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mmqb.si.com May 29, 2017
Peter King's Monday Morning QB : Memorial Day Notes : The MMQB with Peter King

Sending my best on this Memorial Day to those who have sacrificed so much for our country. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It’s a Shirt-Pocket Notes column today, borrowed from the late and inimitable Myron Cope.
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theringer.com May 25, 2017
The NFL Takes a Knee on Colin Kaepernick

Sports in the Age of TrumpIs he being blackballed or is he just not good enough to play for a team? The NFL’s biggest offseason controversy is all speculation and few answers.I thought I’d read everything about Colin Kaepernick. He’s being blackballed by the NFL. Actually, he isn’t.
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nytimes.com May 28, 2017
A Football Coach’s Struggle With C.T.E. — and a Guilty Conscience

Don Horton coached hundreds of college linemen after his playing days were over. At the end of his life, he asked: What was his responsibility to them? RALEIGH, N.C.
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theguardian.com May 29, 2017
Francesco Totti brings down curtain on ‘something beautiful’ at Roma

The 40-year-old drew a sell-out crowd to the Stadio Olimpico for his farewell but Genoa briefly looked like spoiling his party through a player born in 2001 The 40-year-old drew a sell-out crowd to the Stadio Olimpico for his farewell but Genoa briefly looked like spoiling his party through a
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theringer.com May 25, 2017
Does Winning the NFL Offseason Translate to Winning Football Games?

In free agency and through the draft, the New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars both made impressive additions to their rosters. We already knew the Patriots were the best team in the NFL, but the Jaguars still need to get beyond just looking good on paper.Let’s play word association.
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theringer.com May 29, 2017
Ranking the Top 20 Fantasy Football Rookies for the 2017 Season

Which NFL newcomers could shake up the fantasy landscape? Bank on high volume for Leonard Fournette, early targets for Corey Davis, and a changing of the guard in Minnesota and Washington.
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theringer.com May 24, 2017
Shortening the NFL Overtime Is a Band-Aid Solution to a Problem the League Created

Last year, the NFL realized it had an overtime problem. It was first discovered when a Week 7 Sunday Night Football game between the Cardinals and Seahawks needed the full 15 minutes of overtime. By the end, the players were exhausted, the game was sloppy, and everybody wanted to go home.
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theguardian.com May 29, 2017
Is it possible to manufacture a football rivalry? MLS has tried ...

Football thrives on friction between clubs but is it inauthentic to create one? In a young league such as MLS the results can be interesting to say the least
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theringer.com May 25, 2017
The Seattle Seahawks Are — and Always Will Be — a Circus

If any team were going to produce drama in the deadest time of the NFL offseason, it was always going to be the Cirque du Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks have proved yet again that chaos is their natural resting state.
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sbnation.com May 1, 2017
Football 3.0 is coming. This is what it will look like

Football as we know it is done, because the lawyers are here. When the lawyers arrive, things as you know them are over. After making an initial beachhead with concussion lawsuits in the NFL, The Lawyers (capital letters necessary) are pushing inland and making great, great gains.
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highline.huffingtonpost.com February 5, 2017
Inside The NFL's Tobacco-Style Strategy To Hook Your Kids

I n early 2007, Brandissimo was a fledgling youth marketing agency with a corporate frat house vibe.
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huffingtonpost.com March 9, 2014
Why I Retired At 26

I decided not to hold a press conference because I didn't want to have to say things that were cliché. I've done enough of that since I've been playing football. I actually didn't really plan on saying anything about my retirement at all. I just kind of wanted to disappear.
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theringer.com December 1, 2016
Simmons vs. Gladwell: The Future of Football

Sagging ratings, national controversy, horrifying head injuries, shameless greed: The conversation about the NFL has officially changed. Is it too late to fix it?By Bill Simmons and Malcolm GladwellSimmons: “Is he crying?”“He’s just having trouble breathing. He’s disoriented.
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newrepublic.com November 30, 2015
The Necessity of Football

