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32 Paragraphs About 32 Teams: A Thinking Fan's Guide To The NFL Season

The following is excerpted from the team chapters of the always-excellent Football Outsiders Almanac. Buy the PDF for $12.50 or order the printed book from Amazon....

Kolb's Possibly "Career-Ending" Concussion Is The NFL's Nightmare, Too

It was a low-impact play in the open field, and not even the announcers noticed the concussion that might've ended Buffalo Bills quarterback Kevin Kolb's career. ...

Idiots On The Field Invade <em>SNF</em>, And Jerome Simpson Leveled One Of Them

It's preseason for security staff too, as we learned tonight at Candlestick Park as back-to-back Idiots invaded the field during the Vikings-49ers matchup, with one of them getting taken down by Jerome Simpson....

Cardinals And Chargers Combine For "Boneheaded-As-Boneheaded-Gets" TD

If we're looking at things positively, the Cardinals did two things well on this play and the Chargers did one thing well. Yet it was the Chargers that wound up with a touchdown because the Cardinals also threw in a fuck-up that dwarfed anything the Chargers did....

Rex Ryan Melts Down In Press Conference

I'm not sure a preseason game can ever be described as good, but they can definitely be bad and the Jets performance Saturday night was about as bad as it gets. Look what they made Rex Ryan do....

Report: C.J. Spiller's Step-Grandfather Kills Three In Murder-Suicide

Hubert Allen, Jr. killed two people, and injured two more before killing himself during a shooting spree Saturday in Lake Butler, Fla....

The Raiders Would At Least Be Watchable If They Started Terrelle Pryor

Friday night's Bears-Raiders preseason game produced some strong evidence that the Raiders will most likely end up in the AFC West basement this season as Chicago took at 27-3 lead at halftime. Backup quarterback Terrelle Pryor, however, was one bright spot for Oakland....

The Arizona Wildcats Celebrated The End Of Camp With A Dance-Off

With camp finally over, Arizona Wildcats head coach Rich Rodriguez let his players show their joy through the power of dance. And dance they did....

It's OK For Joe Flacco To Just Be Boring

One of the most entertaining subplots going into the NFL season is finding out just how uninteresting Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco can be. (He's had a strong offseason. His own dad called him "dull," and he plans to stare at the money from his new contract.) This dude is boring. If you cu...

John Clayton quashes the ponytail myth, again: This Q&A with Clayton is worth clicking on just for the glorious photo. [NYT]...

Enjoy These Highlights Of A Fishing Show Featuring Rex And Rob Ryan

With time to kill during the NFL offseason, Rex and Rob Ryan guest-starred on a fishing show and appeared to have a hell of a time....

You Wanna Buy A Used Eagles RV? Sure You Do.

I mean, you'd be a fool not to drop $2,500 on "The Beast," 31 feet of mean, green, American-made tailgating machine. Just 35 years and 43,000 miles on 'er....

<em>Crowd Goes Wild</em> Has A Tebow Jar

How can Fox Sports 1 maintain its "the anti-ESPN" cred while still discussing a certain Patriots backup quarterback? By fining hosts a quarter every time they say Tebow's name....

Joe Flacco Couldn't Understand A Damn Thing Ray Lewis Said

Nice little profile in ESPN The Mag of Joe Flacco, the defending Super Bowl MVP who can't get any respect. We'll have more on Flacco, but let's pull out one quote that's getting all the attention....

Panthers Player Ejected For Kick To The Groin

Running back Armond Smith is fighting for a spot on Carolina's depth chart, but his chances seem a little bleaker after being kicked out of last night's preseason game against Baltimore....

NFLPA: Players Will Have To Think Twice About Trusting ESPN

The players' union finds itself in an awkward situation in the wake of a report that the NFL pressured ESPN to back out of an upcoming documentary on player safety. Because, after all, the NFLPA is ESPN's broadcast partner too—the players get 55 percent of TV money. Now a union spokesperson says the...

Guy Intentionally Screws Up Mock Drafts To Capture Reactions

For people who really like fantasy football, mock drafts are useful as a run-through, just to get a feel of which players are being picked in what round. As we found out thanks to a man named Stefan, people take their mock drafts very seriously....

Report: NFL Pressured ESPN Into Backing Out Of Concussion Film [Updates]

When word broke that ESPN was unexpectedly and belatedly ending its involvement with PBS's Frontline on a pair of documentaries investigating head injuries in football, ESPN swore up and down it had nothing to do with keeping the NFL happy. According to a report in today's New York Times, that was a...

Robert Griffin III Fined For His "Operation Patience" Shirt

Robert Griffin III did not play in Washington's Monday night preseason game, but he did take the field for warmups. Making reference to his lengthy and cautious rehab, he wore a shirt reading "Operation Patience." It'll cost him....

ESPN Pulls Out Of <em>Frontline</em> Concussion Investigation [UPDATE]

For a while now, ESPN's big alibi, the thing Bristol would trot out any time someone questioned the company's journalistic bona fides, was its joint investigation into NFL head injuries with PBS's Frontline. Now that's done with. PBS announced the news. It reports:...