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Ed Reed’s Comments on Peyton Manning and His Neck Contain a Heavier Point

June 24, 2011

NBC Sports is running a short story, their NFL lead as of 7:45 AM PST, that inadvertently captures a lot of what’s wrong with the journalism covering NFL head and neck injuries. ...

Roger Goodell and the NFL Owners: What Is the Point of These PR Stunts?

May 20, 2011

In between court dates, you’ve probably heard that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been holding conference calls with teams’ season ticket holders. While these calls are advertised as the Commish ...

2011 NFL Draft: Why Doesn’t the League Move to an Auction Format?

April 26, 2011

Here is my problem with the draft: too much time is spent waiting for our team to pick again. We can go get groceries, respond to emails, clean the bathroom, ...

NFL Draft Day Games, Part II: The Ball N’ Chain Game

April 21, 2011

[This is Part II of a series dedicated to devising games to play on draft day, no matter your situation or what you're doing with your day/evening. Here is a ...

NFL Draft Games: Keeping the Spaces Between Your Team’s Picks Fun

April 20, 2011

I think we can agree that between our own team's picks, making fun of a buddy's team's suspect selection and guessing whether Mel Kiper uses motor oil or model airplane ...

NFL Fans: Why Would a Shortened Season Make You Stop Watching Football?

April 8, 2011

How will fans react if there is an NFL lockout? In their next issue, Sports Illustrated will release a poll that, according to the Baltimore Sun, says: "Nearly half of ...

NFL Statistics: Why Advanced Math Doesn’t Apply To Our Perception of Football

April 6, 2011

I love football, and I loved the years I played. I also love nerding out (my degree is in molecular biology), and I love math, statistics and a good, tidy ...

NFL Media Takedowns and Other Pointless Noise in of Our Lives

April 1, 2011

I write for Bleacher Report, the fastest maturing sports site on the Internet.Perhaps apparent only to those who have been readers for some time, Bleacher Report is shifting focus from ...

Cam Newton and a Prospect’s Brutal Character Evaluation: Fair Practice or Cheap?

March 30, 2011

As you may have heard, Pro Football Weekly’s Nolan Nawrocki recently wrote the following character assassination about Auburn standout, Cam Newton, in his draft guide: “Very disingenuous — has a fake ...

NFL Draft: The Future of Assessing Talent in the Age of Information

March 25, 2011

San Francisco 49ers’ defensive coordinator Vic Fangio had an interesting 

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