offseason than the entire 360 nba players this upcoming offseason lol its so out of control its not even funny anymore

  • thegreatunknown
    thegreatunknown Members Posts: 1,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NFL...the combination of the the size..speed and strength is ridiculous. Look at some of the combine numbers...offensive linemen running 4.7 forties...5'11" CB with crazy verticals etc..Plus the way these guys work...the lifting sessions...mat drills...the running, I read an article about Myron Rolle and one of the sections spoke about how at practice at FSU he had to run 32 110 yard sprints.I thought suicides were bad but thats crazy.

    NBA guys are great athletes but the NFL guys are on another level.
  • manofmorehouse
    manofmorehouse Members Posts: 2,716 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NBA athletes are better. NFL players, while physically bigger, only have 11 minutes of actual play time in a game. That's 176 total minutes that are actually played in a 16 game season. Meanwhile, we know that ? in the NBA go for 30-48 minutes a game for 82 games a season with multiple games a week.Overall athleticism would go to the NBA players
  • BeleeDatPleighboy
    BeleeDatPleighboy Members Posts: 8,461 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NFL by a considerable margin
  • A$AP_A$TON
    A$AP_A$TON Members Posts: 11,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • Breezy_Kilroy
    Breezy_Kilroy Members Posts: 10,500 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Kinda hard to gauge.

    Big country fed mfers be chasing rabbits for fun and ?