One of my earliest assignments as an associate producer at NFL Films, the cinematic and mythmaking arm of professional football, was to splice together montages of the best plays, catches, bloopers, and hits from the week’s games, and synchronize them to the stirring orchestral themes for which th
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mmqb.si.com October 24, 2016
Seahawks-Cardinals tie bewilders players; NFL Week 7 : The MMQB with Peter King

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Scenes from a beautiful and dramatic and sometimes incompetent debacle, the best really bad game I have ever seen: Cardinals 6, Seahawks 6. Other side of the field.
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sbnation.com April 10, 2014
Meet the Bag Man

The Bag Man excuses himself to make a call outside, on his "other phone," to arrange delivery of $500 in cash to a visiting recruit. The player is rated No. 1 at his position nationally and on his way into town.
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sbnation.com May 7, 2014
A Beautiful Corpse

The XFL jumped off the top turnbuckle in 2001 and landed with a blow equal parts short-lived and long lasting.
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mmqb.si.com November 1, 2016
Oakland Raiders overtime win leads dramatic NFL Week 8 : The MMQB with Peter King

Two years ago, when Derek Carr and Khalil Mack were Raiders rookies, and Oakland stumbled to an 0-10 start and lost by 52 to the Rams and got swept by a combined 57 by Denver, Carr would say the same thing so many Sundays to Mack after another debacle. “Look at me,” Carr would say.
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mmqb.si.com September 12, 2016
Jimmy Garoppolo, Jack Del Rio highlight NFL Week 1 : The MMQB with Peter King

Editor’s Note: Peter King and the staff of The MMQB took over this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.
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espn.com October 27, 2016
Football's dumbest unwritten rules

NFL broadcasts and coaching news conferences are full of football proverbs. Very often, these are simply explanations for a why a situation demanded avoiding risk, or at least delaying it. And very often, the numbers -- while not perfect -- tell us otherwise.
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mmqb.si.com November 21, 2016
Miami Dolphins, New York Giants streaking; NFL notes : The MMQB with Peter King

Flurries outside my window in New York late Sunday night. It’s beginning to look a lot like the pennant race, with quite a few teams we didn’t see coming. Such as:
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fivethirtyeight.com October 27, 2016
How One Man’s Bad Math Helped Ruin Decades Of English Soccer

Here at FiveThirtyEight, we tend to think statistics can add to our understanding of sports.
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mmqb.si.com November 7, 2016
Oakland Raiders vs. Dallas Cowboys : A dream Super Bowl : The MMQB with Peter King

Every week watching the NFL, we try to draw conclusions on what we’ve just seen.
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theguardian.com November 18, 2015
How CS Lebowski fans set up their own football club ... and honoured The Dude

When a group of disgruntled Fiorentina fans were thoroughly fed up by the monied world of Serie A, they decided to establish their own, self-financed football club and pay homage to the Coen brothers’ greatest characterBy Chloe Beresford for The Gentleman Ultra, part of the Guardian Sport Netwo
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espn.com October 6, 2016
Ten things Berry hates about fantasy football

Fantasy football and I have been dancing for three decades now and I can tell you, there are things we cannot explain. There is an ebb and flow to fantasy that is hard to explain if you are not in it, but it is very real, it is very beautiful and, man, can it be very frustrating.
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kotaku.com February 5, 2017
Football: The Kotaku Review

If Football—that is, the American National Football League football—used the same naming scheme as “Dungeons & Dragons,” we’d call it “Beer Commercials & Cheerleaders.” Like dungeons and dragons, beer commercials and cheerleaders are two things that not everyone likes.
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deadspin.com December 12, 2013
My Injury File: How I Shot, Smoked, And Screwed My Way Through The NFL

Adapted from Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile (Harper). After the last game of every season, we came into work for an exit physical.
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espn.com February 2, 2017
Barnwell's Super Bowl LI preview: Why I'm predicting a rout

