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Steelers Work Out Rugby Star Turned Tight End, Inaki Villanueva.

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would work great if we had a qb that took the short rouites and ball control....otherwise it's a waste of coin
 
south dakota STEEL said:
would work great if we had a qb that took the short rouites and ball control....otherwise it's a waste of coin
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If he shows then I think it is a PS thing.... Then a training camp thing in the offseason.

I don't see a problem here.
 
If he signs we will all get a lot better at spelling Villanueva and will have enough of them to have a New Village on our offense. Hell, we could call them the "Village People" offense. Rally song for the O could be "Macho Man".

No? Am I AFU'd on this one?
 
awboatguy said:
If he signs we will all get a lot better at spelling Villanueva and will have enough of them to have a New Village on our offense. Hell, we could call them the "Village People" offense. Rally song for the O could be "Macho Man".

No? Am I AFU'd on this one?
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well you have a gay **** burns..... so............
 
Spain suck at rugby lol he has nice size though
 
I could see the skill set at running back could be translated. Tight end not a chance. I've caught footballs since I was six or seven and I'm pretty sure I could barely defend myself from Ben ripping a pass at me. The catch mechanics are completely different as are the blocks.
 
SteelerSask said:
I could see the skill set at running back could be translated. Tight end not a chance.
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I disagree, ball skills are ball skills. There are plenty of top class rugby union players that could make the transition. You'd just have to get them at the start of their career and stash them on the PS for a year or two while they transition and develop.
 
Almost every ball handle in Rugby is essentially a toss play. I really don't see how that translates to a fastball at 10 to 15 yards. Or a speed out at 5. Those are the two most frequent TE catches. Rugby is one of the most physical games in the world, but blocking is a very subtle subskill that even a lot of polished college TE struggle with. Look I'm all about turing over every stone. I'm just very skeptical.
 
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers are run by a family and have the palpable feel of a family, and this week the theme -- beyond the obvious of beating the Miami Dolphins -- seems to be brotherly love.
It began Monday when the Steelers gave Alejandro Villanueva's brother, Inaki Villanueva, a tryout.
The third of the four Villanueva children, Inaki is a 6-6, 227-pound member of the Spain national rugby union team and played for Spain in the 2016 Olympics. He's 25 years old and apparently caught Mike Tomlin's eye while hanging around the UPMC Rooney Complex on the South Side and at Heinz Field on game days this season. The Steelers asked Al if he would notify his brother about a workout this week.
"I drove him to the facility (Monday) but I don't know how he did," said Al. "The thing is he's definitely capable. He's a very determined guy, and the one thing I found out about the NFL, especially in the past few years in my experience, and not just in this locker room but competing against each other, the pedigrees of players is overrated.
"The pedigree of a first-round pick means nothing in the NFL, because the mental aspect of the game is so much more important than how good you can perform. Obviously he's a very intelligent guy, a double major at a very prestigious university, Madrid, speaks a couple of languages. He's a very intelligent athlete. I think he's got the qualities coaches are starting to like more as opposed to how fast can you run the 40 and how explosive is your broad jump. He's just an overall very skilled, very mobile, good athlete."
Al said Inaki is down in weight because he plays rugby sevens, "which is 14 minutes of non-stop running, and that's the polar opposite of football. I know when he was playing (rugby) 15s he was a much bigger guy and he was around 250, 260, but obviously for all of those rugby sevens for the Olympics he had to drop down to 220. He's not in explosive football shape right now but just like I did he can bulk up a hundred pounds if need be.
"I'm not sure why they worked him out. It's one of those things where Coach Tomlin always sees him around the building when he comes to see our games."


http://www.scout.com/nfl/steelers/story/1716816-he-ain-t-heavy
 
said Al. "The thing is he's definitely capable. He's a very determined guy, and the one thing I found out about the NFL, especially in the past few years in my experience, and not just in this locker room but competing against each other, the pedigrees of players is overrated.

"The pedigree of a first-round pick means nothing in the NFL, because the mental aspect of the game is so much more important than how good you can perform.
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******* A!!
 
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