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I think you're missing my point. I'm not claiming that more people don't play basketball and therefore the "talent" pool is larger, my point is that the requirements of football are harder than that of basketball. It's truly apples to oranges - these are not the same type of athletes, so how...

There's really no reason for you to be so combative. Playing basketball at the highest level is very difficult, there's no doubt about it, and requires extremely high levels of athleticism - but there is no combination of factors greater than the athleticism required to be a safety in the NFL...

Peppers is one of the most athletic defensive ends literally ever. Athletic enough to walk onto UNC, drop 21pts and 10 rebounds in the NCAA tourney, then decide he didn't want to play anymore. If he decided he wanted to focus on basketball, there's little doubt he would have made it, IMO - but...

Julius Peppers comes to mind.