{"id":841619,"date":"2026-08-02T03:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841619\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:21:09","slug":"jake-paul-makes-1-million-boxing-offer-to-nfl-players-several-immediately-accept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841619\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul Makes $1 Million Boxing Offer To NFL Players &#038; Several Immediately Accept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MixCollage-01-Aug-2026-10-37-PM-6839.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24098127\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Jake Paul has an intriguing offer for NFL players.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Paul went viral when he claimed that he could easily make an NFL roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean it\u2019s pretty simple \u2013 just like when I started boxing, it\u2019s funny to see the tweet deleters out there, non-believers, naysayers. I think there\u2019s a lot of super mediocrity in the NFL and a lot of not good athletes,\u201d Paul said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people dropping passes on a consistent basis. I have better hands, faster, stronger, and I work harder than them. Really all it\u2019s going to take is me, after boxing, practicing some routes. I have a couple of teams and coaches who have already spoken with me and are interested in bringing me on. It\u2019s going to be quite easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jake Paul tells FOS that he has talked to \u201ca couple [NFL] teams and coaches\u201d who are interested in bringing him on to their roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of super mediocrity in the NFL. A lot of not-good athletes.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eTJQhybAP6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/eTJQhybAP6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Front Office Sports (@FOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOS\/status\/2080046477166924232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After receiving backlash over his comments, Paul offered NFL players $1 million to any of them who could box better than he could run routes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Will pay any nfl player $1 million dollars if you can box me better than I run routes against you<\/p>\n<p>Internet is judge<\/p>\n<p>Will send my jet to pick you up who\u2019s down?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Paul (@jakepaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul\/status\/2083646946061725851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several current and former NFL players accepted Paul\u2019s offer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xO7x8nH1e1\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/xO7x8nH1e1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PKhTRzzF1i\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PKhTRzzF1i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ochocinco\/status\/2083652078560235991?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With all due respect, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@jakepaul<\/a> \u2026 Not only could I beat you in a boxing match, I\u2019d beat you in any sport under the sun. \ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8vxEZXhChk\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/8vxEZXhChk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Incredible Hok (@Josh_HokitUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Josh_HokitUFC\/status\/2083660455499985107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qst\">Bet <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ePaNEggcwH\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ePaNEggcwH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asante Samuel (@pick_six22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pick_six22\/status\/2083686996971598246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Let\u2019s do it ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qC46Z16EOz\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/qC46Z16EOz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tay Gowan (@GowanIsland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GowanIsland\/status\/2083716357183471715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Jake Paul has an intriguing offer for NFL players. Last week, Paul went&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,5277,82],"class_list":["post-841619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jake-paul","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}