Topic: NFL

January 29, 2013

Jim Harbaugh's Wild Will

Eric Freeman

Jim Harbaugh is pretty much a lunatic, inarguably a great football coach, and a leader who has proven surprisingly willing to let his players express themselves. All are admirable to at least some degree, but Harbaugh also represents some of the worst things about the NFL.

January 17, 2013

On The Line: Watching Football Through A Win Probability Graph

Aaron Gordon

Advanced NFL Stats' Win Probability is football's killer stat of the moment, for good reason. But while there's no reason to watch a graph instead of a game, there's an eloquence to Win Probability Graphs, especially during the game's most improbable moments.

January 16, 2013

Zombieland

Sean Conboy

Amid the calls for more studies and commercials reassuring us that the NFL is on it, there is a stark and simple fact: football killed Junior Seau, as it has killed a good number of NFL players before. Now that we know this, what are we, and what is the NFL, going to do about it?

January 14, 2013

Through a Stream Darkly: Watching the NFL in the UK, Sleepily

Jamie Cutteridge

Russell Wilson's night was over. But the brave souls watching the NFL on Greenwich Mean Time still had another four hours before they could catch some sleep.

January 4, 2013

Super/Human: Understanding Aaron Rodgers

Rob Trump

Aaron Rodgers puts up superhuman stats season after season, and seems magically averse to making mistakes. It's natural to wonder whether there's something supernatural to all this, but his dominance comes from a very human, if freakily refined, place.

January 3, 2013

The Imaginary Empire

David Williams

On the angry, fading, and increasingly imaginary empire of the Dallas Cowboys.

December 21, 2012

Classical Gift-Buying Supplement: On Garfield and Neil Lomax and Love

Ben Lyon

On holiday traditions, Garfield's Christmas Spectacular, and Neil Lomax, the ultimate gift for anyone interested in things Neil Lomax-related.

December 19, 2012

Classical Gift-Buying Supplement: So You Want To Buy A Weird Football Jersey On Ebay

David Roth

Yes, in a basic sense, buying a used replica football jersey on eBay is as easy as searching eBay for used replica football jerseys. But how do you know which Tim Couch jersey is right for you? We've got you.

December 11, 2012

Stay Positive With Dancing Buccaneers Kid

David Roth

In which a sassy young dude walks on the field at a Buccaneers home game, throws down some dance moves with the Bucs' cheerleaders, and teaches us all a valuable lesson.

November 21, 2012

A Very Zendejas Thanksgiving

Tom Keiser

This Thanksgiving, remember America's foremost placekicking family with a series of videos paying homage to Luis Zendejas, radical abstract minimalism, and (spoiler alert) Paul Rodriguez.