Can Herschel Walker Really Make An NFL Comeback?
Herschel Walker is fighting on this Saturday’s Strikeforce card. It will be his second career MMA fight. Just being in that good a shape at 48-years-old is impressive. Just look at him. Dude is ripped like a Ninja Turtle. The fact that he’s giving a second sport a try at this age is incredible, but what if he was considering an NFL comeback? He is.
On a recent conference call to talk about his upcoming fight he seemed pretty confident.
“If I continue to stay in the shape I’m in now, I know I can play when I’m 50. Right now, if you asked if I can play today, there’s absolutely no doubt in my mind I can play football today, that I can help out a team today.”
If you’re worried that Walker has lost a step or two, he claims to have run the 40-yard-dash in 4.38 or 4.39 seconds in 2010.
“I haven’t been doing my track work, but I think if I get back into my track work and the way I run, I can still run pretty well.”
Yeah, I’d say so. For what its worth, Darrell Green supposedly ran a 4.43-40 on his 50th birthday last year.
So if Herschel Walker is in this good a shape and still that fast, is it really that insane to think that some NFL team could give him a shot? Walker was nothing if not durable during his 12-year career. He missed just 5 games in his career and 4 of them came in his second season. The conventional glass ceiling for a running back is 30-years-old, but if anyone can do it, it has to be Herschel Walker.

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January 25th, 2011 at 3:33 PM
The dude is bi-polar and schizophrenic. He is just talking out his ass.
/obligatory there is no such thing as mental illness line’d
January 25th, 2011 at 3:33 PM
if tearaway jerseys do!
January 25th, 2011 at 3:33 PM
This would be awesome.
/Over/under on Cutler references is set at 23.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:33 PM
Good for Herschel crushing cans in strikeforce, but there is no way he could play in the NFL at 50 years old. But, hell, I’d like to see him try.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:34 PM
Fuck that. I was playing Tecmo Super Bowl last night and he’s not as good as you remember.
Bo Jackson, however, is.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:34 PM
No
January 25th, 2011 at 3:35 PM
Herschel can do whatever the fuck he wants to. Best CFB player of all time.
/pimp
January 25th, 2011 at 3:36 PM
Herschels number 3 and 4 think that he has a chance. But Herschels number 1 isn’t sure and Herschel number 2 wants a chocolate sundae.
/going to hell.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:36 PM
Toronto Argonauts.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:36 PM
Bo Jackson, however, is.
Yes, yes he is.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:37 PM
I’ll always love Herschel Walker
/Vikings hater
January 25th, 2011 at 3:37 PM
When Herschel Walker joined the bobsled team there was nothing I was more certain of in life than we were going to win the Gold.
/I was 11
January 25th, 2011 at 3:37 PM
Jack LeLane is dead, if he were smart he would try to move into the whole juicing market while the iron is hot.
Ever see the mr t infomercial when is comes in by breaking down the door? Yeah it’s pretty bad
January 25th, 2011 at 3:38 PM
+1
January 25th, 2011 at 3:39 PM
By the looks of things, he’s already in on that market.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:40 PM
I just want to be in as good of shape as the guy on the right some day.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:40 PM
When Herschel Walker joined the bobsled team there was nothing I was more certain of in life than we were going to win the Gold.
/I was 11
Which Olympics was that? ’92 or ’94? I remember that being the coolest thing in the world when I was a kid that a football player was going try out bobsled.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:42 PM
one of the milestones of aging is when you are in yer early to mid 30s and pro athletes yer age are discussed as being on the downhill side.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Jerry Rice would be the #1 WR on the Browns today
January 25th, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Upon further review, I can see Al Davis and Dan Snyder giving Herschel a shot. Please let this happen.
Totally unrelated, but has anyone seen Duder in the comments?
January 25th, 2011 at 3:43 PM
He should have had John Candy coach him and he would have.
/I see pride
//I see powah
January 25th, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Herschel could probably make some plays, but the first time Ray Lewis knocks him on his ass, he ain’t getting up.
I’m 40 and in the same shape I was in 10 years ago, and some days I can barely get out of bed.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Is that Jason McIntyre next to Hersch?
January 25th, 2011 at 3:45 PM
is herschel still doing only pushups and situps?
January 25th, 2011 at 3:46 PM
He should have had John Candy coach him and he would have.
The funniest part of that movie was that one of the characters was named Yule Brynner. And that the audience is required to believe that John Candy could ever in his life have fit into a bobsled.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:46 PM
Didn’t Jim Brown try in his forties? If he can’t Hersch can’t.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:47 PM
herschel is ripped to shit.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Kirstie Allie used to be a fine fucking piece of ass, these things happen.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:48 PM
professional athletes aren’t humans like the rest of us. they operate under different phsyical laws than normal people.
