Football not Futebol (or soccer as we know it)

There is a learning curve for American football when you are Portuguese. For one thing, they haven't grown up throwing a ball in the backyard with their neighborhood friends, they were busy using their feet on a soccer ball. When they were young they didn't learn to run full speed at someone and knock them flat on their back, but they did learn how to trip and tangle legs up in a chase for the ball. Even the way a player runs downfield in soccer is really different than the way it is done in football. But, there are some Portuguese guys who are loving learning and playing football.