Soccer FAN reacts to the Most Athletic Plays in NFL History

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  • @TheMaxmurphy1973
    @TheMaxmurphy1973 7 місяців тому +712

    The description of American football as "chess with full maxed out athletes " is correct. The play designs are extremely intricate. Each player has specific responsibilities based on the events of each play. Just like chess, the offense is trying to deceive the defense, and the defense is trying to read the offense. Each play is a chess move trying to move your team down the field.

    • @RFredrickPhotography
      @RFredrickPhotography 7 місяців тому +9

      More like the game 'GO' then chess, because the game of 'GO' is to chess as chess is to checkers...the game 'GO' is FAR superior to chess, it always makes me laugh when people make big deals out of chess players, now if you can Master 'GO' then that would be something.

    • @mrfrostwing
      @mrfrostwing 7 місяців тому +25

      @@RFredrickPhotography As a player of both games, and above average in both as well, you can't compare the two. Chess involves limited motions where one must plan up to 8 turns in advance for an attack, while GO allows free range for any part of the board. While it is true that mastering GO is more difficult, both games require completely different skill sets. Chess is entirely based on maneuvering your pieces into a formation that will allow victory, while GO requires one to deceive an opponent and unsuspectingly create fences around an area.

    • @ellamartindale9734
      @ellamartindale9734 7 місяців тому +2

      So true

    • @GlobalWarmingSkeptic
      @GlobalWarmingSkeptic 7 місяців тому +5

      @@RFredrickPhotography Comparing Go to Chess is like apples to oranges. It's different kinds of strategy. Go is about long-term strategy and Chess is about setting up or threatening single move tactics or getting a favorable endgame position. Finding those tactics is far more complicated in Chess than it is Go. Go has a lot more board positions but it's not an inherently more complex game in terms of how it's played.

    • @RFredrickPhotography
      @RFredrickPhotography 7 місяців тому +1

      I stand by my comment, the very fact that people are trying very hard to defend chess proves my point. The game go is harder to play than chess.
      Google "How is the game go harder than chess?" At the opening move in Chess there are 20 possible moves. In Go the first player has 361 possible moves. This wide latitude of choice continues throughout the game. At each move the opposing player is more likely than not to be surprised at their opponent's move, and hence they must rethink their own plan of attack.

  • @amicooke1790
    @amicooke1790 7 місяців тому +490

    2:08 Many players carry towels to wipe grass, moisture, paint, or rubber turf filler off of their hands between plays.

    • @Hayseo
      @Hayseo 7 місяців тому +16

      Right. The size of the towels were getting ridiculously big. So The league set the maximum size a towel can be.

    • @blindleader42
      @blindleader42 7 місяців тому +6

      Especially receivers, whose hands have to control a ball coming at them at a very high speed.

    • @achimearls952
      @achimearls952 7 місяців тому

      "what is that thing dangling from there bottom"

    • @im_Game711
      @im_Game711 6 місяців тому +1

      Well, not ONLY that. I imagine they also use tge towel for wiping away sweat, and blood.

    • @LiljamezZz
      @LiljamezZz 6 місяців тому +1

      Nah, towels just look cool

  • @LancerX916
    @LancerX916 7 місяців тому +126

    I met an offensive lineman once. He was massive. About 6'10" and 280lbs to 300lbs, and a lot of it was muscle. When he shook my hand, it was like grabbing a rock. One of the nicest guys I ever met.

    • @gamera5160
      @gamera5160 6 місяців тому +5

      O-linemen are gentle giants.

    • @Ira88881
      @Ira88881 6 місяців тому +1

      When Europeans watch football on TV…I guess most Americans too…
      Unless you see a game in person, you have no concept of the size of these guys.

    • @dalehammers4425
      @dalehammers4425 6 місяців тому +2

      That would have been a very skinny OL. At that height/weight combo, he would have been pushed all over the place. But yeah, us OL are some of the kindest people you will ever meet. Its our job to protect people, its the DL guys that are the nasty ones lol.

    • @sagemaster6814
      @sagemaster6814 6 місяців тому +2

      They make me feel tiny. At 6' 180lbs ~10% body fat, they always made me feel out of shape too. Then again they called me crazy for not being afraid of a 100mph slapshop. Mutal respect from mutually good dudes.

    • @suchendelokidottir5673
      @suchendelokidottir5673 6 місяців тому +1

      Yeah pro football players are really really big guys. They are not small by any stretch of the imagination.

  • @richardmartin9565
    @richardmartin9565 7 місяців тому +353

    Paint under the eyes reduces reflection from the stadium lights.

    • @ThreeSixOhGriz
      @ThreeSixOhGriz 7 місяців тому +29

      And sun

    • @somecallmetim2112
      @somecallmetim2112 7 місяців тому +19

      And they call it "eyeblack". Nowadays they also have matte black stickers which many players use, but the greasepaint is also still widely used as well.

    • @heywoodjablowme8120
      @heywoodjablowme8120 7 місяців тому

      And it makes you look badass so that's why guys wear it when there's no sun out or when it rains or snows😂❤😂

    • @MemonsProds
      @MemonsProds 7 місяців тому +14

      It’s also to intimidate the other team, a person with crazy eyeblack may distract or scare a player for 1 to many seconds to were they get the catch or tackle

    • @dalehammers4425
      @dalehammers4425 6 місяців тому +6

      @@MemonsProds As a former player, someone wearing eyeblack never once intimidated me lol.

