0 comments by Sean Tomlinson on 8/22/2014
Bone breaking and muscle ripping, and just general body chaos will always be a part of football. A horrible and unfortunate aspect of the game for both the downed player and his team, but a reality nonetheless. The pain of that reality is amplified when an injury occurs during the utter nothingness of a preseason […]
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Very few words are needed here. The only words you need are below, the words that Le’Veon Bell actually said. Affidavit:
0 comments by Sean Tomlinson on 8/21/2014
Of the many ambiguous terms we toss around, “underrated” is among the industry leaders. What exactly constitutes an underrating? And who is doing the rating? We are. We all are. An underrated player is someone who makes an unexpectedly awesome play, and then you say “hey, who’s that guy?”. Or he can also make you […]
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Aren’t you ready to run through at least 11 walls after watching this video of a SUPER INTENSE re-sodding? Your browser does not support iframes. Red Bull infused repairs aside, those images aren’t exactly a promising look for the 49ers. Yesterday Jim Harbaugh pulled his team off the field less than an hour into a […]
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Jim Harbaugh is an intense, fiery man. But like any NFL head coach there are many moments during a game when he needs to set that raw emotion aside, and think clearly to make a crucial decision fast. He’s pretty good at that, a skill which has its roots way back when a five-year-old Harbaugh […]
0 comments by This Given Sunday's Locker on 8/20/2014
Since Chip Kelly is the best, he doesn’t do anything halfway. He set up a pool of frigid, bone-numbing water for his entire Eagles team to take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge all at once. Then Kelly had an even better plan. As the rest of his team was walking slowly to the […]
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The Cleveland Browns had a choice between a quarterback who isn’t ready, and a quarterback who isn’t that good. They went with the second guy, but there’s a good chance we’ll see the first guy in, oh, about a month. That was the decision made by head coach Mike Pettine and his staff this morning […]
0 comments by Sean Tomlinson on 8/19/2014
The Arizona Cardinals’ chances of following up the success of a 10-win season and becoming a contender in the juggernaut NFC West lied with their pass rush. The same pass rush that finished sixth in the league last year with 47 sacks, and made life generally terrible for opposing quarterbacks. Now it’s also the same […]
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Some headlines sound good in your head, but they should probably stay there.
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Johnny Manziel did a stupid thing last night. He didn’t stay focused, he didn’t stay within that zone all the quarterbacks speak of, and he didn’t find a balance between being his aggressive, excitable self, and a sense of calm. The result: scattered, sprayed passes, some that sailed far out of reach, and an offense […]
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Surely Browns fans won’t be concerned at all with Johnny Manziel channeling his inner Jake Plummer (or Jay Cutler), right?
0 comments by Sean Tomlinson on 8/18/2014
When the Seahawks’ dominant defense used a highly physical style of play to grapple and claw their way to a championship — pushing rules to their limit, but still staying (mostly) within them — it was easy to see a course correction coming. But hey, NFL, maybe we can find some middle ground with this […]
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If a major broadcasting voice refuses to use the name “Redskins” when addressing the Washington football team, anger and venom from fans of said team will flow. That broadcaster would be following a decision made by some who write about the league (most notably, Peter King), but he’d be doing it repeatedly, and in real-time, […]
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Gatorade’s primary purpose comes after a workout, when you’ve grunted and sweated to earn the replenishing beverage. That’s gist of their new tag line (“you don’t sweat it, you don’t get it”), and Peyton Manning is at a gas station near you to make sure customers always pay in sweat. Thanks, CBS Sports
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When the backup quarterback enters a meaningful NFL game to do anything other than kneel down or assume garbage time duties, something has gone horribly wrong. At that point of dire hopelessness, there’s a minimum accepted standard: competence. Blaine Gabbert hasn’t shown he’s capable of even that in San Francisco. He didn’t demonstrate competence in […]