It's not easy to beat Tom Brady in the playoffs, but the blueprints on how to pull it off aren't hard to find. Just about every team who has managed to take down the Patriots over the past decade has done so with pass pressure.
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grantland.com October 23, 2015
Week 7 Picks: Welcome to Finding Your NFL Roots

Let’s just get it out of the way: Even I think the term “football babies” is a little creepy, but it’s going to be the way we get into this Friday’s picks column.
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mmqb.si.com November 18, 2015
Arizona Cardinals' Carson Palmer goes inside a game plan for MMQB : The MMQB with Peter King

To the public, one of the mysteries of the NFL is the game plan, the weekly and oft-times encyclopedic secret document each team uses to strategize against that week’s foe.
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theguardian.com April 6, 2016
The fall: how diving became football’s worst crime

You learned it quite early on. If someone tugged at your sleeve, or touched your back, or whiffed a kick close enough to your shin, you immediately slowed down and tripped yourself. Then you glanced at the referee and said, “Porra, falta, caralho!” (roughly, “Fuck – foul, dammit!”).
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artofmanliness.com November 3, 2015
The 17 Best Football Movies of All-Time

Dwight D. Eisenhower thought that football was the best sport for young men to play because it was the closest sport to war. Football’s similarity to battle also explains why it has made for such excellent fodder for movies through the decades.
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mmqb.si.com March 20, 2017
Dwight Clark, ex-49er famous for The Catch, Has ALS : The MMQB with Peter King

There’s a pall over the Bay Area this morning.
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mmqb.si.com October 3, 2016
Julio Jones’ 300 game; Bills over Patriots; NFL Week 4 : The MMQB with Peter King

The smart people in 2011 said the bounty Atlanta GM Thomas Dimitroff paid the Browns to move up 21 spots in the draft to pick Julio Jones was excessive. Two ones, a two and two fours is quite a premium to move from 27 to six.
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thecorrespondent.com March 24, 2015
How data, not people, call the shots in Denmark

But until now, Ankersen says, the progress of data analysis has been limited—rather than a revolution, we have something closer to a gradual evolution.
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theguardian.com March 30, 2017
Expected goals and Big Football Data: the statistics revolution that is here to stay

From predicting Leicester’s grind towards the title to foreseeing Norwich’s decline, analytical models are changing the way people watch football The first time I came across the phrase “expected goals” was in November 2015.
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mmqb.si.com March 6, 2017
Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns could pair at NFL draft : The MMQB with Peter King

Those were the words of NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock as Texas A&M phenom Myles Garrett crossed the finish line of the 40-yard dash in a staggering 4.64 seconds on Sunday, putting a bow on the show that most scouts expected he’d put on here at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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theplayerstribune.com April 6, 2016
We Do Not Dream

I remember my first meeting with the chairman when I arrived at Leicester City this summer. He sat down with me and said, “Claudio, this is a very important year for the club. It is very important for us to stay in the Premier League. We have to stay safe.” My reply was, “Okay, sure.
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mmqb.si.com January 11, 2016
Blair Walsh miss dooms Vikings; NFL wild-card playoffs review : The MMQB with Peter King

From Duluth west to Moorhead, from Warroad up near the Manitoba border south to Albert Lea, on the road to Iowa, the good people of Minnesota are in pain this morning. That is nothing compared to the pain of Blair Walsh.
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nytimes.com September 24, 2006
The Ballad of Big Mike

As he drove into Memphis in March 2004, Tom Lemming thought that everything about Michael Oher, including his surname, was odd. He played for a small private school, the Briarcrest Christian School, with no history of generating Division I college football talent.
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washingtonpost.com July 24, 2015
Chip Kelly, football’s most intriguing figure, is also its most unknown

On a Monday afternoon nearly two years ago, a woman in her mid-forties settled into a long Metro ride, Dupont Circle to Landover, bound eventually for FedEx Field.
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statsbomb.com February 22, 2017
Changing How the World Thinks About Set Pieces

