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Sam Robinson

Writer

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 Ultimate NFL Hall of Fame tiers

What active NFL players are Hall of Fame worthy? That's the question we posed to Yardbarker editors and writers, and boy did we have some spirited debates.

So long, Eli Manning. Your next stop is Hall of Fame.

Eli Manning’s Hall of Fame debate will be one of the more complicated in pro football history, Yardbarker's Sam Robinson writes. But the retiring star merits inclusion in Canton.

The best second acts in NFL history

With an aim to highlight the players who went through a major change upon switching teams, as opposed to limiting choices to greats staying great in different cities, here are the league's best second acts.

Who had the best final seasons in NFL history?

Some acclaimed NFL talents recently submitted strong final seasons, with multiple perennial Pro Bowlers opting to call it quits earlier than expected. Here is how these players rank among the best final seasons in the NFL's first 100 years.

NFL franchise tag hurts players. Here's what's worse.

The fifth-year option gives NFL teams another way to slow top players’ earning potential, Sam Robinson writes. Case in point: Houston's Jadeveon Clowney.

How Eagles stumbled into opportunity to win Super Bowl with Carson Wentz

Carson Wentz’s extension may look like another contract that will limit a team from building a championship-level roster. But it won't, Sam Robinson writes.

Every NFL team's best position group of all time

As NFL teams survey their depth at respective OTAs and minicamps, here is a reminder of roster-construction mastery executed by each franchise. These are the best position groups each team has ever fielded.

The 'Most passing TDs to start an NFL career' quiz

In the Super Bowl era (1966-present), 35 quarterbacks have thrown for 50 or more touchdowns in their first three seasons in the NFL. How many of the 35 can you name in five minutes?

Here's how future Hall of Famer Ben Roethlisberger can enhance his legacy

If the quarterback guides the Steelers back to the playoffs after a rocky era, his critics will be silenced, Sam Robinson writes. 

The best NFL players never to play in the postseason

Here are the best talents since 1965 who either went their entire careers as regular-season-only players or have thus far done so.

The 'Famous boxing upsets' quiz

We give you the underdog, and you name the favorite. How many of these famous boxing upsets can you name in five minutes?

Why Packers' Aaron Rodgers may be in precarious position

In the off-season, Green Bay invested mostly on defense, leaving quarterback Aaron Rodgers with perhaps the thinnest receiving corps he has had with the Packers, Sam Robinson writes.

Advice for Ezekiel Elliott: If Cowboys don't pay, stay away

Cowboys workhorse running back Ezekiel Elliott has not yet decided to stay away from the team’s off-season program. He should, Sam Robinson writes.

The '2019 NFL General Manager' quiz

In the modern NFL, general managers are almost as well-known as the players and coaches. So with that in mind, how many of the 32 GMs (or de facto GMs) can you name in five minutes?

Jets latest team to show too much faith in wrong GM

NFL owners refusing to admit a front-office mistake proves far costlier than failing to acknowledge bad coaching hires, Sam Robinson writes.

The 'Highest career postseason PPG for the 2019 NBA conference finalists teams' quiz

How many of the players with highest career PPG in the postseason for the Warriors, Bucks, Trail Blazers and Raptors can you name in six minutes?