Couldn't they have gotten a real linebacker to play Travis Mack?
or at least someone big enough to pass as a legitimate NFL LB prospect? Was particularly noticeable when he was standing next to a real NFL LB - Terrell Suggs.
shareSuggs is unusually tall for his position. The guy they got is definitely a great athlete. Decent charisma for the manzell character he portrays.
shareTsizzle is 6'3" - pretty close to average height for an NFL linebacker. Very few are under 6' (which the Travis Mack actor is). Add to that, at most he goes about 200, when the average for an NFL LB is probably right around 240.
He's not a bad actor, just way too small to be believable as an NFL linebacker. He is closer to high school LB size, or small college.
London Fletcher: 5'10"
Stephen Tulloch: 5'11"
Navarro Bowman: 6'0"
Hell, Sam Mills (once known as the "Field Mouse") was listed as 5'9", but was actually 5'8".
All pretty kick ass middle linebackers, Mills and Fletcher had long careers. You're probably making too "big" of a deal out of this.
exception, rather than the rule, but while they are certainly shorter than average, they all go 240-250 and are effing solid, so they are still appropriately sized for NFL linebackers. Not including Sam Mills, as he is from an older era where players were smaller and slower.