The first project I officially worked on inside football didn’t involve statistics, but it did involve analysis. My task was to take all the video for teams we knew were unusually good at set pieces, analyse what they were doing, and build a guide of best practices.
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mmqb.si.com September 5, 2016
Sam Bradford trade explained by Eagles, Vikings GMs : The MMQB with Peter King

Saturday, 6:30 a.m., two NFL general managers and good friends on the phone, trying to finish a trade. The subject of sleep comes up.
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nytimes.com December 17, 2014
How One Lawyer’s Crusade Could Change Football Forever

There are 1.27 million lawyers in the United States, one for about every 300 Americans — about 400,000 more of them than there are doctors. Their work is rarely glamorous, and especially for those just starting out in the profession, it can be grinding and repetitive.
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espn.com August 20, 2015
Why Chris Borland is the most dangerous man in football

This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's August 31 NFL Preview Issue. Subscribe today! ONE DAY IN April, the NFL asked Chris Borland to take a random drug test.
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mmqb.si.com April 4, 2016
Colin Kaepernick trade, Titans eye Jalen Ramsey in 2106 NFL Draft : The MMQB with Peter King

No new news about the status of a certain 49er quarterback—Sunday was very quiet in the Colin Kaepernick derby—but we do have some information about the first pick in the 2016 draft. Specifically: The Titans might have some action on the No. 1 slot.
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mmqb.si.com September 29, 2014
DeMarco Murray, Philip Rivers lead NFL MVP race; Steve Smith Sr., more : The MMQB with Peter King

As we near the end of a strange Week 4 in the NFL (margins of victory this weekend: 31, 24, 28, 24, 3, 7, 6, 21, 19, 13, 5, 21), let’s take stock of the race that’s looking very fun, and very different than usual: the NFL MVP race.
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deadspin.com February 6, 2014
The Big Book Of Black Quarterbacks

On Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks walked all over the Denver Broncos, 43-8, to win Super Bowl XLVIII. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson passed for 206 yards, ran for 26 more, threw two touchdowns, and made National Football League history.
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mmqb.si.com May 1, 2017
San Francisco 49ers draft room during Bears trade, more : The MMQB with Peter King

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mmqb.si.com July 18, 2016
Mike Florio guest-writes MMQB for Roger Goodell Week : The MMQB with Peter King

With Peter King on vacation until July 25, this week’s Monday Morning QB guest columnist is Pro Football Talk founder Mike Florio. Peter and Mike work together on NBC’s Football Night in America on Sunday nights during the season, and Mike also hosts PFT Live weekdays on NBC Sports Radio.
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mmqb.si.com April 3, 2017
Paul DePodesta tries to help rebuild Cleveland Browns : The MMQB with Peter King

PHOENIX — Paul DePodesta, the Cleveland Browns’ trump card on the rest of the NFL. Nice fellow. Harvard guy, and, to his credit, doesn’t intimidate you with his Ivy League brain. Fifteen months into the new job after two decades with five Major League Baseball teams. Nowhere to go but up.
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espn.com September 8, 2015
Spygate to Deflategate: Inside what split the NFL and Patriots apart

HIS BOSSES WERE furious. Roger Goodell knew it. So on April 1, 2008, the NFL commissioner convened an emergency session of the league's spring meeting at The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Attendance was limited to each team's owner and head coach.
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deadspin.com November 21, 2013
Jameis Winston Isn't The Only Problem Here: An FSU Teacher's Lament

We love the game. We love the players, too, even when they scare us.
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mmqb.si.com November 11, 2013
MMQB : Detroit Lions, Carolina Panthers making strong playoff pushes : The MMQB with Peter King

One non-Incognito point to ponder this morning, prompted by non-stat-geek Mike Florio and based on 2013 NFL history: If Indianapolis is 20 points better than San Francisco, and San Francisco 24 points better than St. Louis, and Indianapolis plays St.
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grantland.com September 4, 2014
The League That Never Sleeps

You probably know the 2014 NFL season kicks off in Seattle tonight, with Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson’s unairbrushable loins and the defending champs laying six points to Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. I’m excited to have Brady, Gronk, Belichick and every other Patriot back in my life.
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mmqb.si.com May 15, 2017
Buffalo Bills begin again to end NFL playoff drought : The MMQB with Peter King

