Can this vid be real?

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Kyle

Kyle

Diamond Member
Oct 14, 1999
4,145
11
91
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: jjsole
Does "NFL Fantasy Files" mean anything to anyone. :confused:

No its not real. Its physically impossible to kick a football that accurately. Its a friggin oblong ball - as long as there is an ounce of wind it will basically never go in the exact same direction even with the exact same kick.

This is like that fake basketball vid a couple years ago or so where kids were throwing the ball of walls in a gym from 50+ feet and making it every time.
Click to expand...

i don't know. i would think the FANTASY in that would be for fantasy football. that would also make sense since he says "need a kicker? pick me" but hey i been wrong before..
Click to expand...


haha no you're not wrong =)

 
D

davew0670

Golden Member
Apr 24, 2003
1,132
0
76
pele couldnt kick 4 soccer balls in a row from 25 yards out. anyone seriously think that douchebag could kick 4 oblong footballs from 50? if you do, I've got a bridge to sell you.
 
Nik

Nik

Lifer
Jun 5, 2006
16,101
3
56
Originally posted by: Baked
Well, there's no fricking wind, there's no fricking pressure from 11 angry men, and he's a kicker, that should be a piece of cake for him.
Click to expand...

No wind my ass. 1) You can hear the wind blowing against the microphone. 2) His first kick was clearly going to miss without obvious and easily-recognized push from the left from wind. 3) You can see the flags at the top of the goal posts blowing in the wind.

I'd like to see any pro football team's star kicker try that and hit all four balls in the right order.
 
T

tfcmasta97

Platinum Member
Feb 7, 2004
2,003
0
0
Originally posted by: Baked
Well, there's no fricking wind, there's no fricking pressure from 11 angry men, and he's a kicker, that should be a piece of cake for him.
Click to expand...

sooo... how stupid is this guy?? like really... really stupid?
 
GasX

GasX

Lifer
Feb 8, 2001
29,033
6
81
In my rugby days, I could kick with accuracy from about 40 yards. I could put 2/3 kicks between posts that were 5 feet apart. It is really not that hard once you develop the touch.

Now, to do it from 50 yards, well that is a slightly different matter, but a professional athlete who does more fitness training than I ever did could easily get the leg to kick that far.
 
AMDZen

AMDZen

Lifer
Apr 15, 2004
12,589
0
76
I not sure if its fake, but its impressive as hell if its not.

And the guy who is like "Yea he is NFL, he should be able to do that" is a frickin retard
 
KB

KB

Diamond Member
Nov 8, 1999
5,406
389
126
Its got to be fake. The trajectory of 2 of the 4 (particularly the last one), weren't even close to the side he was kicking, yet they disappear off the top of the screen and then appear hitting the post.
 
S

Softballslug

Senior member
Feb 22, 2000
397
0
0
Check out the last kick. Definately on a trajectory that would have been WAY LEFT of the right upright.
 
T

thesurge

Golden Member
Dec 11, 2004
1,745
0
0
It is fake. If you go to the link I posted, it shows two other "Fantasy files"... one with a blindfolded reciever catching passes and another one with a QB throwing a football into a trashcan moving twenty miles per hour from 40 yards away.
 
C

chuckywang

Lifer
Jan 12, 2004
20,133
1
0
Three things:

1) Neil Rackers is one of the best kickers in the league. This video reminds me of the Ronaldinho Nike commercial.

2) Neil Rackers is an Illinois alum. Go Illini!!

3) Like the Ronaldinho commercial, no way this is real. It's an advertisement for fantasy football. Would a real video have the kicker say the scripted line "You need a kicker, don't you? Pick me." jjsole said it best in his post about why it's not real.
 
S

Sid59

Lifer
Sep 2, 2002
11,879
3
81
Originally posted by: thesurge
It is fake. If you go to the link I posted, it shows two other "Fantasy files"... one with a blindfolded reciever catching passes and another one with a QB throwing a football into a trashcan moving twenty miles per hour from 40 yards away.
Click to expand...

yes .. the QB video is Chris Simms .. lofl.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom