NFL Fans, We Need To Talk About Failure
NFL Fans, We Need To Talk About Failure
When your team loses a heartbreaker, blame has to go somewhere. Sometimes the blame goes the correct way but for the wrong reasons.
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I'm On Team Roquan - Not Team 'Team'
I'm On Team Roquan
Not Team 'Team'
If it takes someone like Roquan Smith every once and a while to reveal to fans (those who want to pay attention) that their NFL team’m ownership groups can’t change and that’s why we are losers, so be it. I'd rather cheer for a person fighting for themselves than a family screwing over an entire city.
Read MoreThe Case of Cameron Meredith: how the free agent story of a receiver with only 1,008 receiving yards can teach you a lot about NFL roster building
We used to think it was all about the talent. Now, we think it’s all about the Benjamin’s. We’re still behind. Because in the NFL, it’s about the talent, the Benamin’s, and a a lot of context.
Read MoreHow NFL Teams Get In Line For The Future
In the NFL, it’s very, very hard to win. Winning a game, winning two games in a row, winning consistently over the course of a season, winning over the course of multiple seasons – it’s hard. The margins are slim. And too many NFL teams don't look ahead, thinning the margins further.
Read MoreRookie Quarterbacks Are Delicate Things. Best Leave Them Alone.
The shine may have been the glare of light off his helmet, but Chicago Bears rookie Quarterback Mitch Trubisky shone nonetheless. With the ease begetting a top-five draft pick, he led the Bears offence to a touchdown on his first drive then didn’t miss a pass until his eighth attempts. How Chicago handles him now is the problem too many NFL teams have faced and failed.
Read MoreIt's Windy At The Bottom: The Bears, Mitch Trubisky, and The Public Fervor To Criticize
One week ago I was a Trubisky skeptic and a Chicago Bears fan. Today, I am still a Mitch Trubisky skeptic and a Chicago Bears fan.
Read MoreThe Bitter Highs and Sweet Lows: Lions Versus Bears, Part II
In week six, the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears faced off in a titanic (as in the sunken vessel) battle that ended in a 37-34 overtime Lions victory. There were controversial touchdown calls and bonehead plays. Also, bonding between a father and son.
Read MoreRunning At The Front
Front run-ning
/ˌfrəntˈrəniNG/
adjective
1. ahead in a race or other competition.
a. (of an athlete or horse) running best when in front of the field.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — December 7, 2015
Today: Bruce examines the new state of Gary Bettman's NHL business model, the NFL's parity machine is in full whirl and how analytics have evolved not just on the field — but in the boardroom.
Read MoreThe Bitter Highs and Sweet Lows: Bears vs Lions With The Dowbboy
When I proposed to Bruce that I chronicle the Lions and Bears game as we watched it together, there was only enthusiasm. ‘Sure, great idea.’ That was Wednesday. By Friday, he has scheduled a round of golf first thing Sunday morning.
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