Jeremy Shockey is taking this nonsensical “Lebron playing for the Browns” thing way too seriously.  From his Twitter:

everyone trust me Lebron James could not play in the NFL! espn is crazy to even think he could even make a practice squad. hes a 4.9 40 time

I can’t believe Shockey has taken the time to address this ridiculous media creation.  Of course Lebron James isn’t going to play football, and it’s insane to think that he might based upon a couple of casual, half-serious comments.  Part of me thinks that aside from Shockey not being able to recognize concepts like tongue-in-cheek, there’s also a part of him that’s threatened by Lebron.  Because let’s face it…if Lebron wanted to, yes, he’d be an awesome NFL player.  Stick him at tight end or defensive end and he’d dominate.

Basketball players have made the transition to football pretty easily.  Two of the best tight ends of all time – Antonio Gates and Tony Gonzalez – started off playing basketball, and neither of them is 1/100th as athletic as Lebron James.  The fact is that Lebron James is the sickest, most gifted athlete in the world and he’s going to dominate just about any sport he plays.  If he put his mind and heart into it, he could be an NFL player.  And he’d be a lot better than Shockey.

Also, a 4.9 40 time?  Where did this come from?  And are we really using Lebron’s 40 time to say whether or not he’d be good in the NFL?  Maybe my knowledge of the generally useless combine scores is a bit poor, but isn’t 4.9 pretty good for a guy who is 6′8″ and 250 lbs?  At any rate, I think my favorite part of Shockey’s tweet is “everyone trust me.”  You can tell how fed up he is with all the Lebron talk.  What an asshole.