  • @amicooke1790
    @amicooke1790 7 місяців тому +238

    2:50 The entire pylon is in bounds, so contacting it with any part of the ball counts as breaking the goal line, and as such, a touchdown.

    • @fasttruckman
      @fasttruckman 7 місяців тому +3

      Worst thing they ever did to football.

    • @amicooke1790
      @amicooke1790 7 місяців тому +10

      @@fasttruckman Serves the same purpose in Rugby, but the ball still has to be touched down in their end zone to count as a try.

    • @Nanasays0731
      @Nanasays0731 7 місяців тому +4

      A few of the touchdowns were questionable.

    • @michaelstokes2587
      @michaelstokes2587 7 місяців тому +5

      @@fasttruckman Are you slow? its always been like that

    • @fasttruckman
      @fasttruckman 7 місяців тому +3

      @@michaelstokes2587 Not so my friend. There was a time when the ball actually had to cross the white line.

  • @maxjaeger40
    @maxjaeger40 7 місяців тому +179

    American Football is extremely entertaining once you understand the rules, it just takes time to watch games and you will understand it and like it.

    • @nkcreese
      @nkcreese 7 місяців тому +2

      Fr

    • @nadjasunflower1387
      @nadjasunflower1387 7 місяців тому +4

      a lot of Germans already like it. as far as European countries go, Germany has the highest amount of American Football teams operating in it's country at a " pro " level. (something over here we'd probably call ' semi-pro'. That's one of the reasons that NFL game in Cologne ? ( i think it was ) was sold out and then some. People keep trying to or wanting to add an NFL team in the UK, which is understandable but only purely from a language barrier deal.
      Most UK people still don't fully grasp what it is, even though it's getting more popular. The Germans on the other hand not only know it but love it...If I were an owner looking to go to Europe, I'd go to Germany instead where there's already a good portion of the populace that knows and likes the game. I mean that's just good business if you don't have to ' win ' over the populace.

    • @GoldRushNC
      @GoldRushNC 7 місяців тому +3

      It does take some time.

    • @mwdouglas3794
      @mwdouglas3794 6 місяців тому +3

      It's because people with no idea think it's all about brute strength. When you learn the game you realize it 99% about strategy and team work and 1% being a monster.

    • @GoldRushNC
      @GoldRushNC 6 місяців тому

      @@mwdouglas3794 fr

  • @gregpickett8816
    @gregpickett8816 7 місяців тому +30

    Last clip: Tyreek was a fairly accomplished track runner when he was younger. They call him the Cheetah for a reason, lol. When he gets in open field, pretty much nobody in the league can catch him.
    Also, the "white thing" hanging from their belts is just a towel to dry their hands for a better grip.

  • @gail6384
    @gail6384 7 місяців тому +154

    Their athleticism is unbelievable. My cousin, a tiny 5’2” ballerina, taught ballet to college football players for almost 20 years.

    • @hopelawrence2022
      @hopelawrence2022 7 місяців тому +8

      LOL! I’m 5’1 and did a yoga class with some of my University football team’s biggest guys… they’re unreasonably huge 😂

    • @dalehammers4425
      @dalehammers4425 6 місяців тому +3

      @@hopelawrence2022 I was a lineman when I played, my playing weight (in high school) was 6'4 270. Had I not been hurt before going to college, I likely would have played about 320. Solid muscle too.

    • @dirty_lil_rat
      @dirty_lil_rat Місяць тому

      @@dalehammers4425”if i aint hurt my knee i’da made it to the league” 👴🏻

  • @foxphilesg1fan454
    @foxphilesg1fan454 7 місяців тому +213

    Football players often take unusual classes as part of their training including hurdles, high jumps, gymnastics and even ballet

    • @pyrovania
      @pyrovania 7 місяців тому +12

      Also boxing and jiu jitsu.

    • @somecallmetim2112
      @somecallmetim2112 7 місяців тому +28

      I heard a UFL player credit ballet classes for his agility in a sideline interview after a particularly impressive play this weekend. He was all about it, too. Ballet's been a training technique for decades and still going strong.

    • @Kjtogood-hh6du
      @Kjtogood-hh6du 7 місяців тому +3

      True

    • @Grakees
      @Grakees 7 місяців тому +11

      @@somecallmetim2112 My old baseball coach many years ago; he got all our shoe sizes and then went out and bought a bunch of high heels. He made us practice in those for months, but it taught us how to be able to stand using the balls of our feet rather than being flatfooted. Our reaction time to plays was so so much better, it actually improved my batting because it gave me more control over how I moved. The jokes about practicing in high heels from the others teams, they get real quiet when they are going 1-2-3 inning over, and our end is smacking dingers over 300ft and well over the fence (can't really say it was a wall).

