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Some of the folks here really know their stuff. Just wondering how many have actually put on the pads and/or coached.
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I played for 4 years in the British American Football League, from age 24 to 28. The standard of play was no better than US high school level I would guess - there were some very good players, but as everyone was there for their own enjoyment there were some pretty bad players too! I played CB and a little bit of Safety and actually led the team in interceptions my final two years, but we were pretty awful for most of those 4 years and eventually giving up my whole Sunday for a game of football got too much so I gave it up.
There are a lot of Air Force bases in this part of the UK, so we had a handful of US guys on the team, most of which were pretty good and you could tell who had played football right through school / college. The best player I ever played with or against was a guy named Chris McIver. He was a CB and also returned kicks, probably about 6ft 180lbs or so, but he was really fast, strong and just knew the game really well.
But the thing was, he was nowhere near good enough for the NFL. He left our team after a year and went to play for the best teams in the UK in London, then I believe he got transferred to mainland Europe and played for some of the semi-pro teams there. But I always remember thinking "if this guy isn't good enough for the NFL, how good must those guys actually be?"
I had planned to get into coaching a team over here after I stopped playing, but then I met a girl and 13 years later the rest is history!
PA Knights by any chance? I remember facing Chris McIver on a few snaps as a punt team gunner and he absolutely stoned me at the LOS. He was an excellent DB there and I believe one of two American DBs on the team that year who absolutely stood out on every play we saw on tape or on game day.I played for 4 years in the British American Football League, from age 24 to 28. The standard of play was no better than US high school level I would guess - there were some very good players, but as everyone was there for their own enjoyment there were some pretty bad players too! I played CB and a little bit of Safety and actually led the team in interceptions my final two years, but we were pretty awful for most of those 4 years and eventually giving up my whole Sunday for a game of football got too much so I gave it up.
There are a lot of Air Force bases in this part of the UK, so we had a handful of US guys on the team, most of which were pretty good and you could tell who had played football right through school / college. The best player I ever played with or against was a guy named Chris McIver. He was a CB and also returned kicks, probably about 6ft 180lbs or so, but he was really fast, strong and just knew the game really well.
But the thing was, he was nowhere near good enough for the NFL. He left our team after a year and went to play for the best teams in the UK in London, then I believe he got transferred to mainland Europe and played for some of the semi-pro teams there. But I always remember thinking "if this guy isn't good enough for the NFL, how good must those guys actually be?"
I had planned to get into coaching a team over here after I stopped playing, but then I met a girl and 13 years later the rest is history!
Did you hold both arms absolutely straight awaiting the snap by any chance, rather than slightly flexed? Just a guess, it's the cause of more fumbled snaps than almost anything else, apparentlyPlayed from 6th grade through high school. Played both sides RB and CB. I had the gift of speed and could run with anyone at the time. I miss those days for sure.
My coach tried to play me at QB one year but of all things I couldn't get the ball from the center cleanly. I would fumble the snap constantly lol....that is harder than it looks. Shotgun no problem but under center ....nope lol.