Re: How realistic is it that a could College team could beat an NFL team?
Do any of you think we could hang with the Cleveland Browns for example? One argument I always see when it comes to this, is that every NFL team is basically a College all star team. All of them, even Cleveland. Because NFL players were some of the best players on their respective College team.
I know that College and the NFL used to play each other a loooooooooooong time ago.
Nope. And if both played their best it wouldn't even be close.
Let me put it this way...what chance would you give Alabama in a game against just the SEC All-Stars? Say a team of 22 players was constructed only of the other 13 teams in the league - best players at every position. Chad Kelly throwing to better receivers than he already has with a better line than he has and better running backs than he has.
He only lost by five as it was.
Now remember that you have every single best of the best across college ALL divisions, including those little gems hidden at HBCUs and FCS schools. Richard Dent, the Super Bowl XX MVP and Hall of Famer went to Tennessee State; Jerry Rice went to Miss Valley State; Walter Payton to Jackson State. Kurt Warner went to Northern Iowa.
Hell, the Super Bowl 49 MVP went to West Alabama. Not Alabama. WEST Alabama.
Now imagine a team full of those guys. Plus they'd have additional years of experience lifting weights, playing ball, and the rigorous NFL training camp and medical personnel.
We have guys in our secondary who have trouble covering no names out of the phone book now. Do you seriously think that our secondary could cover FOUR Odell Beckham's or Julio Jones's?
Nope.