Since the 2000 season, which started the Buffalo Bills’ current 17-season playoff drought, eight coaches and six general managers have failed to make the franchise great again. Sean McDermott will be the ninth coach to try. Brandon Beane will be the seventh GM/personnel czar to try.
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mmqb.si.com January 12, 2016
NFL players need to take control of game, eliminate brutal hits : The MMQB with Peter King

On Saturday night, the NFL scheduled a major television event for the marquee game of the first playoff weekend. A rivalry game, with intense feelings between players and cities, featuring one of the great franchises in American sports, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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grantland.com December 23, 2014
The Grantland All-Pro Team

The season is not quite over, but it’s already time to start celebrating the best players of this 2014 NFL campaign.
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vanityfair.com January 2, 2014
The Fight to Save Johnny Manziel from All-Out Self-Destruction

Back in the summer of 2013, before he became perhaps the biggest bust in the history of the National Football League, before the social-media firestorms and the mysterious rehab, before his hard-partying ways put him on TMZ more than on ESPN, Johnny Manziel already worried his parents.
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gq.com January 10, 2017
The Concussion Diaries: One High School Football Player’s Secret Struggle with CTE

Zac Easter texted his girlfriend shortly before 10 A.M. He typed as he drove, weaving Old Red, his cherry red 2008 Mazda3, down the wide suburban boulevards of West Des Moines. He'd already been awake for hours, since well before sunrise. At 5:40 A.M.
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grantland.com September 14, 2015
Time After Time: A Look at Week 1 in the NFL

O Coughlin, my Coughlin. The Giants have thrown away some games in truly infuriating fashion during the Eli Manning–Tom Coughlin era, but Sunday night’s dramatic 27-26 loss to the Cowboys felt particularly painful.
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fivethirtyeight.com January 13, 2017
NFL Coaches Yell At Refs Because It Freakin’ Works

In the first quarter of a scoreless 2016 AFC Championship game against the New England Patriots, Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos faced third-and-6 from their own 44-yard line. Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas ran a 15-yard out, breaking toward the Broncos’ sideline.
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theringer.com April 20, 2017
Who’s Your JaMarcus Russell?

Unless something bizarre happens next Thursday, Texas A&M’s Myles Garrett will become the 16th defensive player in the past 50 years to go first overall. Statistically speaking, though, there’s about a 50–50 shot that he won’t live up to the hype.
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nytimes.com August 18, 2016
Roger Goodell’s Unstoppable Football Machine

Everywhere you go at the National Football League’s corporate headquarters in Manhattan, a Park Avenue enclave that feels both futuristic and retro at the same time, you encounter ‘‘the Shield.
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mmqb.si.com May 2, 2016
2016 NFL Draft : Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones inside draft war room : The MMQB with Peter King

IRVING, Texas — What no one on the outside world can see on NFL draft weekend is the gut-punch emotion owners and coaches and GMs feel when they miss out on a player they want. Really want.
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mmqb.si.com March 6, 2014
Measuring Beyond Girth

Offensive linemen are football’s forgotten men. They sometimes work on an island, trying to stop rabid pass rushers one-on-one, while other times they’re cogs in complex schemes that demand perfect spacing and precision timing.
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mmqb.si.com November 7, 2013
Richie Incognito never bullied Jonathan Martin, Lydon Murtha says : The MMQB with Peter King

Lydon Murtha, who played for the Dolphins from 2009 to ’12, is adamant that Richie Incognito never bullied Jonathan Martin. (Cliff Welch/Icon SMI) By Lydon Murtha I don’t have a dog in this fight. I want that to be very clear.
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newrepublic.com April 9, 2014
Year of the Pigskin

The day of the first game of American football ever played in Chongqing, China, Fat Baby held court in the locker room at the stadium of Chongqing Southern Translators College. “Stadium” would be generous, actually—it was a soccer field with stone bleachers.
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