BigAl2526 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) If your criteria is weighted toward the mental challenge, of course it's QB, and it's not close. If you're talking about enduring physical beatings, then you can debate four or five different positions, including running back and nose tackle. There are a couple positions that have unique challenges. A tight end is challenged by having to be both a skill position player and enduring the physical challenge of blocking big men. Cornerbacks face the challenge of having to react to extremely fast and athletic WRs in an era where the rules all favor the offensive player. Edited September 5, 2021 by BigAl2526 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern_Bills Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 4 hours ago, BringBackFergy said: Anyone who said “QB” is obviously not thinking straight. You’re saying Tom Brady plays the most difficult position in sports (dink, dunk, hand off, sneak) and Tre White doesn’t (trying to cover Speedsters, crossing routes, deep routes, keeping eye on RB’s, tackling TE’s and RB’s). You’re all out of your gourds. Yeah, calling out line protections pre snap to pick up the blitz, reading the coverage that D coordinators spend days disguising. Leading guys like Tre with their eyes to open an extra 6 inches of room to put the ball in. Audibles....yeah they just hand the ball off, crazy I didn't see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Long snapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Considering that in any given year there are less than ten people out of 7.8 billion on Earth who are consistently great at it, I would hazard a guess that it is quarterback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbs Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 My favorite part about football is that questions like this have no meaningful answers. Apart from Left Guard vs. Right Guard, how many positions are really comparable? Which is harder, left tackle or slot receiver? It's like comparing insurance adjusters to veterinarians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 11 minutes ago, mbs said: My favorite part about football is that questions like this have no meaningful answers. Apart from Left Guard vs. Right Guard, how many positions are really comparable? Which is harder, left tackle or slot receiver? It's like comparing insurance adjusters to veterinarians. Excluding QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbs Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 11 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said: Excluding QB. My point is that it would be much harder for Josh Allen to play left tackle than it would for him to play QB. Linebacker, maybe he could do that. QB is the most important position so it's more of a problem when your guy is average, but that's different from saying the position itself is harder to play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billrooter Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 QB then CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Wear and tear / taking a beating, or intellectually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 19 hours ago, BringBackFergy said: QB, RB, WR, OL, C, TE, DL, DE, LB, CB, S, LS, P or K? My opinion: CB So much easier to find a corner then it is a qb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideNine Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 19 hours ago, BringBackFergy said: QB, RB, WR, OL, C, TE, DL, DE, LB, CB, S, LS, P or K? My opinion: CB QB - it isn't even close. NFL salaries reflect this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 16 hours ago, Sherlock Holmes said: Waterboy... Lol I was just going to say that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 It could be finding a white cornerback. WFT kept Troy Apke, the first white CB since Jason Sehorn in 2002. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Kelly the Dog said: It could be finding a white cornerback. WFT kept Troy Apke, the first white CB since Jason Sehorn in 2002. They converted Apke from Safety?! W00t!!! Love it... Sehorn should be in the HoF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 QB and it isn't even close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) Last I checked I've never seen a CB make 40M/yr. Yes it's a challenging position but the weight of the world is on a qb. If a top qb goes down the point spread moves 2-3 points. That doesn't happen for a cb. Half the time CB's play zone. Qb is the hardest position in all of sports and it always will be. Edited September 5, 2021 by LABILLBACKER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 QB. Plain and simple and it’s not remotely close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 … the hardest position…, let me get out my copy of the Kama sutra, and have a look see, I’ll get back to you on this…, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 10:44 PM, Alphadawg7 said: QB is hands down the most difficult and complicated position in all of team sports to play. Catcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said: Catcher If Catchers had 300 pound superfreaks running full speed at them and trying to rip their heads off or crack their ribs every pitch, it still wouldn't be harder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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