NFL Training = Ballroom Dancing Training?

I have to admit the season that I truly began to LOVE Dancing with the Stars and started doing my best to not miss an episode was the season that Emmit Smith was on there.  I truly LOVED to watch him dance.  It made my night to watch him. It did help that I was already an Emmit fan of course since my favorite Cowboy period thus far was the Troy, Smith, Irvin period.  But I was so amazed every week at just how good Emmit was, and his enthusiasm and glowing smile….you could tell he was genuinely loving it, and so you loved to watch him.

Last season I went into the season knowing very little about Jason Taylor.  I had seen him play, yes, but really his name didn’t mean all that much to me, and I probably couldn’t have picked his face out if shown a picture of his team.  But he quickly won me over too.  It seemed like he too just got better and better, and while he didn’t have Emmit’s charisma, he still pulled me in each week, and I enjoyed his dances.

This season – Warren Sapp.  Now even though I did become an Emmit fan and slowly was won over by Jason Taylor, I still wasn’t expecting to be impressed at Warren.  I mean come on, how could this 300 pound man move the way these dances require? It truly doesn’t make sense to me, but he’s good.  He’s d$mn good, actually.  I’ve been blown away that he has been able to take on and make each of the dances so far look good.

So this got me thinking tonight, what about these NFL dancers makes them good ballroom dancers? It just doesn’t seem like it goes together to me.  Rough manly football player and polished smooth dancer?  I don’t know, but I think someone with some spare time on their hands should research this and find the correlation.

The Latest from Dancing with the Stars

We won’t find out the “official” list of the Stars for the fall season until mid August, but rumors have started circulating. I wrote a couple weeks ago about the possibility of Warren Sapp, NFL pro, being of the stars.  Now the rumors are flying about the next possible star – former N Sync star, Lance Bass.  Lance would be the second N Sync star to be on Dancing with the Stars (remember Joey?), and he would be the first gay member. Yes, a couple years ago, Lance announced to the world that he was gay, and the rumors floating around are saying that he would in fact dance with another male dancer.

The second star that we are hearing about right now – Kellie Pickler. Kellie is a country music star who was an American Idol finalist.  While Kellie is not likely to be on this upcoming season, she has reportedly told Julianne Hough that she would for sure be interested in the opportunity to give it a try.

Will Warren Sapp Be the Next DWTS Football Star

It seems that every season, the producers of Dancing with the Stars attempt to have a professional football star in the lineup, and according to Warren Sapp, he just may be the next one. Sapp played as a defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders. His professional career began in 1995 and continued for 13 years.  It will be interesting to see if the rumors are true.  Yes, Snap does have personality, but he’s also someone who was known for being very verbal (and not in a positive way) and he certainly doesn’t seem like he’d have the grace and charm of Emmit Smith and Jason Taylor.  Only time will tell, but I have to admit that I’m anxiously waiting to see who will be on the next season of Dancing with the Stars.