Will a woman play in the NFL someday?

[Deberg_1990]

Female will compete at regional combine for first time


The NFL debuted its regional scouting combine concept back in 2011. Ten cities this year hold a regional combine from January to March, with the best players going to a super-regional in Dallas in April.


The March 2-3 New Jersey regional will mark a first in the regional combine process: A female player will compete.

Lauren Silberman of New York City will participate as a kicker. A club soccer player at Wisconsin, Silberman has taken a different path than your average college kicker. She wrote a Master's thesis at MIT about how athletes use video games to enhance their own performance. She then founded a consulting company Double Play that helps athletes use video games for virtual training purposes.

"I was not aware that I was the first female registrant," Silberman told NFL.com on Tuesday. "I was actually hoping that the 2012 historical milestone rule, to allow women to play, would prompt more women to attend tryouts this year. But for me, what's important is to finally have a chance to fulfill my dreams by trying out to play in the world's most competitive football league."

Silberman, 28, will be competing against plenty of college kickers. (Greg "Legatron" Zuerlein was a success story from last year's regional combines.) She's the ultimate long shot in an event full of them. Her story reminds me of Albert Breer's piece on making the regional combines an American Idol-style buildup to the main NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

"The opportunity to attend this event could not be more exciting. Getting to meet interesting people and perfect my technique from others could not be more rewarding. ... Regardless of the outcome of the tryout, I hope there is a way I can contribute and strengthen the league," Silberman said.

We wish Silberman all the best at her tryout and congratulate her on making some history.


http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...for-first-time

[tony77]

At kicker maybe and thats a big maybe. But no other position.

[tony77]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Some of the girls in the lingerie league can ball.

Yeah maybe they can ball but not against men. But hey dexter mccluster made so maybe someday. Hes pretty female-like

[Deberg_1990]

Kicker/Punter maybe....definately not a line position. Maybe a WR? or DB? HUGE maybe....

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Didn't the Chiefs have a female soccer player in a few years ago to try out as a kicker? Maybe during the Gunther years?

This is what I was remembering. Not really a tryout; just a publicity stunt.

Earlier this fall, this was Mia Hamm at Kansas City Chiefs practice in town for an exhibition match with the U.S. women's national team. Left and right foot from well outside 45 yards putting it through the uprights in front of some astonished Kansas City Chiefs.

http://sports.espn.go.com/page2/tvli...ranscript.html

[gblowfish]

One of the other threads said the biggest female porn star weighed over 700 lbs.
Nose tackle in the 3-4???

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

I would love to see a female kicker.

[Chief_For_Life58]

if shes born by lebron james and serena williams then shot up with anabolic steriods her whole life.

[Chief_For_Life58]

on a side note, lebron and serena need to breed

[fan4ever]

Two things will make this happen; political correctness and the pussification of football. Perfect storm.

[RyFo18]

No

[Lzen]

Maybe Britney Griner. Different sport, I know. But she is pretty much already a dude.

[Dayze]

any of the chiks Omaha posts could probably play

[PGM]

DeBerg threads FTW!!

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

She already does. In Denver. Likes to use her mouth and hands a lot.
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[Buzz_TinBalls]

Originally Posted by fan4ever

Two things will make this happen; political correctness and the pussification of football. Perfect storm.

and $$$$$$