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pounds, two years ago — he is now in Arena football. oG Jamie
nails was drafted at three hundred eighty seven pounds
by the Bills about fifteen years ago, and he played decent ball
for Buffalo and Miami — but only after slimming down to
three hundred and fifty five pounds. oT Aaron Gibson went
around three hundred and eighty pounds when the Lions
drafted him in the 1990s, but he ate his way out of the league.
oT Mike Williams of the Bills was in the three hundred and
sixty five to seventy five pound range; he bombed as a tackle,
and played guard at thirty six, eventually. oT Leonard Davis
tipped the scales at around three hundred and seventy pounds
on draft day; he also had to move inside to guard to make it
in the nFL.
Most nFL plays take three to four seconds. I have no
doubt a sumo could gain leverage, and maybe even win the
initial one to two seconds on a confrontation; the challenge
is, could he sustain, and deal with counter-move (especially
lateral one) and the speed on the nFL game after his initial
strike? Unclear.
on defense, the big men always play inside; occasionally,
a guy like Ted ("Mount") Washington plays really well at a
listed weight of three hundred and thirty five pounds, and
actual weight of around four hundred pounds, but it is not
common. Fridge Perry was listed at three hundred and sixty
pounds — he also played in the three hundred and seventy five
to four hundred range for a lot of his career. But typically,
DTs are in the three hundred to three hundred and thirty
pound range, and nose tackle go three hundred and twenty to
three hundred and sixty or so.
Here is where I Do think a sumo could make it — as a situational
(max fifteen to twenty downs a game) two-gap, nose
tackle who could not be moved in the run game. Granted, the
sumo is not going to have any pass rush skills, save maybe
a bull rush. But because of the sumo's understanding of leverage,
his mass, his balance, and his explosive lower body
power, he would be a load to move inside for any offensive
lineman (assuming again, the sumo committed to an upperbody
weight regimen training typical for the nFL).
Five more points.
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