Posted on 08/27/2019 9:52:46 AM PDT by KC_Lion
An NFL team has offered women’s soccer star Carli Lloyd the chance to become the first woman to kick in an NFL preseason game, after she drilled a 55-yard field goal at the Eagle’s training camp.
Why the NFL would put a woman in a position of being injured is anyone’s guess.
Lloyd uncorked her kick after being invited to the Philadelphia Eagles training session last week, and video of the kick went viral, Fox Sports reported.
This week, Lloyd’s trainer, James Galanis, noted that the soccer star had been approached by several other NFL teams to play for them in a preseason game.
“The one that called today, I don’t want to say who it is, was willing to put her on the roster for their next (game). They were willing to put her on the roster,” Galanis told Fox Sports.
However, that deal may not occur. “She was told (she could) play on Thursday, the NFL game, but she is playing Thursday with the national team, so that was the conflict,” the trainer added.
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Not sure it’s true, but there have been comments that while soccer players can get the distance and accuracy without a problem, their kicks tend to have a lower trajectory/lesser angle off the turf, and thus might be more susceptible to being blocked.
A lot of those in the NFL don’t consider kickers real football players. Some kickers and punters will actually tackle (and competently). Many won’t.
“you got tackled by the kicker?!?”
Yep. There have been a few punters that were rugby players that could tackle well, but they used rugby tackling techniques that are less likely to cause injuries to themselves.
Adam Vinatieri can not take a hit from a 300 pound lineman either. He is the best kicker ever to play in the NFL.
Anyway, the after game shower scene might be interesting.
Lol!
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