Tyreek Hill says he wants to try out for 2020 Olympic team

Great call out! Michael beat out Carl Lewis to make the 92 Olympics and had a 200 PR of 20.01.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bates_(American_football)

For all the people saying NFL players would get embarrassed up against real sprinters... Sprinters would get embarrassed if they tried to play in the NFL too, so I'm not sure what the point of that argument is? Different sports call for different specializations. If professional sprinters had to put on the weight football players put on they'd be a little slower.

Should be easy for him.

SHould break 10 easily this year with the proper training and weight lifting program.

Facts are worthless wrote:

I would love to see that for the mere fact that he would get his doors blown off by legit sprinters. That MIGHT shut up some of the people that talk about how football players are faster than everyone. I am sure his agent and sponsors won't let him do it because it might make him look bad.

This could be true if he maintains that heavier weight without lifting heavy.

The only way I see him running fast at that weight is if he's powerlifting right up to the trials.

You have to powerlift to counter the heavier weight to increase power to weight ratio.

If he doesn't do this I don't see him doing it.

Plus I just don't think he's the type of person that has the will power to powerlift.

So i'm going to go with I think he comes nowhere near those times.

Prob will run a 20.89.

sbeefyk2 wrote:

gdjhffj wrote:

Didn't Jhavid Best attempt to make the Olympic or world team...after all of his concussion issues?

Jahvid Best made the 2016 Olympics for some small country nobody has ever heard of. He ran 10.39 in the heats and of course didn't make the final. He's the first NFL player to make the Olympics and he got embarrassed.

Sure, if NFL players quit football and became professional sprinters I'm sure they could very easily medal. But you can't do both. They have the mentality you don't need to work hard as a sprinter. Just show up and run fast.

If they added the 50 meter dash to the outdoor list then it wouldn't be a problem.

The problem is the starting distance for the shortest track event. IT's 328 feet long. Doesn't really sound like a sprint to me.

They need to include the 50 meter dash at some point. Would make everything more interesting.

Then 100 meter dash runners could focus in on the 100 and not worry about the 200 in which they will lose speed for the 100 the moment they train for it.

There could also be a 4 by 50 meter dash relay.

These are great ideas.

Would bring in more revenue and more fans. More fans equals more money.

Wasn’t Chris Johnson from the Titans really fast? I seem to recall him talking about returning to the track about the time he had a 2000yd season.

Star wrote:

Steve Martin wrote:

Further, there are three Olympic sprint relay teams: 4X100, 4X200, 4X400.

Really?

Yep, I heard he was going to try out for the 4x200 freestyle team.

what you talking bout wrote:

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

4. There's another NFL player who I know for a fact will be attempting to make the Olympic team. I like his chances a lot more, but I won't divulge who.

You know for a fact but wont reveal? lol ok buddy. why bring up the point then?

Narcissists do that stuff

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

This is cool:

http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/2015/02/nfls-fastest-man-competition.html

I think this basically aligns with what you'd suspect. Jett's 6.10 is right on par with the fastest time ever in these 60-yard dashes. For reference, he ran 10.10 and finished 5th in the 1992 trials. He was NCAA runner-up in the 100/200 in college aka he had a legit resume. He was an above-average winner of this competition but most years there'd be some someone within .1 of him in the 60 if not challenging him/closer. 60 yards is probably a more ideal event for NFL players when compared to the 100 it's probably also worth noting.

Brown and Green. People of colors are the fastest, it seems.

Context wrote:

For all the people saying NFL players would get embarrassed up against real sprinters... Sprinters would get embarrassed if they tried to play in the NFL too, so I'm not sure what the point of that argument is? Different sports call for different specializations. If professional sprinters had to put on the weight football players put on they'd be a little slower.

Are you dumb? real sprinters aren't going around publicly saying they could play in the NFL. This guys is publicly saying he could qualify for the Olympics. Huge difference.

Context wrote:

For all the people saying NFL players would get embarrassed up against real sprinters... Sprinters would get embarrassed if they tried to play in the NFL too, so I'm not sure what the point of that argument is? Different sports call for different specializations. If professional sprinters had to put on the weight football players put on they'd be a little slower.

Thanks for stating the obvious

KraftMacAndCheese wrote:

Are you dumb? real sprinters aren't going around publicly saying they could play in the NFL. This guys is publicly saying he could qualify for the Olympics. Huge difference.

Except that's not what he said.

He said he'd like try to qualify for some Oly teams. And he recognized he's up against it to do so.

I don't understand why so many people here diss that. The guy is a world class athlete and has run with some of the top guys in track right now. He prolly won't win. But if he can make the relay team that's a huge achievement. And if he doesn't make it, well props for trying. If this is just promo smack talking, then so be it. Athletes do that all the time.

No Rocket had legitimate world class starting ability, after 40 yards or so he sputtered to the line against collegiate level sprinters. Maybe if he trained for track sprinting only he would have been legitimate.