I want Joe (and Danyiel) Ngata more than I wanted Haloti.
I want those guys too ... but if I had a choice and pulled Haloti out from a time machine ... it's Haloti all day every day.
I have a friend who played MLB at the FCS level and also played rugby. He played rugby against Haloti Ngata in some tournament in high school and said he was a total bad ass, which qualifies as fairly unsurprising, I suppose.
He said the combo of the guy's size and quickness with the total absence of pads was absolutely terrifying.
I want Joe (and Danyiel) Ngata more than I wanted Haloti.
I want those guys too ... but if I had a choice and pulled Haloti out from a time machine ... it's Haloti all day every day.
I have a friend who played MLB at the FCS level and also played rugby. He played rugby against Haloti Ngata in some tournament in high school and said he was a total bad ass, which qualifies as fairly unsurprising, I suppose.
He said the combo of the guy's size and quickness with the total absence of pads was absolutely terrifying.
I've seen haloti's high school rugby highlights. 6'5" 300lb and runs like a deer. He could have been world class at rugby ...
I want Joe (and Danyiel) Ngata more than I wanted Haloti.
I want those guys too ... but if I had a choice and pulled Haloti out from a time machine ... it's Haloti all day every day.
I have a friend who played MLB at the FCS level and also played rugby. He played rugby against Haloti Ngata in some tournament in high school and said he was a total bad ass, which qualifies as fairly unsurprising, I suppose.
He said the combo of the guy's size and quickness with the total absence of pads was absolutely terrifying.
I've seen haloti's high school rugby highlights. 6'5" 300lb and runs like a deer. He could have been world class at rugby ...
I grew up with a couple of guys that played in the league and I played rugby at UW. I played with some guys who were really big, or really strong, or really fast. None of that was so bad but yeah every once in a while you would have to play a guy like this who was just on such a different plane of athlete that combined all those other things. It sucked and there was usually nothing to do about it. Guy like that could just wreck a whole game by himself.
I want Joe (and Danyiel) Ngata more than I wanted Haloti.
I want those guys too ... but if I had a choice and pulled Haloti out from a time machine ... it's Haloti all day every day.
I have a friend who played MLB at the FCS level and also played rugby. He played rugby against Haloti Ngata in some tournament in high school and said he was a total bad ass, which qualifies as fairly unsurprising, I suppose.
He said the combo of the guy's size and quickness with the total absence of pads was absolutely terrifying.
I've seen haloti's high school rugby highlights. 6'5" 300lb and runs like a deer. He could have been world class at rugby ...
I want Joe (and Danyiel) Ngata more than I wanted Haloti.
I want those guys too ... but if I had a choice and pulled Haloti out from a time machine ... it's Haloti all day every day.
I have a friend who played MLB at the FCS level and also played rugby. He played rugby against Haloti Ngata in some tournament in high school and said he was a total bad ass, which qualifies as fairly unsurprising, I suppose.
He said the combo of the guy's size and quickness with the total absence of pads was absolutely terrifying.
I've seen haloti's high school rugby highlights. 6'5" 300lb and runs like a deer. He could have been world class at rugby ...
I want Joe (and Danyiel) Ngata more than I wanted Haloti.
I want those guys too ... but if I had a choice and pulled Haloti out from a time machine ... it's Haloti all day every day.
I have a friend who played MLB at the FCS level and also played rugby. He played rugby against Haloti Ngata in some tournament in high school and said he was a total bad ass, which qualifies as fairly unsurprising, I suppose.
He said the combo of the guy's size and quickness with the total absence of pads was absolutely terrifying.
I've seen haloti's high school rugby highlights. 6'5" 300lb and runs like a deer. He could have been world class at rugby ...
Instead he was world class at a decent sport.
Rugby is a decent sport. Haloti makes far more money in the NFL of course. Top rugby players might make 500k - 1m on average. Top maybe 1-2m ... A year.
I want Joe (and Danyiel) Ngata more than I wanted Haloti.
I want those guys too ... but if I had a choice and pulled Haloti out from a time machine ... it's Haloti all day every day.
I have a friend who played MLB at the FCS level and also played rugby. He played rugby against Haloti Ngata in some tournament in high school and said he was a total bad ass, which qualifies as fairly unsurprising, I suppose.
He said the combo of the guy's size and quickness with the total absence of pads was absolutely terrifying.
I've seen haloti's high school rugby highlights. 6'5" 300lb and runs like a deer. He could have been world class at rugby ...
I grew up with a couple of guys that played in the league and I played rugby at UW. I played with some guys who were really big, or really strong, or really fast. None of that was so bad but yeah every once in a while you would have to play a guy like this who was just on such a different plane of athlete that combined all those other things. It sucked and there was usually nothing to do about it. Guy like that could just wreck a whole game by himself.
I still think USA Rugby should scoop up a bunch of bubble NFL players (like guys that are on and off practice squads) and train them in how to play rugby. I don't think it would take long to see the US National team become really fucking competitive in the sport, particularly in Sevens.
I want Joe (and Danyiel) Ngata more than I wanted Haloti.
I want those guys too ... but if I had a choice and pulled Haloti out from a time machine ... it's Haloti all day every day.
I have a friend who played MLB at the FCS level and also played rugby. He played rugby against Haloti Ngata in some tournament in high school and said he was a total bad ass, which qualifies as fairly unsurprising, I suppose.
He said the combo of the guy's size and quickness with the total absence of pads was absolutely terrifying.
I've seen haloti's high school rugby highlights. 6'5" 300lb and runs like a deer. He could have been world class at rugby ...
Instead he was world class at a decent sport.
Rugby is a decent sport. Haloti makes far more money in the NFL of course. Top rugby players might make 500k - 1m on average. Top maybe 1-2m ... A year.
I want Joe (and Danyiel) Ngata more than I wanted Haloti.
I want those guys too ... but if I had a choice and pulled Haloti out from a time machine ... it's Haloti all day every day.
I have a friend who played MLB at the FCS level and also played rugby. He played rugby against Haloti Ngata in some tournament in high school and said he was a total bad ass, which qualifies as fairly unsurprising, I suppose.
He said the combo of the guy's size and quickness with the total absence of pads was absolutely terrifying.
I've seen haloti's high school rugby highlights. 6'5" 300lb and runs like a deer. He could have been world class at rugby ...
I grew up with a couple of guys that played in the league and I played rugby at UW. I played with some guys who were really big, or really strong, or really fast. None of that was so bad but yeah every once in a while you would have to play a guy like this who was just on such a different plane of athlete that combined all those other things. It sucked and there was usually nothing to do about it. Guy like that could just wreck a whole game by himself.
I still think USA Rugby should scoop up a bunch of bubble NFL players (like guys that are on and off practice squads) and train them in how to play rugby. I don't think it would take long to see the US National team become really fucking competitive in the sport, particularly in Sevens.
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He said the combo of the guy's size and quickness with the total absence of pads was absolutely terrifying.
Haloti has done well.
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