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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

The 'Highest-paid NFL players of 2018' quiz

How many of the highest-paid players at each position in each conference from the 2018 NFL season can you name in five minutes?

Why the 2020 QB class has created a unique dilemma for teams

Significant risk comes with drafting first-round quarterbacks, it being the position most closely tied to coaches’ and executives’ employment. This year may carry heightened stakes.

The most impactful NFL wide receiver trades of all time

The Titans continued a busy run of wide receiver trades by agreeing to send a second-round pick to the Falcons for Julio Jones. But teams have gone to the trade market to improve their wideout situations for decades. Here are the most significant wide receiver deals ever.

Who is to blame for this historically dysfunctional Steelers situation?

One explanation for the Steelers’ bleak state of the union: bad luck at pivotal turns. An alternate reality with few modifications would place the franchise in potentially far better standing than it is now.

The '6 feet tall or under NFL QBs' quiz

How many of the NFL quarterbacks who are six foot or under with the most career touchdown passes can you name in five minutes?

The most significant NFL QB trades of all time

Joe Flacco became the seventh quarterback to be traded after winning a Super Bowl, joining a lengthy list of pivotal passer trades in NFL history. Here are the most important quarterback swaps the league has seen.

The 'Coach of every NFL team in 2009' quiz

How many NFL coaches from the start of the 2009 season can you name in five minutes?

Broncos' bizarre Joe Flacco bet epitomizes franchise in denial

John Elway’s inability to find a worthwhile Manning successor, and the underwhelming efforts to do so, will be a major part of his resume.

Ideal landing spot for top 50 NFL free agents of 2019

NFL free agency begins in less than five weeks, and with the salary cap expected to rise to around $190 million, there will be more money than ever for teams to distribute.

The 'USFL team names' quiz

How many of these former USFL team names can you guess based on the cities in which they played?

Potential salary cap casualties this NFL offseason

Now that the NFL's offseason has begun, teams are making roster cuts. Which high-profile veterans will be cap casualties?

NFL players who were helped/hurt by this year's playoffs

While the postseason ended with another Patriots Super Bowl championship, several players — including some Patriots — used it to enhance their values going into free agency.

The 'Starters from Super Bowl XXXVI (Patriots/Rams)' quiz

How many of the starters from Super Bowl XXXVI between the New England Patriots and St. Louis Rams can you name in five minutes?

Wildly different roster approaches of Patriots, Rams enhance Super Bowl's appeal

The Super Bowl LIII matchup may not be as enthralling on the field as those alternatives, but Patriots-Rams II does supply some extreme roster-construction contrast.

The most crushing defeats in NFL playoff history

As this year's NFC championship game illustrated, the NFL playoffs can produce crushing defeats. How do some recent ones stack up with the classics?