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Typically a pejorative used to mock the desperate efforts of mismanaged franchises to leapfrog into title contention, the term “offseason champion” is seldom applied to the New England Patriots.
How recent Super Bowl winners made free agency work
Even though NFL players generally make less than their counterparts in MLB and NBA, that doesn’t stop the rampant grousing about escalating contracts in professional football come the arrival of free agency.
Where's the ideal landing spot for the top QBs?
Circumstance has seen fit to bless this NFL off-season with an unusually large bounty of viable starting quarterbacks. The outset of free agency can be a whirlwind few days most years, but with the quarterback market so much in flux, this year the intrigue is more pronounced and the fate of several teams can be radically changed instantly.
The NFL combine is extreme vetting that amounts to little
Outside of maybe the Pro Bowl, you won’t find a more maligned annual NFL event than the combine. Reporters decry it as massively overhyped, some fans describe it as humiliating and exploitative for the prospects who take part.
The NFL off-season is a passer’s fancy
It’s the week before the combine and two weeks before the start of free agency, so NFL news at the moment is mostly concerned with lining up the dominoes for the roster moves to come in the coming month, specifically those under center.
Observations from a day at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Disclaimer: I am not anything close to resembling an expert in show dogs. I still couldn’t list all the breeds that take part in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show nor even all the breeds that comprise each group at the event.
2017 NFL off-season preview
Super Bowl LI bailed out an otherwise poor postseason and put a definitive end to Deflategate. Now that Goodell has his court victory and Pats fans got to boo the bejesus out of the commissioner as he handed over the Lombardi Trophy, we never have to hear about that dreadful saga ever again.
Why Super Bowl LI will be like the rest of the playoffs: bad
The 2016 NFL season was largely an underwhelming affair. The playoffs that followed, with the exception of one classic game, followed suit. The league needs more than a good Super Bowl, it needs a great one, a classic to belong to the ages, and needs it bad.
Fact-checking Donald Trump on Roger Goodell
There have been many attempts to talk about Donald Trump at the Super Bowl, most of them unsuccessful. Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett said he probably won’t go to the White House if his team wins the Super Bowl on account of his dislike of Trump.
Expanding the NFL skills challenges to include the fun parts of football
This year, in the latest attempt to drum up interest for the Pro Bowl, the NFL has resurrected the the Pro Bowl Skills Challenge. It’s now called the Pro Bowl Skills Showdown, because every brand tweak in the NFL, whether be new names or logo changes, has to represent some elevation in aggression.
