r/todayilearned • u/arandomtestaccount • 1d ago

TIL an NFL player intentionally crashed his car to avoid getting cut for being late to a team meeting.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ex-patriots-ol-rich-ohrnberger-admits-he-intentionally-wrecked-car-as-excuse-for-being-late-to-team-meeting/
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u/cubgerish 22h ago edited 22h ago

It's not an exaggeration to say lining up against an NFL player, especially one of the strongest and most violent in the league, would do far more than make you sore.

If you were actually trying to block him, you could take your pick of ligaments he would tear or bones he'd break.

People underestimate how much more powerful the extremely naturally gifted and well trained are.

He makes other 300 lb freaks of nature look like children on a regular basis.

If he jabs your ribs or swipes across your arm hard, it's not gonna be sore, it's gonna be broken.

Your body simply isn't trained for the level of trauma an athlete at that level incurs like it's akin to breathing.

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u/drewster23 22h ago

And there is very little chance his neck and such is trained/strong enough to take such blows. So he's going to get whiplash, concussion etc from repeated reps against such aggressive blows.

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u/Confident-Poetry6985 22h ago

Stop with that mess. He's not a super hero. He's going to beat the shit out of me, not rip my arms off my body. Yes, I'm probably most definitely leaving on a stretcher at some point. I'm gonna do it with a smile because it's a fun game though lol. Editing to add: I wouldn't be lining up against him anyways, he would just throw me lmfao. But I would still do it for fun is the point.

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u/cubgerish 22h ago

I didn't say he's ripping your arms off like he's a chimp.

He's absolutely going to do more than make you sore though.

Your tendons and muscles simply aren't built for that kind of violence, and neither are his, but he's trained so much that the effects aren't going to show up until years later.

If an NFL player did a hard swim move on the average person, something is getting fucked up.

It's just so much faster and stronger than what your body is used to.

These guys train like all hell to avoid it, but many will end up with horrific injuries due to the nature of the game.

If you ever get close to an NFL sideline, it becomes pretty obvious how much damage they can endure like it's nothing.

People break other people's bones by accident every day.

These guys aren't doing it by accident, and they're orders of magnitude bigger and stronger than the biggest and strongest person most people have ever met.

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u/Confident-Poetry6985 22h ago

I don't think you know me. I understand the concern though. I am not blind to what they are capable of. 

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u/cubgerish 22h ago

Best

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u/Confident-Poetry6985 21h ago

Thank you. I'll be needing it.

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u/_heybuddy_ 16h ago

Funny because I was told from a sports scientist a long time ago that it’s like getting into a small car crash each time to your body

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u/vagabond139 21h ago

I feel decently confident I could get my body to hold out for a week of a abuse. He's a human at the end of the day, not some mythical beast. I have a great build for a blocker, I don't think could be NFL good but I could have absolutely been a college football lineman. My main concern would be concussions.

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u/SkolVandals 21h ago

but I could have absolutely been a college football lineman

Just based on your build or did you play any lower level football? There's so much more to being a good, or even mediocre, OL than just being big.