/like how brett hull could gain 100 lbs 9 mos after he retires…IMPRESSIVE
January 25th, 2011 at 3:48 PM
bree, there’s no doubt that in the 30s and 40s you might be in better shape than yer 20s, mainly because you take it more seriously. still, most times i’m in a some pickup game, say softball, i damn near pull a hammy heading to first. the body needs to practice moving fast, stop- start movements, directions changes, regardless of how low yer body fat is or how much you can bench
January 25th, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Kirstie Allie used to be a fine fucking piece of ass, these things happen.
Touché sir.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:49 PM
I was watching Rookie of the Year a few months back and forgot that John Candy was the announcer. What a great movie.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:49 PM
The funniest part of that movie was that one of the characters was named Yule Brynner. And that the audience is required to believe that John Candy could ever in his life have fit into a bobsled.
and there was no cloud of ganj smoke
January 25th, 2011 at 3:49 PM
like how brett hull could gain 100 lbs 9 mos after he retires…IMPRESSIVE
Score 86 goals in one season and you can eat whatever the fuck you want when you retire.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:50 PM
Herschel’s one of my favorite athletes ever. He could probably start for the Packers in the Super Bowl but I’m not sure if he can actually make it back to NFL level at RB
January 25th, 2011 at 3:50 PM
@ms — ’92.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:51 PM
I think your looking for Keith Tkachuk there boy-o
January 25th, 2011 at 3:51 PM
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:51 PM
where would he start for the pack then, fran starkington?
January 25th, 2011 at 3:51 PM
didn’t he suck the first time around?
January 25th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Now now, his cheeks are just puffy because he’s storing food for the winter in them.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Rookie of the Year is a fantastic flick, and I am certain I’m in the minority for this but I think Little Big League is superior.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
This moderation is bush league.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
Didn’t that guys sue the producers of that movie b/c he was pissed they cast John Candy as him? I swear I read that somewhere.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
where would he start for the pack then, fran starkington?
I was making the joke that none of the Packers RBs are NFL-level
January 25th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
“Gentlemen, a bodsled is a simple thing.”
“YEAH SO IS A TOILET”
January 25th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Something seems off.
/where’s JPQ?
January 25th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
I’m with you on this, my favorite line remains his friend asking “It’s the American League, how hard can it be?”…pops into my head whenever an NL manager is getting praised for executing a double switch
January 25th, 2011 at 3:54 PM
FUNKY BUTT LOVIN’
January 25th, 2011 at 3:55 PM
He had one stud year in the NFL. But no, he wasn’t worth 11 draft picks. But then again, there are like 8 people who are.
/and one of them ain’t Ricky Williams
January 25th, 2011 at 3:56 PM
Uh…..no, as a matter of fact, he did not suck the first time around.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:56 PM
No RoY is superior. Busey, Candy, Daniel Stern as Brigma, FunkyButtLovin, it’s really no comparison.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Herschel is probably one of the best, pure athletes of the last 30 years. I’d love to see him give the NFL a try. It’d be a great story.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:58 PM
No RoY is superior. Busey, Candy, Daniel Stern as Brigma, FunkyButtLovin, it’s really no comparison.
I’m pretty sure that was the first time I found a woman in her 40s attractive.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Brett killed it at the World Cup in ’96.
/obligatory hockey comment in a non-hockey post.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
What was really weird about the Vikings trading for Herschel was that they didn’t really give him the ball all that much after trading their whole franchise for him. He got like 10 – 15 touches a game. He was at least good for his whole career, fwiw, even if he wasn’t great for most of the NFL part
January 25th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Give some love to Dan Hedaya, one of the all time great “that guys.”
January 25th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Brown never actually tried, he just ran his mouth about it because he was pissed that Franco Harris looked like he was going to break his record.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:00 PM
wouldn’t you be pissed if some stiller faggot like franco harris was about to break you, the GOAT’s, record?
January 25th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Id float it in her.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Give some love to Dan Hedaya, one of the all time great “that guys.”
Noted. And let’s not forget Mr. Duncan from Duncan toys playing the owner.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
herschel is ripped to shit.
i took a shit this morning that ripped my hershcel. been eating alot of cheese lately.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
Lets also not forget Neil Flynn played first base in ROY.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
The Kid From Left Field blows away both Little Big League and ROTY.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079399/
January 25th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
I wouldn’t say it’s no comparison. Pointdexter frmo Revenge of the Nerds, Silverman, the cop with the mustach from Beverly Hills Cop, and his mom is wayyyyy hotter than Rowengardner’s AND Griffey Jr, Lou Pinella, Randy Johnson and Dave Magadan all make an appearance in the final game.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
The mom in ROY > the mom in Little Big League. She was a bitch.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:04 PM
Didn’t Jim Brown try in his forties? If he can’t Hersch can’t.
what jim brown should try to do instead is not be a colossal jerk off his entire life.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:04 PM
He wasn’t Emmitt Smith, but he wasn’t Reggie Bush either.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:05 PM
where would he start for the pack then, fran starkington?
