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Sam Robinson

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Sam Robinson is a sportswriter from Kansas City, Missouri. He primarily covers the NFL for Yardbarker. Moving from wildly injury-prone sprinter in the aughts to reporter in the 2010s, Sam set up camp in three time zones covering everything from high school water polo to Division II national championship games. He has since settled in as the husband of a track and field coach, concentrating on the NFL. Boasting an unhealthy interest in the league’s history and fashion trends, Sam is the lead writer for Pro Football Rumors and has written about the sport for Yardbarker since 2018. In addition to working as a writer/editor for a few newspapers – the Cleveland Plain Dealer and St. Joseph (Missouri) News-Press, to name two – in a former life that included some awkward awards-show hosting gigs thankfully inaccessible online, Sam has written about the Olympics for The Athletic.

EXPERTISE:

NFL, track and field, boxing

Yardbarker's NFL 2010s All-Decade team

The Patriots are well represented on Yardbarker's team, which also includes coaching staffs and front offices.  

NFL Week 10 matchups: An insiders' guide

Yardbarker's Sam Robinson and Michael Nania go deep inside NFL games each week, focusing on key numbers and roster issues.

Yardbarker's NFL mid-season All-Pro team

The undefeated Patriots and 49ers are well-represented on our team, which also includes the Packers' Aaron Rodgers.

NFL Week 9 matchups: An insiders' guide

Yardbarker's Sam Robinson and Michael Nania go deep inside NFL games each week, focusing on key numbers and roster issues.

The last winless team from the past 30 NFL seasons

The Bengals and Dolphins each remain winless, making this season the first with two 0-6 teams in six years. (The Bengals are now 0-7.) But there have certainly been several starts worse than these.

Remarkable Patriots defense may be Bill Belichick's masterwork

The Patriots' defense gives Tom Brady a tremendous safety net, Sam Robinson writes.

The best & worst all-time uniforms for all 32 NFL franchises

We're confining this to the Super Bowl era, when NFL fashion began to take off, but older designs worn by teams as throwbacks are included. The picks are specific, with the home or away uniform pictured being the choice for each franchise.

NFL Week 8 matchups: An insiders' guide

Yardbarker's Sam Robinson and Michael Nania go deep inside NFL games each week, focusing on key numbers and roster issues. 

Patrick Mahomes' injury comes at worst possible time for Chiefs

Even if Patrick Mahomes misses only three weeks, his injury is a major blow for a snake-bitten, small-market team, Sam Robinson writes.

NFL Week 7 matchups: An insiders' guide

Yardbarker's Sam Robinson and Michael Nania go deep inside NFL games each week, focusing on key numbers and roster issues.  

NFL MVP race: 22 things to know about emerging superstar Christian McCaffrey

Despite starting 0-2, Carolina is back in the NFC mix thanks to yardage machine Christian McCaffrey, Sam Robinson writes. 

NFL Week 6 matchups: An insiders' guide

Yardbarker's Sam Robinson and Michael Nania go deep inside NFL games each week, focusing on key numbers and roster issues. 

NFL teams that have made three or more first-round picks in one draft

The Dolphins acquired three first-round picks in 2020's virtual draft. While they follow the Raiders and Giants, who made three first-round selections in 2019, there have been more than 20 instances of franchises holding at least three first-round selections in a single draft over the past 78 years.

Why Chiefs-Patriots Week 14 showdown is already so captivating

Barring significant injuries to Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes, the Patriots and Chiefs are set up for a high-stakes duel at New England and an AFC title game rematch, Sam Robinson writes.

NFL Week 5 matchups: An insiders' guide

Yardbarker's Sam Robinson and Michael Nania go deep inside NFL games each week, focusing on key numbers and roster issues. 

The biggest blowouts in NFL history

Some days do not feature especially good competition. Here are the NFL's biggest blowouts of the Super Bowl era. 

Even in pass-happy era, Patrick Mahomes' stats are mind-boggling

The Chiefs' quarterback is stretching the boundaries for American sports’ highest-profile position, Sam Robinson writes.

The worst single-season point differentials in NFL history

Through three games, Miami's point differential sits at minus-117, the worst mark after three weeks in 96 years. With the Dolphins perhaps set to challenge the point-differential record, let's take a look at the flawed teams that came before them.

NFL Week 4 matchups: An insiders' guide

Yardbarker's Sam Robinson and Michael Nania go deep inside NFL games each week, focusing on key numbers and roster issues.

NFL Week 3 matchups: An insiders' guide

Yardbarker's Sam Robinson and Michael Nania go deep inside NFL games each week, focusing on key numbers and roster issues. 

Under McVay, Rams are relevant. Now comes the hard part.

The rest of his 2019 schedule will help illuminate whether the Rams have dynasty potential, because their ability to supplement their homegrown stars with splashy additions will be limited, Sam Robinson writes.

NFL Week 2 matchups: An insiders' guide

Yardbarker's Sam Robinson and Michael Nania go deep inside NFL games each week, focusing on key numbers and roster issues. 

NFL Week 1 matchups: An insiders' guide

Yardbarker's Sam Robinson and Michael Nania take you deep inside NFL games each week, focusing on key numbers and roster issues. 

Going deep: The best NFL game from every season

From games featuring Jim Thorpe's Canton Bulldogs to Bill Belichick's New England Patriots, here is the best contest from each season in the NFL/APFA's 104-year history.