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The Deafening Silence Surrounding Ole Miss’s Laremy Tunsil
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Spirit of St. Louis: Todd Gurley Is Giving the Rams a Chance to Take Flight
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BOOOOOOOOOOOO: A Disappointing and Not-So-Depraved Trip to Roger Goodell’s...
My mother thought I was joking. But years ago, as we sat in her car and the conversation turned to our favorite days of the year, I hardly cracked a smile when I gave her my earnest answer: the first...
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Ay, There’s the Chubb: Is the Latest Star in Georgia’s Running Back Pipeline...
This is a story about a star running back at Georgia, which means that it is also, on some intrinsic level, a story about Herschel Walker. It’s impossible to avoid: In his three years, Walker so...
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The Most Exciting Fantasy Football Team Imaginary Money Can Buy
With the increasingly ridiculous number of fantasy football magazines, websites, and resources out there, it seems like we’ve lost sight of what really matters: Guys, this is supposed to be fun. So,...
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The Rams’ Make-or-Break Season
Each year in the NFL, there are a number of teams that seemingly need to break through and show signs of life or risk being scrapped. NFL owners can’t cut an entire team overnight, but for these sort...
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Stopped on a Dime: Could Marshawn Lynch Be the NFL’s Last 10,000-Yard Rusher?
Asking Marshawn Lynch if there was anything he would change about last season would produce one pretty obvious answer. When the ball was in his hands, though, Lynch had a regular season worth...
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Run the Jewels: Could This Be the Best Rookie Running Back Class in Years?
Last season belonged to the rookie wide receiver. The 2013 class had some early success — DeAndre Hopkins and Keenan Allen still look like its best products. But the pass-catchers who emerged in 2014...
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NFL Week 4 Winners and Losers: The Disappearing Dallas Cowboys and the...
Losers The Cowboys Tony Romo was only a couple of feet away, pulling on a sock with his one good arm, but the tone in Jason Witten’s voice made it sound like the Cowboys quarterback was nowhere to be...
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The Deafening Silence Surrounding Ole Miss’s Laremy Tunsil
Ole Miss’s 38-10 loss at Florida last Saturday was the kind of midseason wake-up call that every good team dreads. It wasn’t just a defeat, it was a disaster — an unexpected, slow-motion train wreck...
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NFL Week 7 Winners and Losers: Panthers and Vikings Are Turning Up the Heat,...
Winners The Vikings Matthew Stafford is going to start calling in sick when Minnesota is on the schedule. In two starts against the Vikings this season, Stafford has been hit 21 times, including the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spirit of St. Louis: Todd Gurley Is Giving the Rams a Chance to Take Flight
On yesterday’s Grantland NFL Podcast, Bill Barnwell asked me a question that at first seemed crazy. After we broke down Rams running back Todd Gurley’s latest stomping of an NFL defense, Barnwell...
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