I was making the joke that none of the Packers RBs are NFL-level
i have no sense of humor, especially about sports.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:05 PM
You’re fucking insane.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:06 PM
The Sandlot slaughters both.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:06 PM
I know
January 25th, 2011 at 4:07 PM
/facepalm
January 25th, 2011 at 4:07 PM
The fuck is this? Lou Collins could have had any road beef he wanted but knew Billy Haywood’s mom was the goods
January 25th, 2011 at 4:07 PM
Fact.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:07 PM
The Sandlot slaughters both.
Agreed.
“You’re killing me Smalls!”
January 25th, 2011 at 4:08 PM
The fuck is this? Lou Collins could have had any road beef he wanted but knew Billy Haywood’s mom was the goods
/Trying to avoid moderation this time
January 25th, 2011 at 4:08 PM
fucking moderation…menarky says some straight up bullshit about jim brown, and MY comment gets moderated?
FUCK THAT.
/wasn’t “trying to be funny” either, bossman
January 25th, 2011 at 4:08 PM
The Sandlot slaughters both.
This
Umm YYSA does the espn trade machine not work when you use 4 teams?
January 25th, 2011 at 4:09 PM
Luke Edwards would be “that guy” in LBL.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:10 PM
I agree, but it’s a slightly different genre of baseball movie.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:11 PM
fucking moderation…menarky says some straight up bullshit about jim brown, and MY comment gets moderated?
I didnt say anything good about jim brown, cuz that would be BS.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:11 PM
They killed their hotel rooms in ’98.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:12 PM
he was better at football than any other man who ever walked the earth.
/especially mark sanchez
//and the dirty dozen was awesome
January 25th, 2011 at 4:13 PM
I think I’m the only one that hasn’t been hit with the random moderations for the past 3 months.
Oh, and if we going to name sports movie involving kids from 93-94. Little Giants is the winner.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:13 PM
//and the dirty dozen was awesome
Yes it was. Lee Marvin was the #1 badass in movies for a time.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:13 PM
I just tried it out. Seems to work fine. When you go that many teams though it won’t let you see a players PER.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:14 PM
The creep factor that emerges when you see Wendy Peppercorn and you’re an adult fucks with your head.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:14 PM
i found this to be really funny when you think about it.
raymurda hittin’ him square in the chest on the first play and Herschel goes down, ball still held tight to his breadbasket with both hands wrapped around it, laying on his back, wondering why he’s not running anymore.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:15 PM
The creep factor that emerges when you see Wendy Peppercorn and you’re an adult fucks with your head.
/fuck you moderation
January 25th, 2011 at 4:15 PM
For anyone just looking at Herschel’s rushing stats & saying dumb shit about how he sucked, it’s worth noting he was an awesome receiver, blocker & returner, aside from having to split carries his first two years with Tony Dorsett
January 25th, 2011 at 4:15 PM
This is so false.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:16 PM
And any mention of Lee Marvin deserves mention of this: “Jane you ignorant slut.”
January 25th, 2011 at 4:17 PM
Just admit that you want his chorizo in your boca so we can move on.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:17 PM
/fuck you moderation
what the hell is going on? i used to get moderated alot, but not so much anymore and i am surprised to see it going on this much.
/no rihanna posts leads to miniscule menarky moderations
January 25th, 2011 at 4:19 PM
you can move on whenever you want…bitch.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:19 PM
The Panthers should have tried the Annexation of Puerto Rico last season…what was there to lose?
January 25th, 2011 at 4:20 PM
Not until you admit it… fag.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:20 PM
I hope Herschel drastically improved his movement in the cage – ’cause he’ll get KTFO real quick if he fights someone with, you know, some actual striking skills (unlike that marshmallow man he fought last time).
January 25th, 2011 at 4:20 PM
Lee Marvin is dependably awesome
January 25th, 2011 at 4:22 PM
It’s the other way around. The Sanchize is totally a bottom.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:23 PM
that i would like some m3xic4n breakfast sausage in my mouth? i mean, of course i would, and i hear that mark sanchez is an excellent cook!
January 25th, 2011 at 4:24 PM
Lee Van Cleef > Lee Marvin
January 25th, 2011 at 4:25 PM
http://twitter.com/richardroeper
the guy who wrote that ridiculous GreenBayness column. Not that you needed more proof of his douchebaggery, but I think his twitter pic/profile suffice.
/Author of 8 boooks!
//Want a cookie?
January 25th, 2011 at 4:26 PM
Please. He’s an alpha in every regard. He’s definitely pitching.