    • @KingJinzo2125
      @KingJinzo2125 7 місяців тому +1

      I thought that was just a pro Athlete thing in general. Playing other sports build up different parts of the body and give the over used ones more rest to reduce injury

  • @AWA957
    @AWA957 7 місяців тому +66

    At 6:18, D.K. Metcalf reached 22.64 MPH and traveled 114.8 yards to chase down Budda Baker on his 90-yard interception return (Baker's top speed: 21.27 MPH).
    Metcalf is 6’ 4” and weighs 236lbs
    Baker is 5’ 10” and weighs 194lbs

    • @pyrovania
      @pyrovania 7 місяців тому +10

      Might want to translate it to metric. Metcalf is 107 kg and a bit short of 2 meters tall (2 meters is 6 feet 6 inches). 2 inches is about 5 cm.

    • @Dardrum
      @Dardrum 5 місяців тому +1

      GO HAWKS

  • @JKM395
    @JKM395 7 місяців тому +98

    The 'paint' under the eyes is called eye black. It's used to help fight the glare from the stadium lights or the sun. It's also used in baseball, which is my experience with it, and you would not believe how much it helps you to see on an extremely sunny day.

    • @pyrovania
      @pyrovania 7 місяців тому +11

      This is why cheetahs have a stripe running from their eye to their nose. Acts like sunglasses. So does eyeblack.

    • @xbeaker
      @xbeaker 7 місяців тому +8

      Specifically, because your brain will filter out unnecessary data from your vision (for example, your nose is always in your vision, but you don't notice it because it is filtered out.) But in particularly bright light, light will actually reflect off your cheeks (also always in your vision) and will cause glare. Eye black helps alleviate that. But, it is also for intimidation and personal style. A lot of players have a particular design they use. Even if the player doesn't need it for glare, it is worn as warpaint.

    • @tyrionstrongjaw7729
      @tyrionstrongjaw7729 7 місяців тому +3

      Yeah was coming here to say this. Used it in both baseball and football, but played baseball through college and it made a large difference. Sunglasses never worked with me because it really messed with my depth perception, so eye black was a savior.

    • @JKM395
      @JKM395 7 місяців тому +2

      @@tyrionstrongjaw7729 It really is amazing how much of a difference that stuff makes.

    • @thomassmith-s4i
      @thomassmith-s4i 6 місяців тому +1

      You are right. I cannot believe it. And didn't believe it, back when I played baseball. But it made me look cool. Well, maybe not cool, but... like somebody who wanted to look cool. ha.

  • @thseed7
    @thseed7 7 місяців тому +192

    Tyreek Hill (final play) is an Olympic level track athlete who is one of the fastest players in NFL history. He runs the 40 yard dash (36.58 meters) in 4.29 seconds. Usain Bolt (all time fastest Olympic runner) runs a 4.22

    • @drmachinewerke1
      @drmachinewerke1 7 місяців тому +6

      And he missed out on 2 rings

    • @hypocritex
      @hypocritex 7 місяців тому +17

      @@drmachinewerke1 Salty Chiefs fan.

    • @Derek-el5iv
      @Derek-el5iv 7 місяців тому +20

      @@drmachinewerke1 he has like 11 kids. He needs the paycheck more than the rings. Ya'll should pay Kelce, Mahomes, Thuney or Taylor less. ;-)

    • @h7chi
      @h7chi 7 місяців тому +9

      Granted usain bolt was in sweats and sneakers on grass. His true 40 is estimated to be around 3.6

    • @hypocritex
      @hypocritex 7 місяців тому +9

      @@h7chi Impossible. No one is running under 4 seconds. No one. MAYBE a 4.1something.

  • @foxphilesg1fan454
    @foxphilesg1fan454 7 місяців тому +70

    You can catch with both hands but often the other hand is used to fend off a defender

    • @InkWellideas
      @InkWellideas 7 місяців тому +6

      Or to break a fall - act as a balancing aid, to keep moving forward

  • @JollyJoshums
    @JollyJoshums 7 місяців тому +59

    The orange pylons are both the visual and physical markers for the corners of the end zone. Since the ball just has to break the front line of the endzone to be considered a touchdown, the pylons serve as a target for players willing to risk it as the bare minimum as to where the ball has to be in order to count as a touchdown. Essentially, hitting the pylon= hitting the corner of the endzone.

    • @aidanaldrich7795
      @aidanaldrich7795 5 місяців тому

      Yes, they are on TOP of the corners of end zone, so hitting the orange pylons is proof that you got the ball over the end zone

  • @NewFroakable
    @NewFroakable 7 місяців тому +13

    Something about a soccer fan reacting to a football video kindly warms my heart 😂

  • @terrioestreich4007
    @terrioestreich4007 7 місяців тому +34

    These guys are so great at athletics but some of the moves they pull off is amazing when you see how big they are! They are almost all huge human beings, it's hard to tell until they are near regular sized people

    • @marymorris6897
      @marymorris6897 7 місяців тому +5

      We have a retired NFL player at our church, and he is BIG. Really nice guy.

    • @pyrovania
      @pyrovania 7 місяців тому +3

      One time I stayed at the same hotel the Raiders were staying in. Got in an elevator with several of them. They are huge. Also mostly very young.
      Probably average weight is 100 kg and the linemen (offense and defense) can get up to 150 kg.

    • @Steve-gx9ot
      @Steve-gx9ot 7 місяців тому +1

      These athletes TRSIN HARD before we games and are therefore REFLEXES ( Muscle Memory) used during Real time game Situations. Very few can do the the Best Ones!!

