Joe Theismann: "LeBron James can be NFL QB"

[Auggie]

espn.com / 5-28-13

When Joe Theismann watches LeBron James play basketball, he sees a potential NFL quarterback.

The former Washington Redskins quarterback expressed his belief in telephone interviews to Fox Sports Florida on Saturday and to the NFL Network's "NFL AM" show Tuesday.

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"Who wouldn't want to coach LeBron James? He's the most physical specimen we have in professional sports," he told the NFL Network. "He could do, I think, anything he wanted."

Theismann said the biggest thing the NBA's reigning MVP would have to work on is his footwork, which he said is the "most important element" to throwing the ball accurately at the NFL level. He also wonders whether James' hands are too big to wrap around the football.

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James told reporters he "has ability," adding "I can see and read plays. I study a lot, so I know defenses and things of that nature. So I would have been pretty good if I had decided to go for it."

[madinmaryland]

1. Heh! Maybe he could go back and play for the Cleveland Browns!!

Methinks Theismann needs to lay off the viagra.

[Auggie]

3. Browns need someone who plays all four quarters

[KamaAina]

2. Like Michael Jordan was a big-league outfielder?

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Nobody says the Tebow can play basketball?

Maybe he can play not-quite baseball and become the designated hitter for the Astros.

[El Supremo]

6. He'd make a great point guard.

And he would flop a lot.

[madinmaryland]

7. Oh, FFS! You said he would make a great QB for the Denver Broncos.

[NoGOPZone]

5. A receiver maybe, not a QB. nt

[hughee99]

8. Maybe, but the number of "physical specimens" that have failed at QB in the NFL

is long and undistinguished.

[Auggie]

9. And a lot of those are guys that played QB in high school and college

James?