0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 8/20/2014
I have just one question: How can Johnny Manziel think this is OK? How can Manziel, knowing he was on national television for the first time in his NFL career, essentially interviewing for one of the most prized jobs in America, and knowing, too, that he’s already on thin ice for saying and doing silly […]
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On its online video platform, NFL Rewind, the National Football League cut out Johnny Manziel’s bird flip from Monday night’s game, along with a couple sentences from play-by-play man Mike Tirico. I understand censoring that, but why not just blur it out?
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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Rarely do rookies shine this early as bright as Jadeveon Clowney has two weeks into the Houston Texans’ 2014 preseason slate. The guy has simply been a beast, and it has us thinking that if he can continue to make plays like the two he made on back-to-back downs this weekend against Atlanta, he could be […]
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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 […]
0 comments by Sean Tomlinson on 8/15/2014
In the first year of the Andy Reid era in Kansas City, the offensively re-designed Chiefs surprised no one by focusing their passing game on short, high percentage throws. The result was winning (albeit against several opponents starting backup quarterbacks), and doing it while taking few risks. Reid honed in on Jamaal Charles, and in […]
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Rest assured, everyone, Steve Smith’s words are in mid-season form. The man who brought us “ice up, son” among his other greatest hits was recently asked about the approach required to be a Baltimore Raven. Smith is entering his first season playing football somewhere that isn’t Carolina. “When I think of a Baltimore Raven — […]
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Throughout training camp a few clips of Sammy Watkins doing Sammy Watkins things have bounced around the Internet. First there was a one-handed catch, and then another one-handed catch. Here he removes a defensive back from his underpants. It shows how absurdly hard it can be to cover Watkins while he does something routine: run […]
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Not long ago, the NFC West was a raging, toxic dumpster fire. Or at least it wasn’t long ago in human years. By the standard calendar that tracks the passage of time, four years is a short period. It’s long enough, I suppose, as that’s equal to the length of a presidential term, or the […]