    • @marymorris6897
      @marymorris6897 7 місяців тому +1

      @@pyrovania thanks for sharing your memory. That's something I would have enjoyed. Oops! I should clarify. I'm a senior and it wouldn't have been for sex interest.

    • @terrioestreich4007
      @terrioestreich4007 7 місяців тому +1

      @@marymorris6897 Ha ha!

  • @matthewrohr8964
    @matthewrohr8964 7 місяців тому +3

    I love your enthusiasm for gridiron football. Soccer was new for me, and I really appreciate the abilities of those athletes, too. Thanks for your video!

  • @Anonymously-speaking
    @Anonymously-speaking 7 місяців тому +27

    The black under the players’ eyes is to reduce sun glare.
    What I find amazing about the players is they get hit so hard and (usually) still hang on to the ball.
    Great video👍🏼

    • @OkiePeg411
      @OkiePeg411 7 місяців тому +1

      And those hard landings on their backs, upper back, butt and shoulders!!! I'd be crippled after that kind of fall/landing.

    • @pyrovania
      @pyrovania 7 місяців тому +2

      @@OkiePeg411 A lot of them do judo breakfalls. At least, everyone on the Niners and Seahawks do. The Dolphins made their quarterback take jiu jitsu to learn to breakfall after he got those concussions. Much safer if you do a breakfall.

    • @rogerknights857
      @rogerknights857 5 місяців тому

      American football players pop up and pretend they aren’t hurt after being crushed; Soccer players stay down and writhe after being brushed.

  • @ccormx
    @ccormx 7 місяців тому +9

    The superhumans in the NFL are absolutely, positively, can’t even argue with me, the most exceptional athletes, the most most athletic humans, on the planets, bar none.

  • @Lost_Pikachu
    @Lost_Pikachu 7 місяців тому +4

    Glad you can appreciate our crazy American sport. Hope this reveals why we aren't near the top for football/soccer. Our best athletes tend to play American football, basketball, baseball and/or hockey

  • @ChrisVuletich
    @ChrisVuletich 7 місяців тому +9

    In that last clip you said "How did he outplay the whole team." You might also like a video called "Devin Hester you are Ridiculous" -- he broke a lot NFL records by doing just that throughout his career and is arguably the best of all time at it.

  • @rwschumm
    @rwschumm 7 місяців тому +3

    Greetings from Arizona, US. Professional Quarterbacks can throw the football with so much power and speed, that it's Amazing that other players can catch some of these throws with just 1 hand. That's the exception... usually receivers can get 2 hands on a football throw. :)

  • @thirddownproductions
    @thirddownproductions 7 місяців тому +4

    As A American Football player this was extremely funny to watch

  • @annakatherine2663
    @annakatherine2663 7 місяців тому +17

    he does not even now how rare it is for a qb to hurdle😂

  • @dominicbabbitt4529
    @dominicbabbitt4529 7 місяців тому +4

    I'm almost afraid to get this guy watching Barry Sanders footage... I think his brain would explode

  • @OwenHealey-ck4pl
    @OwenHealey-ck4pl 7 місяців тому +8

    Yes, it is quite rare to have a one handed catch and when it does happen, it usually ends up on a highlight reel

  • @philipmcniel4908
    @philipmcniel4908 7 місяців тому +3

    American football is mostly a fall and winter sport: College football runs from late August to early January, and the NFL runs from September through mid-February (though the NFL does have some preseason games--similar to a "friendly" in soccer--starting at the beginning of August).
    If you want to get into watching an American sport that is being played right now, and still has a lot of games left in its season, you might want to check out baseball! It's the oldest American sport (and the only one that is older than the popularity of college sports in the US, so its player-development system isn't entirely dependent on colleges). The NFL may be the most popular league in the US nowadays, but baseball was a HUGE part of American culture and history.

  • @dustinjones1346
    @dustinjones1346 7 місяців тому +11

    Its absolutely like chess, but even more nuanced. Imagine being an offensive or defensive coordinator. You have 11 pieces and you have to cover the board. The opponent is adjusting to your gameplan, identifying and attacking your weaknesses. Your opponent is trying to predict what youre gonna do and youre trying to predict what theyre gonna predict and do the opposite. And player skill is a far larger variable than a fixed set of moves

    • @dalehammers4425
      @dalehammers4425 6 місяців тому

      Not to mention all your players are moving at the same time instead of one at a time. As a Chiefs fan, I have gained so much respect for Reid and Spags running our offense and defense over the years.

  • @HeavenhoundGiuseppe
    @HeavenhoundGiuseppe 7 місяців тому +8

    Most highlight compilations naturally focus on offense and scoring. But plenty of defensive plays are just as incredible, if not more. Particularly a Troy Polamalu highlight reel, his Top 50 is full of stuff most guys would be happy to do once in their career.

    • @brendafrazier811
      @brendafrazier811 7 місяців тому

      Whoever put this video together seems very impressed by flips into the end zone. While they look “cool” I’m more impressed by the more subtle athletic moves.

