Talk about sucking all the air out of the room. Tom Brady was a system quarterback and a great one. Coach Bill Belichick made the system work and will in the future. The new kid looks promising! Let’s give him a chance and move on. Enough already with TB12.
Aren’t We all Sick to Death of Reading About Tom Brady?
What You and Tom Brady Might have in Common
No one can beat Father Time. But, I thought Andrew Beaton wrote an excellent article titled “How Tom Brady Conquered His Great Opponent: Age,” in the WSJ this week. As Beaton explains: “Brady has adjusted his game to compensate for all the things that a quarterback loses as he ages. He makes up for decreased […]
The Cost of Kaepernick
After Colin Kaepernick almost single handedly put the NFL into a ratings spiral, Nike decided it liked what it saw in the man and made him a centerpiece of its marketing. That decision has now cost the company $3 billion in market cap. Jesse Kelly reports for The Federalist (abridged): Look at this number: $3,000,000,000. […]
Detroit Lion’s Football Coach Matt Patricia is “The Man”
The media has become an unprofessional, activist arm of the liberal establishment, and no one has called them out more than President Trump. This week though, Matt Praticia, coach of the Detroit Lions and former Defensive Coordinator for the New England Patriots, took aim at media slacking by giving one reporter a lesson in professionalism […]
Trump Hammers the NFL
In a skewering Tweet, President Trump hammered the NFL over its ratings and the refusal of the league to take action against players kneeling during the national anthem. Wow, NFL first game ratings are way down over an already really bad last year comparison. Viewership declined 13%, the lowest in over a decade. If the […]
My Favorite Stories Leading up to Super Bowl LII
“The four never expected to be reunited later in life, but 20 years later, here they are going for another Super Bowl title,” writes WEEI sports radio network’s Ryan Hannable. They were teammates back in 1998 at John Carroll University and are coaches for the New England Patriots today: director of player personnel Nick Caserio […]
Will NFL Playoff Weekend be Another Dud?: Part II
NFL ratings are plummeting. Last week I asked if the NFL divisional playoff ratings would be a dud. They were. The games in every time slot suffered ratings losses compared to last year. If you run these declining numbers out a few years, it’s easy to see why Roger Goodell & Co. should be hitting […]
Do You Know NFL Hitman James Harrison?
When the Pittsburgh Steelers cut NFL linebacker James Harrison mid-season, the New England Patriots signed him faster than you can shout “blitz!” Prior to the season Men’s Journal spent a few days in Scottsdale, AZ while Mr. Harrison recovered from surgery. As the NFL’s most heavily fined player in a single season, he’s the type […]
Will NFL Playoff Weekend be Another Dud?
I was talking to a client yesterday who is a lifetime NFL season ticket holder. He told me he’s not even excited about the playoffs, and hasn’t been watching much football this season. He said he’s fed up with the lack of respect for the national anthem. Yes, this is anecdotal evidence but it matches […]