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Thunder teammates struggle valiantly to figure out this 'football' thing

Published Nov. 15, 2016 3:06 p.m. ET

Dan Carson

Steven Adams and Andre Roberson returned to Oklahoma City this week to visit with students at Heritage Hall School and try their hand at this whole football thing.

The Oklahoman's Erik Horne was on hand for the crash course. Roberson hadn't suited up in pads since middle school, and Stevens—well, he was enjoying it from a purely anthropological perspective.

The Oklahoma Thunder center had questions about this face-cage he put on—how does the hydration process work?

"Do you drink water through here?" Adams asked through the helmet bars.

Roberson tried his hand at working the route tree. He's 6'7", so he cuts a Kelvin Benjamin-ish figure between the hash marks. He definitely isn't a kicker, considering he went 1-for-3 on tries at the uprights.

Completely unversed in the game, Adams opted for the most straightforward positions in the game: center and snaps at quarterback.

"I got scared," Adams said about playing quarterback. "That was too much pressure."

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Steven Adams and Andre Roberson are visiting with Heritage Hall football players today in OKC. pic.twitter.com/WT7S7a4m3m
— Erik Horne (@ErikHorneOK) September 14, 2016