  • @AW11-e4h
    @AW11-e4h 7 місяців тому +6

    These are world class athletes. They have been training since they were kids ✌️

  • @thomassmith-s4i
    @thomassmith-s4i 6 місяців тому +1

    I love your enthusiasm for our insane brand of football. The painted cheeks are supposed to cut down the glare of the stadium lights or the sun- but really, it's just to look cool, or scary, or whatever. same in baseball. Great one-handed catches are very rare- that's why they make the highlight reels! The orange marker is the extreme edge of the end zone, and if you touch it with the ball, it's a touchdown. That was a fantastic athletic play to be able to reach in the opposite direction tour body is moving. But these guys are unreal athletes. And they're lucky to play for 4 seasons before they get pretty much broken in half and are forced to retire.

  • @foxphilesg1fan454
    @foxphilesg1fan454 7 місяців тому +8

    The orange thing is called a pylon. If the player is going out of bounds but he can touch the pylon with the ball it's considered in bounds and he scores a touchdown

  • @cherylatkinson7479
    @cherylatkinson7479 4 місяці тому

    Chris I love your enthusiasm for our American football 🏈 These guys are amazing athletes and most have been playing and training since they were kids. Some of them have even played different sports at the same time before making it to the NFL.

  • @Crazed_1
    @Crazed_1 7 місяців тому +1

    At 2:42 when he asks “does this count,” the announcer says, “Yes it does.” 😂😂

  • @grantarmstrong2968
    @grantarmstrong2968 6 місяців тому +1

    Just to clarify, a major reason why it looks like nfl players jump so high is that for one they do (they are incredible athletes). But it is also because most defensive players tackle low.
    This is because high tackles are dangerous and tackling anywhere above the shoulders. Defenders tend to get low before making a tackle since a lot of higher up tackles are either too dangerous or unreliable. This unfortunately means that it can be leapt over

  • @DougWilliams06
    @DougWilliams06 7 місяців тому +6

    Omitting Larry Allen’s chase down from this list is a huge omission.

  • @philipmcniel4908
    @philipmcniel4908 7 місяців тому +5

    Brandon Aiyuk (3:14) and Christian McCaffrey (3:38) are now teammates since McCaffrey went to the San Francisco 49ers.

    • @dalehammers4425
      @dalehammers4425 6 місяців тому

      Aiyuk likely isnt there this year though. Niners arent gonna pay him what he wants, and he's not happy about it.

  • @marceline8488
    @marceline8488 5 місяців тому +1

    As a Vikings fan, sad there were no Vikings clips. We had Adrian Peterson who was a freakish running back with a rare combination of speed, power, and agility. See the clip where he runs over William Gay, or destroys the entire browns defense. He set the RB single game rushing record and is debatably the best rb of all time. Also in conversation for best of all time, Wide Reciver Randy Moss , deceptively fast with insane catch radius and origin of the term "mossed". His nick name was super freak and watching him catch deep bombs inspired my love for the NFL. One of my favorite plays was the lateral to Moe Williams. Wide Receiver Stephon Diggs with the Minneapolis Miracle is a must watch. Justin Jefferson's impossible catch vs the buffalo bills is also a must watch. Just watch the nfl top 100 plays.

  • @danbaker300
    @danbaker300 7 місяців тому +10

    For a touchdown, you just have to have possession of the ball with any part of the ball on, above, or beyond the goal line. If you are diving across the sideline as you do it, the ball has to cross the goal line inside the field of play. The orange cones at the corner are to mark this; if the ball touches it on the way out, it counts, but if it passes outside the marker without touching it, it will be put into play next where it crossed the sideline.
    2:10 - that's a towel to dry their hands between plays.

    • @tonyb7615
      @tonyb7615 6 місяців тому

      They must've changed that since I was young. It used to be the ball could be as far out of bounds as you wanted, as long as you weren't. As soon as you touch OOB tho, that moment is where the ball is considered down wherever it happens to be. The plane to cross starts at the goal line and includes oob as long as you don't touch oob, the ball's not considered dead. So it can be on the other side of the pylon, as long as you aren't. The reason players aim for it is instant replay has a better chance of not screwing them over. Drag a foot or elbow oob's, won't matter if the pylon is hit 1st. Or since there's gonna be a lot of defenders pouncing on them, when they're touched first before the pylon gets hit. It's a frame of reference. Easier to tell when the pylon gets touched.

  • @omok2
    @omok2 7 місяців тому +3

    I am not a sports person but NFL is always fun to watch. It really is one of the most entertaining sports in my opinion.
    The sheer level of talent on the field.

  • @cursestakeover
    @cursestakeover 7 місяців тому +1

    I like how he reacts after the play it’s really exciting and by the way you can catch with both or one hand, they wear accessories like paint and towel and backplates and visor for looks, grip with hand and throw with pointer finger straight spiral everytime

  • @KylerBooth-fm8df
    @KylerBooth-fm8df 7 місяців тому +3

    The paint is to absorb the sunlight, acting as a sort of sunglasses, without the actual sunglasses

  • @revpembroke3082
    @revpembroke3082 7 місяців тому +3

    How did he outplay the whole team?
    My man, let me introduce you to man named Devin Hester. A kick return specialist who broke the record for returning punts and kick offs for touchdowns.