Lol… this is putting a weird visual in my head.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:26 PM
i would like a cookie, yes.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:27 PM
here’s a delicious visual!
January 25th, 2011 at 4:27 PM
Please. He’s an alpha in every regard. He’s definitely pitching.
If he was with 3 other dudes you’d want him to drive.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:27 PM
Icebox Becky grew up nicer then I thought she would.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:27 PM
It’s like a dog peed on the carpet in here.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:27 PM
I want to ask how you know this, but your response would probably get moderated.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:29 PM
Best analysis of QBing EVAR.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:30 PM
I just had my moderation cherry popped. Sweet. I guess linking a picture to the words icebox becky will do that.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Zeus: Like, you don’t know how homerish I was when I heard that. Anybody else, I turn that shit off immediately. But because it was about Sanchez, I was all about it.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:30 PM
I concur.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Spence’s favorite cookie
/hungry
January 25th, 2011 at 4:31 PM
/high five!
January 25th, 2011 at 4:32 PM
Zeus: Like, you don’t know how homerish I was when I heard that. Anybody else, I turn that shit off immediately. But because it was about Sanchez, I was all about it.
I actually like Dilfer, but that story threw me for a loop.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:33 PM
the fuck is this about?
January 25th, 2011 at 4:33 PM
Walter Payton says no..I believe Walter Payton.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:35 PM
hah. this is like saying mark texiera is a better first baseman than albert pujols because of defense.
OOO payton blocked well! yay! rings, stats, anecdotes…all give jimbo the nod. and golf’s a sport.
/boom. ambushed
January 25th, 2011 at 4:36 PM
Dilfer is talking about QBs from the 2009 draft. And a scout told a story about what separates Sanchez from the batch. I shit you not, here is what Dilfer said the scout told him: “If you were going out for a burger, and you were driving there, all the guys would throw the keys to Sanchez. That’s what helps him stick out.”
I fucking loved it.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:39 PM
Thats only because they didn’t want Freeman to get a DWB.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:39 PM
walter did everything better…ran,caught,passed,blocked…Brown also had 90 other HOFers on hist teams because there was roughly 6 other teams in existence. golf isnt a sport.
/boom. facted
January 25th, 2011 at 4:39 PM
that is seriously the stupidest fucking thing i have ever heard in my entire fucking life.
trent dilfer’s continued employment outrages me.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:39 PM
Haha. Awesome.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:40 PM
the fuck is this about?
Dilfer is talking about QBs from the 2009 draft. And a scout told a story about what separates Sanchez from the batch. I shit you not, here is what Dilfer said the scout told him: “If you were going out for a burger, and you were driving there, all the guys would throw the keys to Sanchez. That’s what helps him stick out.”
I fucking loved it.
This is for teh gheys….
January 25th, 2011 at 4:41 PM
nice try.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:41 PM
If he had said this about anybody else, I would have gone straight to Bristol and punched him in the face. But I can’t hide my bias.
Mark Sanchez: The guy you want driving you all to 5 guys. Leader.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:41 PM
Obviously, it’s about sanchez.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:42 PM
Dilfer talking about Cutler last night on NFL Live was embarrassing…I think he tries too hard now to “tell it like it is” and stir the pot
January 25th, 2011 at 4:42 PM
sounds gay.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:43 PM
I don’t see him much as a leader. Would a leader eat a hot dog on the sideline?
January 25th, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Which is why you called shotgun.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Sanchez would drive to Five Guys thinking it was an establishment of a different sort…not that there’s anything wrong with that
January 25th, 2011 at 4:45 PM
Hater.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:45 PM
lolz
January 25th, 2011 at 4:46 PM
called FOR the shotgun. you know me and my fag hatin’.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:46 PM
way to not help your argument…like i said the dude had 90 other HOFers on his team…
January 25th, 2011 at 4:47 PM
I am a hater, but I don’t see sanchez as much of a leader. But just b/c he’s not vocal doesn’t mean he isn’t one. No one can be as gay as Tebow.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:47 PM
Thats because we all know the California kid is going In’N'Out all the way.
/still sounds gay’d
January 25th, 2011 at 4:48 PM
go to that handy graph in the middle, look up jim brown, now look up walter payton below jim brown and then remember that brown only played 9 years instead of the four hundred and sixty three that payton played.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:49 PM
also…
but of course payton was the better pass catcher!
January 25th, 2011 at 4:50 PM
Everyone knows Jim Brown was better than payton. Barry was better than payton as well.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:52 PM
My comment 109 got unmoderated if anyone wants to see how the icebox aged.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:52 PM
played 12 years. 16,726 yards on a team where he was literally the only offense.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:52 PM
no
January 25th, 2011 at 4:58 PM
Jim Brown is still alive, he wins
/Waves at Montemayor