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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

The 'Most receiving yards after 5 NFL seasons' quiz

In NFL history, 29 players have reached 5,000 or more receiving yards through their first five seasons in the league. How many of the 29 can you name in five minutes?

NFL players who should be traded before the deadline

Prior to the Oct. 30 NFL trade deadline, a few key players will change teams. A handful of teams have already shown they're well off contention pace this season and may look to unload veterans as a result.

The 'Most sacked quarterbacks in a single season' quiz

How many of the NFL quarterbacks who have been sacked the most in the "sack era" (1982 to present) can you name in five minutes?

Each NFL team's most glaring flaw

The first quarter of an NFL season is usually the strangest, and that probably will end up being the case in 2018. But after five weeks, teams' deficiencies start to emerge.

Bengals poised to see if strange resurgence is legitimate

The next five games will be pivotal in determining if Cincinnati’s offseason caution was correct.

A superior offseason has the Rams in a stronger position than the Chiefs

Positioned next to one another atop most major pre-Week 5 power polls, the Rams and Chiefs arrived at these destinations differently. Los Angeles moved aggressively this offseason, forming a team most expected to vie for the NFC’s slot in Super Bowl LIII.

Which NFL QBs had the all-time best second years of their careers?

Many passers have used their second seasons to display signs of greatness, with a few of those coming over the past few seasons. Here are the best sophomore QB efforts of the Super Bowl era.

Should the Packers sit Aaron Rodgers before it's too late?

A point of emphasis caused by a hit on Aaron Rodgers last season is benefiting quarterbacks league-wide. But Rodgers himself, interestingly, hasn’t been able to benefit much from the roughing-the-passer tweak.

Which of the seven 2-0 NFL teams are for real?

Cincinnati Bengals  Given little respect coming into the season, Cincinnati’s suddenly a player in an AFC North that may no longer have a home-field advantage contender like it did in 2017.

The 25 best boxing rematches from the modern era

Boxing continues to churn out quality rivalries, with rematches and rubber matches (and sometimes fourth meetings) frequently occurring during its modern era.

The best pound-for-pound boxers of the past 30 years

Boxing is not on the same popularity plane as it was during past generations, but this era has produced plenty of quality boxers -- some who stack up well all time -- across most weight divisions.

25 legendary NFL teams that never won the Super Bowl

Some franchises' best efforts have not led to victory parades or even Super Bowl berths. Because of untimely injuries, unfortunate circumstances, or myriad other reasons, many teams' plans throughout NFL history have not produced the desired result.

Ranking every Super Bowl champion's title defense

We now have 56 Super Bowl champions. Here is how the previous Super Bowl winners' follow-up teams stack up historically.

2018 NFL Divisional previews

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, and over the last week, we previewed all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

2018 NFL division preview: NFC West

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

2018 NFL division preview: AFC West

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

2018 NFL division preview: NFC South

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.