  • @IceWraith101
    @IceWraith101 6 місяців тому +2

    One thing to remember is these guys you see doing this are MASSIVE human beings. MUCH heavier than Soccer players. And still able to do this while also wearing pads for extra weight.

  • @jishani1
    @jishani1 7 місяців тому +2

    A bit of clarity for you about those plays around the sideline/endzone. They leap before going out of bounds, so while they're in the air the ball is still in play. they don't go out of bounds until they land. If they can hit the orange post at the goal line or physically move the ball across the goal line before touching the ground it's considered a touchdown, but only if they still maintained control of the ball. if it was falling out of their hand, it wouldn't be a touchdown.
    Also the thing hanging out of the back of their pants is a towel so they can wipe their hands or face of sweat, or mud, or rain, or blood, or snow, or a mixture.

  • @aaronkemper2742
    @aaronkemper2742 7 місяців тому +3

    The orange thing on the corner is called "the pylon". They mark the very edge of the end zone. The part of the rules that lead to plays like Julio Jones' diving touchdown, is that if you are able to knock it over with the ball, it would've had to pass the line. As long as no part of the body touches out of bounds before the pylon is knocked over, it's a touchdown. There are a lot of nuanced rules to the game.

  • @angrylittlespider4593
    @angrylittlespider4593 5 місяців тому +1

    The orange pylons mark the front corners of the end zone, therefore they are in bounds. If the offensive player touches any part of it with the ball he scores a touchdown. In 2022 vs Seattle Patrick Mahomes touched only the outside edge of one while airbore while his entire body was out of bounds. Six points.

  • @Flickergooning
    @Flickergooning 7 місяців тому +1

    Btw for the one hand question, no you do not need to catch with one hand. Most of the time one handed catches (objs catch) are only done as a last resort, and most of the time they don’t succeed. And for hopkins catch he couldn’t really do both hands because the db (defensive back) had control of one of his arms so he tipped the ball with the other and drew the ball in with his other.

  • @ericurdiales8978
    @ericurdiales8978 7 місяців тому +2

    All you have to do is hit the orange pylon to make it a touchdown.
    Remember that the average NFL player is 6’2”- 6’3” and weighs 245-250 lbs. Not to mention they are top tier athletes.
    The way they twist and turn is called a “juke.” Looking like you’re going one way, then going the opposite. Confusing to the player trying to take you down.
    The black under their eyes draws the sun or light so it’s not right in their eyes. You can catch with one hand or two…any way to get ahold of that ball.
    Thanks for your reaction, I really enjoyed it. You should check out ‘Football’s Hardest Hits, Here Comes The Boom’. It’ll blow your mind. Hi from Houston, Texas!

    • @dalehammers4425
      @dalehammers4425 6 місяців тому

      Hell, we've had official helmet catches lol.

  • @goatitisful
    @goatitisful 5 місяців тому +2

    You asked so many great questions, unfortunately, these situations are often too complicated to exp,ain thru a comment. I suggest you find someone in your town who likes American Football, and ask if you can watch a game with him. You will need tomeone to beable to pause the game and exp.ain things to you as the game happens. Btw, new fan, like your content. When you pause the video to speak tho, it would be good if you rewind a few seconds before pressing play again. You actually miss a lot of important things when you pause and continue without rewinding.

  • @David-vr8rq
    @David-vr8rq 7 місяців тому +4

    The game grew out of the us Civil War, so think napolionic warfare. Frederick, the great quarterback for the Hohenzollern Eagles. after 0:02 a few setbacks in previous seasons. Came back to score in the fourth quarter in the superbowl, at waterloo stadium against the French.

  • @The_HandsomeDuck
    @The_HandsomeDuck 7 місяців тому +2

    8:22 that’s eyeblack and it’s used to keep the sun from getting in your eyes

  • @debbers
    @debbers 6 місяців тому +1

    I think that is a sweat towel, also can be used to wipe off their hands, when they get muddy! It's good for all kinds of things! The black under the eyes cuts down glare from the lights!

  • @ericjorgensen3911
    @ericjorgensen3911 7 місяців тому +2

    Those towels hanging out is to keep your hands dry/clean. One hand catches are rare as you use two... if you can.
    Sometimes somersault into the end zone is just a celebration! Paint under the eye is to help with the glare of the
    sun/stadium lights.

  • @TheHessian123
    @TheHessian123 6 місяців тому +1

    The paint below the eyes aid in dulling down glare, I think.

  • @Bozbaby103
    @Bozbaby103 6 місяців тому +1

    Every sport has specific skills that are honed, enough so that an athlete’s body comes into sync with it. Watch how various athletes walk. One can usually tell the sport(s) a person plays by the way they walk and move in their every day life.
    Most athletes can change sports as they have the physical abilities, but it takes great effort and time to retrain your body and mind on how to play the new sport. It’s why when the odd athlete does shift sports plays differently. They also see the field/floor/pitch/ice in a different way, see the gameplay in a different way, strategize differently, make different decisions. What makes those players unique is that those differences usually aren’t “normal” and other players don’t quite know how to handle it. Fascinating stuff.

