Quick question, could you imagine playing in the NFL with Andre the Giant lined up across from you? That would be a nightmare for anyone of use and former Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann did all he could to make it happen. Theismann wanted Andre the Giant so bad that the team even created a new position for him, “designated field goal and extra point blocker.”
Joe Theismann told @LeBatardShow he once recruited Andre the Giant to play as a designated field goal blocker. https://t.co/BSG4s4MPrL
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) January 15, 2016
Andre the Giants was 7’4″ tall and weights 520 pounds, it would take 3 people to block him. I don’t know if Andre the Giant really could have played football but Joe Theismann and the Redskins organization definitely did and it would have been fun to watch.