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From zero to hero: NFL stars whose stock dropped at the Combine

The combine giveth and the combine taketh away. As prospective NFLers from colleges throughout the country come together to mark down 40-yard dash times, 225-lb bench press reps, broad and vertical jumps, and more, there’s a real pressure to perform, particularly for those right on the cusp of getting drafted. Read more…

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Getting a Black person to defend you against racism means you’ve hit rock bottom — the NFL proved that by hiring Loretta Lynch

Guilty people tend to do guilty things. The simple-minded do dumb stuff, like returning to the scene of the crime. The smarter ones will appoint someone from their accuser’s group to defend them. The NFL does a lot of stupid things, but they’ve never been dumb. Hiring Loretta Lynch as counsel is proof of that, […]

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NFL award winners haven’t been Super in the big game

Extremely Bowl LVI will feature four NFL Honors Awards winners: Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase (OROY) and Joe Burrow (CPOY) as well as the Rams’ Cooper Kupp (OPOY). Rams’ offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth also won the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, but that’s not important for the context of this piece. Read more…

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Aaron Rodgers wins another MVP… wake me up when it’s another Super Bowl

By most metrics, Aaron Rodgers is a better quarterback and person than Brett Favre. He throws considerably less ( Stannis Baratheon: fewer ) interceptions, completes a higher percentage of passes, has a better win percentage, hasn’t been a creep, and didn’t bilk a charity out of money for an appearance he didn’t make . … […]

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The Senior Bowl ceased public weigh-ins that resemble slave auctions the same week Brian Flores filed his lawsuit against the NFL

Back in the era of slavery — which wasn’t as long ago as racists, conservatives, and the GOP would like you to believe — Black bodies would be stripped naked, or close to it, and put on the auction block where they were sold to the highest white bidders. Their height, weight, skin color, sexual […]

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Like Colin Kaepernick, Brian Flores is the latest Black person getting overlooked for a job they deserve

On the first day of Black History Month, just two years after America had a supposed “racial awakening” following the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and the shooting of Jacob Blake, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores followed in Colin Kaepernick’s footprints by exposing the NFL’s… Read more…

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Calm down! Brady wasn’t jabbing at New England with his retirement letter

Welp, we all knew it was going to happen, but Tom Brady’s retirement announcement still caught several people off-guard. Even after Adam Schefter tweeted out that Brady was likely going to hang up his cleats this offseason, the fact that Brady would do so despite being a frontrunner for the MVP Award and failing to… […]

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Tom Brady Confirms He’s Retiring From Football, But His Announcement Is Missing One MAJOR Thing…

Tom Brady is officially walking away from football. Of course, the world already knew that, after the news about his retirement was first leaked over the weekend. Sources quickly came out after that reveal and claimed the report was premature. But now it’s for real. Related: Tom Is Reportedly Planning To Produce And Star In A Feature […]