  • @BLOXYZ-pearlygz7bu
    @BLOXYZ-pearlygz7bu 6 місяців тому +1

    What’s in their back is a towel.
    And also u can catch with both or ome

  • @NobodyYippi
    @NobodyYippi 7 місяців тому +1

    To answer a few questions I remeber you asking,
    No, you can catch it with one hand. 2 hand, or even no hands (yes, that's happened) and no, you don't need to hit the orange thing (pylon pronounces pie-lawn) to score a touchdown, but you can if you need to.

  • @Kwright304
    @Kwright304 7 місяців тому +1

    Chess is a great way to explain this sport. The play calls are all made based on formation and statistics, they’re playing the odds on any specific area of the field, it’s all about territory

  • @richardmartin9565
    @richardmartin9565 7 місяців тому +5

    If you saw the NFL training videos, you might see the agility training routines they players go through.

  • @hapymom13
    @hapymom13 5 місяців тому

    Welcome to football!! You caught more of the actual sport strategy than the standard tv entertainment episode. I played soccer here as a kid and worked hard but I learned football in my family and it really has a crazy strategy and theory. But in the bottom line it is athletic strategy used to outwit and physically hinder the other team

  • @LukeNeil-zj6uf
    @LukeNeil-zj6uf 7 місяців тому +1

    The out the back is a towel to whip the sweat off your face

  • @jamesanderson5268
    @jamesanderson5268 7 місяців тому +1

    The posts are in meaning it's a touchdown if you touch the ball to the post.

  • @samfranklin6254
    @samfranklin6254 7 місяців тому +1

    9:09 he would have had to have perfect reaction time and even if he did catch it with two he probably would have gone out of bounds

  • @phillyfan31012
    @phillyfan31012 6 місяців тому

    if the ball hits the orange post, it is a touchdown. the whiteline across the endzone is a touchdown but the lines down the field is out of bounds

  • @Profundoverde
    @Profundoverde 7 місяців тому +1

    2:52 if you touch the pylon with the ball (orange post) it is in and everything inside of it is in but anything outside of that pylon is out of bounds

  • @SimeonThompson-p6w
    @SimeonThompson-p6w 6 місяців тому +1

    That obj catch changed recess you have no idea

  • @Martin-m1f3l
    @Martin-m1f3l 7 місяців тому

    These plays are even more impressive when you understand that the opponents are the best in the world at stopping these plays.

  • @JeremyJohn781
    @JeremyJohn781 5 місяців тому

    What i would like to say is, I love that the younger "Football" fans are checking out American football. At the same time I've seen an uprise in Americans playing Soccer or "Football" the way the rest of the world sees' it. I've watched a few games on TV, and I think it's time for me to catch an actual game! I'm from New England so it's New England Revolution's...that I'd cheer on, I hope to catch y'all there!

  • @IFtwIxJewJitsu
    @IFtwIxJewJitsu 5 місяців тому

    Spot on with the gymnastics take. A lot of professional players do gymnastics in the off season to stay in shape.

  • @ethanballard9654
    @ethanballard9654 7 місяців тому +1

    you need to watch barry sanders, the guy was UNREAL!

  • @JohnDaytonStachurski
    @JohnDaytonStachurski 7 місяців тому +1

    The thing hanging out of the back part of their leg pads is called.... a towel to wipe the sweat off the player's face.

    • @dalehammers4425
      @dalehammers4425 6 місяців тому

      Off the hands, not the face, but otherwise correct.

  • @that_tails8610
    @that_tails8610 6 місяців тому +1

    2:45 if the ball touches the orange pylon it is in (touch down)

  • @aceb3319
    @aceb3319 7 місяців тому

    The special part about it is how big they are in person running that fast

  • @wuzi7049
    @wuzi7049 7 місяців тому

    Hopkins 8:49 had a catch that should have counted that was one of the craziest ever. Where he caught the ball mid air, between his legs, and behind his back.

  • @Grakees
    @Grakees 7 місяців тому

    I loved the comment about footballers being faster - then you see the Metcalf clip..

  • @ydorb7180
    @ydorb7180 7 місяців тому +1

    2:08 That is a towel to wipe your hands or gloves.

  • @JohnDaytonStachurski
    @JohnDaytonStachurski 7 місяців тому

    It is funny for me as a die hard football fan watching someone who knows barely anything about the game react to it.

  • @Gospelgaming7
    @Gospelgaming7 5 місяців тому +1

    Someone make this guy watch a video about American football’s hardest hits

  • @Navarre-i1j
    @Navarre-i1j 6 місяців тому +1

    NFL level play is incredible complicated and involved, strategies within strategies, different shifting tactics to respond to shifting tactics on the other side. And then we get to the actual athletic play ;)

  • @carguyzs41
    @carguyzs41 7 місяців тому

    There are many athletic plays in the nfl each year. I recommend reacting to more!

  • @ohiotalk1475
    @ohiotalk1475 7 місяців тому +1

    My favorite athletic play is by the late Larry Allen. Very very large man who hit Mach 97.

  • @parkerstaab2844
    @parkerstaab2844 6 місяців тому

    Most athletic freaks in NFL history is a great video

  • @eliburnes5863
    @eliburnes5863 7 місяців тому +1

    You should do nfl biggest hits that would blow your mind.

