Running through players this size is not entirely foreign to Lomu, however. He does blast through plenty of pound players on his way to the try line, and his running power and leg drive do seem to rival some of the great power backs like Earl Campbell and Eddie George. I would be comfortable letting him loose on linebackers. The greatest reason why Lomu would be a better running back than a rugby winger is the running start that a running back gets.
After the Rugby World Cup, defenses would place a defender right on Lomu and not allow him any time to build up speed. This tactic would be completely eliminated on an American Football field, where he would consistently get a five or six-yard run-up to get up to speed and hit "beast mode.
The real issue that would have struck Lomu if he'd joined the NFL would have been reading blocks. Wade was the third fastest in the NFL pre-season in , clocking 21mph While NFL players wear pads and helmets weighing kgs, it's a still a good 2km behind the speeds top rugby sevens players record.
The benchmark for speed in the NFL is the yard dash, where each year the fastest draft prospects clock speeds under 4. In , John Ross ran a 4. Here's a list of reported times and metre per second speeds across the sport, all either reported by teammates, coaches or the players themselves.
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