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Originally posted by Mman
Not all plays do linemen just ram a person, some may require them to take a 90 degree turn, move back in a U shape, or even step back.
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That sounds about as complicated as walking down a street.
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If you never played American football you have no business insulting it. Training is much more rigorous.
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Inherently? Don't make stupid statements; the training is as rigorous as the players want to make it, regardless of the sport.
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When I get out of the stance and block someone, it takes the same "skill and finesse" to exert as much of their momentum as humanly possible into driving their opponent back and to get as much control to stop him from resisting or from driving you back.
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Mm-hmm. I very much doubt it. Throwing yourself into a person doesn't require skill, only weight and muscle.
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It's like a circus act, it looks easy, but it takes a lot of practice, and that's why I play it, I like the challenge of playing a sport where I do not just have to increase agility to be better, I have to practice the plays and lift weights.
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And yet increasing bulk isn't the same thing as increasing skill. You can beef yourself up as much as you like even if you're completely untalented, but the ability to actually control a ball like good footballers do? That's something you have to be born with. The fine precision exhibited in English football does indeed make the American version look like a circus act - a bunch of clumsy clowns running around making people laugh.