  • @loganpraz2566
    @loganpraz2566 5 місяців тому

    For a lot of these, it’s still considered a touchdown as long as they touch the pylon (orange thing) before they go out of bounds (and out of bounds refers to actually touching the ground out of bounds)

  • @KingGhidorah_
    @KingGhidorah_ 7 місяців тому

    02:02 - That little thing is a towel. Just a basic towel. If your hands get muddy, or wet, or maybe bleeding from a cut, you have a towel there. I think some guys just wear them to wear them, too.
    08:22 - That stuff on their cheeks is called "eye black." Think of it as lipstick made from grease. It's used to prevent glare from lights, the Sun, etc.
    09:02 - One-handed catches are usually because you can reach further out with one hand/arm. You can extend farther from stretching out one shoulder, as opposed to both. Try it for yourself. Reach up a wall. Having said that, some just do it for the highlight reels... lol
    11:00 - No. You do not have to touch the "orange thing." That is called a "pylon" and it's a clear marker for the boundary lines of the End Zone. In order to score a touchdown, any part of the ball mush "break the plane" of that front edge. It must cross over any point on that white line, or those two pylons. Much like an auto race, where two cars reach the finish line within tenths of a second of each other. Whoever broke the plane first, wins.
    11:56 - Because he's Tyreek Hill. lol

  • @cottonsears1568
    @cottonsears1568 6 місяців тому +1

    The towel hanging from the Quarter backs belt is to keep their hands dry

  • @luckerooni1153
    @luckerooni1153 5 місяців тому

    If you like watching people return a kick for a touchdown, I recommend reacting to Devin Hester, he was so good at returning most teams just kick out of bounds and suffer a penalty to avoid him, he's the all time record holder for returns, and his returns are some all-time great NFL moments.

  • @ginger7044
    @ginger7044 7 місяців тому +1

    The players often have other sports they were good at, the running backs often have track and field skills, and kickers have soccer background. These are unusual and incredible plays, more the exception than the rule. Also a lot of these plays you were asking about the boundaries. Each play can be hotly contested because it is up to the referee and what they see.

  • @aaronbryce-i2d
    @aaronbryce-i2d 7 місяців тому +1

    you should watch a nfl hardest hits compilation i think its help in understanding the physicality and strength that is also a huge part of the game

  • @michaelkeller4090
    @michaelkeller4090 7 місяців тому

    I would watch Barry Sanders. Most impressive! Also the recently passed Larry Allen's tackle after an interception. Hitting the orange pylon with the football before going out of bounds is video proof that the ball actually did cross the goal line.

    • @topbaker4651
      @topbaker4651 7 місяців тому

      Larry Allen's run down on that linebacker will never be forgotten.

  • @soccerndog3785
    @soccerndog3785 7 місяців тому

    That’s where our football is different. Just the tip of the ball has to break the goal line (orange pillar) for a touchdown or safety to be scored.

  • @mbossman2
    @mbossman2 6 місяців тому +1

    A relative of mine was a team doctor for an NFL team.
    TO give you an idea of how in shape these players were:
    1. A player had a resting heart rate in the 30s for beats per minute.
    2. A player had abs that were so deep, he dropped an applicator between them and had to use forceps to pull it out his abs were so deep.
    3. From standing, NFL players can easily jump 3+ feet straight yup.
    4. 300 pound players can run a 40 yard dash in 5 seconds or so. The NFL record is less than 4.3 seconds.
    5) Players can do a standing board jump in excess of 10 feet. (the record is 12+ feet).

  • @killachaos1208
    @killachaos1208 7 місяців тому +1

    Barry Sanders is a great player to start with. He was very elusive and played the Running Back position. His top 50 plays video is a good one. Also the last player from this video is a current player by the name Tyreek Hill or The Cheetah. He's one of the fastest players in the NFL and plays Wide Receiver. Joseph Vincent has a video on him called The Cheetah.

  • @Younglove_02
    @Younglove_02 6 місяців тому +1

    The paint is called eye black. It draws the sunlight away from your eyes so you can see better

  • @henryperez606
    @henryperez606 6 місяців тому

    I’m really glad Brent Grimes catch was in here like two weeks later Odell, Beckham Jr. made a similar catch and it kind of overshadowed Brent Grimes

  • @GMLGMD
    @GMLGMD 5 місяців тому

    The reason the players sometimes do a flip in the end zone (even if it's not necessary) is for dramatic effect ... part of celebration of the touchdown. It's certainly not required, but its fun, and the crowd loves it! Also, you don't have to touch the orange pylon with the ball, but if you do hit it, the ball is considered in bounds, and it proves to the referee that you've just gotten a touchdown.

  • @chaosXP3RT
    @chaosXP3RT 7 місяців тому +1

    You should watch NFL terrible weather games! We play in all weather! Its so fun!

  • @kyrataylor2035
    @kyrataylor2035 2 місяці тому

    If players can't go through or around, they'll go over the top. Decades ago, I witnessed a Nebraska player literally run over the top of a mound of Mizzou players to score a touchdown at Missouri State University. It was amazing!

  • @karenwalters7131
    @karenwalters7131 5 місяців тому

    As for the leaps, most football players take dance classes to help with their coordination. My husband was a wide receiver during school. He took yoga and dance.