Bowden said he used to get so angry at Deion in games, because he would get bored, wanna show off, etc. He would sometimes 'get beat' off the line to bait the QB, then use his ridiculous closing speed to catch up and break up the pass, or even intercept it.
I used to live in Knoxville during Pat Summitt's heydey. During one stretch they won three straight national titles. I saw a story on the local news about how they had male students (who I assumed had played high school basketball) serve as a practice squad. They interviewed some of the guys and said they were impressed the women on the team could hang with them on the court.
What??? A football coach who legitimately taught you something in an academic class? Get out of here.
You could take the worst of the NBA such as the Bucks, 76ers, or Cavs and put them against the best of the WNBA and the results would stay the same. The women lose about 4-5 inches per position on average, not to mention they aren't even close athletically. There's a reason that none of the WNBA teams are self sufficient, and it's because no body really cares for boring basketball.
Very good point but you better be Deion Sanders good to not have to make tackles. I'd still pick Ronnie Lott over Neon any day.
To take it a step further, in his prime Deion was so fast that he took away almost half of the field. Not only did QBs not throw to the receiver that he was covering, but they stayed far away from him altogether. He was so fast that he always kept an eye on the QB and anything on his area presented an opportunity for an interception - and he was hard to catch if he got a pick in the open field.
