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About what? The mile pace? Yes. People are making the claim that guys like LeBron James and Calvin Johnson couldn't hold up for an entire grueling soccer match. It was said that these soccer players run 7 miles over the course of 105 minutes with a break in the middle. That's a 15 minute mile pace which is honestly very slow. To suggest that the guys we talked about couldn't do that is funny.

7 miles over 105 minutes is a 15 minute mile. That's not exactly exhausting. Especially when you get a break at halftime.

You realize this is a Buffalo Bills football board, right? Where people come to discuss football, the Bills, and things related to that. I'm sure you can find a .fr or .it where soccer boards are more common. It's not that great of a sport no matter how much of a mystique people try to give it. It's simple, slow, and acting hurt is part of the game.

Just to be clear, I don't hate soccer. It's a decent sport and every 4 years it's kind of cool to watch the world come together to play. Mostly I love the way other, smaller nations get behind their teams. Soccer is intertwined in their culture and because of that, I think it's pretty interesting to watch. Aside from the fact that I think it's lower tier athletes from the US playing, my real frustration is the hipster, social phenomenon/ESPN's vested interest shoving it down our throats that's pretty annoying. There was a great article in the Journal about American fans that pretty much captures my thoughts: http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/why-i-hate-american-soccer-fans-1402012291?mobile=y

Um....let me give it a try... Since soccer players are not sprinting for more than a 4-5 seconds at a time, how fast you can run in those couple seconds is pretty important. Also, since there is ample 'down' time between prolonged sprinting, how many miles you have to run isn't really too relevant. Just another soccer Red Herring though

Try what again? You're not making any sense. Here goes.... I've never watched a soccer game when people sprinted most of the time. It's generally a few short bursts of frenzied activity and then light jogging. That is by no means easy, but let's not pretend these guys are sprinting for 90 minutes. So yeah, I think they'd be able to handle it. Gymnastics and being a Jockey there's an advantage to being small. Like sitting on a plane. So no, they wouldn't be good at those sports but Messi might be.

The soccer crowd is so sensitive. If you think that being an agile, fast, strong, guy who is bigger than everyone else isn't an advantage, you're nuts. Can you imagine a guy like LeBron or Jimmy Graham playing defense for a soccer team? You think a relative pip squeak like Messi is going to be able to dominate? No chance.

Obviously I can't provide answers to those specific questions, but my point was more hypothetical in nature. We have athletes in this country that are MUCH bigger, faster, and stronger than anyone playing soccer. And I'm not talking about a little bit, I'm talking A LOT. My point is that if they grew up playing soccer instead if something else, they'd dominate the sport. So it's hard to take soccer seriously when we know that in this country it's the B and C athletes that play the sport.

It's more about soccer in the US, not worldwide. It won't be anything more than a pastime in the US until this counties premier athletes start playing the sport. I'm not trying to be extreme, but it's just a fact that if the guys I mentioned and about 100 others decided to play soccer instead of football or basketball, the US would never lose a game. A guy like Calvin Johnson is 6'5" , 240 and runs faster than any of these soccer squirts. It wouldn't be a fair fight.

Until athletic beasts like LeBron, Calvin Johnson and Jimmy Graham start playing soccer it will be nothing more than a cute little pastime for kids and hipsters.

Gronk P. Manning

Ha! Doesn't get old!

Hahaha. Love anytime DaRick can get brought into the conversation. Good work

Gragg? Really? Might as well right in Legursky

HA! Nice. This whole philosophy may fall flat, but at least Whaley has a vision and is working to implement it. I'd much rather our front office do that then meander around without a plan. That's been part of the problem over the last 15 years.

haha...nice!

Ok. My issue is more about the degree of this (and frankly mostly everything in the news these days). I do think it's a story, but a small story. It's a nice story. My issue with how this has played out over the last couple months is twofold. 1) The media going completely overboard on this. 2) The moral grandstanders looking down their nose at people and telling everyone how they should feel about it.

I think you are dead wrong about "people who are insisting that "they could care less" and "why is this news?" are really masking the fact that this whole thing really bothers them". It's so presumptuous, I'm surprised that you would even put that thought down on paper. But it's a common attack theme these days. When someone says what they think, if it's not completely aligned with PC pop culture, attack them as saying its a euphemism for being a racists, sexist, homophobe, whatever... I can't speak for everyone, but speaking for myself I can say that I have no problem with homosexuality at all AND I think this Michael Sam thing is annoying, obnoxious, and frankly a non-issue. totally agree!

He doesn't care the guy is gay. He cares that so many people make a big deal out of it because it's annoying when moral elitists feel the need to tell everyone how morally elite they are. Not a hard concept or distinction. Point of fact: I have many friends that are gay. My wife and I are going to St Tropez with our friends who happen to be a gay couple later this summer. It's fair to say the last thing I'd ever be called is homophobic. I think it's embarrassing when people and the media over hype situations like the Michael Sam situation. IMHO people that feel feed into it fall into one of two camps. 1) they just crawled out from under a rock and actually think this is a watershed moment. 2) they are using this as the Twitter/Instagram/Facebook version of a selfie. "Hey! Look at me! I'm really accepting of other lifestyles! Aren't I so enlightened?"

Never know! He's 6'5" and went from 215 to 245 in the offseason. Presumably muscle weight. Coincidentally, Jordan Cameron of the Browns is 6'5"/245. Here's to hoping.

I agree with you that I don't think Buffalo will take a QB. Everything you said about Whaley and what they've said about EJ is true. They are EJ or bust it appears. I hope they reconsider though. Simply because if EJ falls flat and we have no number one next year and no backup capable of being a real NFL starter, the Bills are definitely screwed. Not that a 4th round rookie changes that, but it's a better Plan B than Thad or Tuel, IMO.

At this point in the draft, Round 4 and beyond, I think it's a good time to take a QB. The jury is still out on EJ and now that we've traded our number one away next year, a little insurance might not be a bad idea. Watched a little bit of Tom Savage from Pitts highlights, kid has a rocket arm. Maybe a diamond in the rough.

Hahaha! Awesome. Trading up is Troys bucket. Trading down is finding one eyed willie!

Isn't that a website for geriatric singles to meet? http://www.ourtime.com

So hard to say with so many variables. My perfect (somewhat realistic) scenario would be: Trade back from 9 to mid first round. Pick up an extra second and maybe 4th. In mid first, take BPA. Hopefully a guy like Lewan, Martin, Ebron, or maybe OBJ. In second target a TE and a LB.