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valo403 · 09-09-2009, 07:00 PM

I always love the 'NFL players aren't fast enough for the CFL' argument. It's convenient how that argument ignores the fact that the vast majority of NFL players put up the same if not better speed and agility times as their CFL counterparts. Sure testing and field speed are different things, but in the only quantifiable measure the difference is negligible at most.

That said it's a moronic argument as there really isn't any way to prove it either way. The only guys with NFL talent who play in the CFL are there because they've been cast away by the NFL, which obviously raises some questions about their supposed talent level.

09-09-2009, 07:00 PM	#212
valo403 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Exp:	I always love the 'NFL players aren't fast enough for the CFL' argument. It's convenient how that argument ignores the fact that the vast majority of NFL players put up the same if not better speed and agility times as their CFL counterparts. Sure testing and field speed are different things, but in the only quantifiable measure the difference is negligible at most. That said it's a moronic argument as there really isn't any way to prove it either way. The only guys with NFL talent who play in the CFL are there because they've been cast away by the NFL, which obviously raises some questions about their supposed talent level.