Seahawks Sign UDFA WR Victor James
by DJ C-Raig on May 15, 2010 4:12 PM PDT
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John is on a well earned vacation, and in lieu of his insightful commentary, you get my drunken Brian Billick impression.
6-1, 204 lb. WR Victor James was not invited to the Combine, but he recorded a 4.53 40, a 27″ vertical leap, and a 10′6″ broad jump at New Mexico's Pro Day. You may think this is another building block Special Teams signing; you would be correct. But this time there is an added bonus. James was the backup QB at UNM, and only converted to WR before his Senior year, catching 35 passes for 398 yards and 3 touchdowns. This means he has a little versatility, if not great speed. We should be heartened that Coaches Brian Schneider and Jeff Ulbrich are continuing to tinker with our "Little Giants"-esque inept Special Teams.
See for yourself what you think of James.
The picture above is not our new multi-talented savior, it is instead one Greg Inglis. Anyone who follows Rugby, occasionally watches Rugby, or has a cousin who once visited Australia knows who Greg Inglis is. He is the most recent winner of the Golden Boot, the award given to the best Rugby player in the world. He is 23 years old, fast as greased shit, 6-5, 240, and pissed at the universe. He is a Bad Aus, and he is interested in the NFL.
I won't go too much into the story (you can read it here) but apparently such "NFL giants" as the Broncos and Bills have extended offers to Inglis, hoping he'll come into camp as a LB and a KR. If either of those ass-clown teams can woo him, I don't see why we couldn't hit him in the face with Pete Carroll's boundless levels of charm, and have Mr. Allen fly over his house on his jet bike powered by unicorn tears, and drop a beanbag chair full of money on him.
I would be excited about this, and you can too.
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There was another rugby guy who tried out for the NFL a few years ago.
Someone from the All-Blacks, I think. Ended up on the Cowboys’ roster, did nothing.
Not saying that this guy can’t, just providing a little uninformed historical perspective.
The NFL tried the rugby angle at least once before
I used to play a lot of rugby before a completely shattered wrist ended it. They tried to bring a man up here before, or at least the Dallas Cowboys did. They offered him $6 million dollars just to come and tryout in 1999. The guy had never played football in his life but was a devastating punishing winger for the All-Blacks. He never tried out because his rugby club ponied up the money to keep him but I so wish he had.
I could watch Jonah Lomu run over people all day. If you don’t know him from rugby, you might know his character from Invictus as he played in that World Cup final against the dreaded Matt Damon of South Africa.
Maybe we should just skip the shennanigans
And sign Matt Damon of South Africa.
by Thomas Beekers on May 15, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I played against teams from New Zealand that did it
It’s pretty intimidating when you got actual Maoris doing it. Of course you got to man up and go meet them at midfield, stare them down and pretend that these guys who are twice your size and twice as fast aren’t intimidating you at all. One guy would leap in the air and stick his tongue out and hiss like a snake just a couple of feet from my face. He was so into it.
That’s why there’s so many Samoans in the NFL. They do their own version of the Haka. It’s their ancient battle cry.
That was so weak. Probably came from Mora's ipod.
by Kevaru on May 15, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Dave Dixon
It’s not a superstar skill position, but my Kiwi rugby buddy used to root for the Vikings ‘cause Dave Dixon played for them (I think right tackle, but I’m not sure; coulda been guard or the d-line instead) and he and my buddy had played rugby together growing up in NZ. Said Dave was the smelliest player he’d ever played with (which if you knew my buddy is saying a lot).
There was also a punter for the Chargers who had played rugby or aussie rules. It was pretty funny to watch him level a punt returner in the open field.
I’ve never understood why more NFL teams didn’t recruit rugby players, especially for things like punter or other special teams play. I’m not saying the Inglis and Lomus of the game, but the All-Blacks’ 2nd or 3rd string fly-half is going to be an all-around better punter than most American ones.
I love this quote
and have Mr. Allen fly over his house on his jet bike powered by unicorn tears
Golden!
Mryon Rolle
Read he stayed in football shape while doing that Rhodes Scholarship thing by playing Rugby…
Man I wish we drafted him.
Karma police, arrest this man.
by wyte_lightning on May 16, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Cerebral.
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
by SSreporters on May 17, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The youtube link compares him to Mel Meninga..
I spent a year as an exchange student in Australia in 1994, and went to a family picnic at my islander buddies’ house. I was talking with this big dude I assumed was an older uncle about basketball and his “little” cousins. (None of whom were small by basketball standards).
Dion came up to me and said, “So you met my cousin Mel? He’s pretty famous here, he plays rugby professionally.”
I asked if he was any good. Heheh. Dion was like, “Yeah, he’s kinda like the Michael Jordan of rugby.”
Oh.
Dion, interestingly, golfed with a 4,6,8 irons that were left handed and the 3,5,7,9 irons were right handed. Only guy I’ve ever seen that could do that and hit them both effectively.
Bird Law in this country isn't governed by reason.
by Tyler Jorgensen on May 16, 2010 3:00 PM PDT reply actions
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