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Salon.com September 8, 2000 Allen Barra |
Passing fancy The Bill Walsh-inspired offensive revolution has had an unexpected drawback: Every NFL team looks the same now. |
Sports Central July 7, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs in History: 1-5 This week, we conclude with the top five, the best quarterbacks of all time. |
Sports Central February 24, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Greatest NFL Quarterbacks: All-Underrated List I want to highlight five of those players -- four Hall of Famers and one not yet eligible -- but all underrated by modern fans. |
Salon.com June 30, 2000 Allen Barra |
Any given Monday night Dennis Miller won't pull the NFL out of its TV doldrums. Here are seven ideas that will. |
Sports Illustrated January 16, 2001 Tex Maule |
The Best Football Game Ever Played In football's first brush with sudden death, the Baltimore Colts won the world championship in hair-raising style... |
Sports Central June 23, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs in History: 11-20 This week, I'm profiling the players who rank 11-20 on my list, counting down toward number one. Please note: at this point, we're talking about the best of the best QBs. |
AskMen.com Paul Bessire |
Top 10: NFL Quarterback Seasons In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its statistical technology to rank the greatest seasons ever by NFL Quarterbacks. |
Salon.com April 24, 2002 Allen Barra |
The corporate sports rip-off Why are taxpayers still subsidizing professional football and basketball? |
Sports Central February 24, 2005 Adam Russell |
Which College is Quarterback U? Have you ever heard anyone refer to a school as "Quarterback U?" |
Salon.com November 29, 2001 Allen Barra |
Bring back the arbitrary college football polls! Sure, the old championship polls were bogus -- but the current system is just as bogus, and it doesn't even give fans anything to argue about... |
Sports Central March 16, 2006 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Best Triplets An assemblage of the NFL's 20 best trios ever -- quarterback, running back, wide receiver. |
Sports Illustrated September 12, 2002 Paul Zimmerman |
Best there ever was Unitas did things his way, and he did them with style. |
Salon.com September 22, 2000 Allen Barra |
The NFL's minor league? The marketing firms and New York pundits who want a college football playoff system have one thing in common: They don't like or understand college football. |
Sports Central February 11, 2014 Brad Oremland |
The Best QB to Lose Two Super Bowls Peyton Manning is one of only eight quarterbacks to start for two Super Bowl losers. It's an elite eight with Hall of Fame talent. How do these multiple Super Bowl-losing QBs stack up with one another? |
Sports Illustrated January 16, 2001 Tex Maule |
The Best Team You Ever Saw The Baltimore Colts earned the tribute in again beating the Giants to retain their world football championship... |
Sports Central February 25, 2014 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs Not to Win a Championship We often judge QBs by whether or not their team won championships, but everyone recognizes that sometimes great players don't reach the highest level of team success. So, who's at the top of the list? |
Sports Illustrated November 21, 2001 Tim Layden |
Celebration time Thoughts on football players celebrating on the field: a little spontaneity can be a good thing |
Sports Central February 8, 2008 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Greatest Dynasties Here's a look at 15 NFL teams that can be considered a dynasty. |
Sports Central June 2, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs in History: 40-48 This week, I'm profiling the players who rank about 40-50 on my list, in alphabetical order. |
Sports Central December 16, 2007 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Best Offense Ever With apologies to the 1941 Bears and the San Diego Chargers in general, here are the 10 best offenses in league history. |
Salon.com January 3, 2003 Allen Barra |
Hot Tuna Control freak Bill Parcells will burn out in his third year at Dallas. Plus: Pennington's the MVP, not Gannon. |
Sports Central March 18, 2014 Brad Oremland |
The Greatest NFL Triplets Ever Seven years ago, I wrote about the NFL's best "Triplets" -- quarterback, running back, and receiver on the same team. This time I look at the best triplets ever in a single season. |
Salon.com November 8, 2002 Allen Barra |
Overrated, underrated Overrated: Johnny Unitas, the 1996-2001 Yankees and John McEnroe. Underrated: Bart Starr, the 1996-2001 Yankees and Steffi Graf. |
Salon.com July 25, 2001 Allen Barra |
Throw the bums out! It's time to eject baseball's owners for arguing balls and strikes... |
Sports Central December 11, 2003 M. Edward Guest |
The Bitter Irony of the NFL's Past It is very easy to downgrade or diminish the accomplishments of players in a segregated league, because, well, they simply were not playing the highest level of competition. |
Sports Central April 12, 2011 Brad Oremland |
The Greatest Postseason Quarterbacks Here's a list of the eight finest playoff and Super Bowl QBs in NFL history. |
Sports Central April 21, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Sports Heaven For every dream that comes true, there are 100 that don't. Everyone has their own ideas of sports heaven, but here's mine. |
Sports Central July 31, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Pro Football Hall of Fame Biggest Snubs This is an updated version of a piece I wrote in 2007. Many of the players I wrote about then have been elected to Canton, some new players have become eligible, and some things I've changed my mind about. |
Sports Central March 31, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Breaking Down the Best QBs By Decade Who is the best quarterback? It's a classic sports question, and it's fun to think about. You can do detailed analysis, or you can argue with your friends over fries and a beer. |
Salon.com January 17, 2003 Allen Barra |
Penalties, Part 2 The NFL's dreadful officiating can't be ignored anymore. One solution: Give one ref a TV. |
Sports Central February 11, 2008 Adam Russell |
The Patriots and a Lesson in NFL History Even if the Pats had beaten the Giants, would we all be convinced they were better than Miami or Cleveland? |
Sports Illustrated June 13, 2000 Peter King |
Scorecard Steve Young's zeal for the game outshone even his records |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Quarterback-Receiver Duos From Isbell and Hutson to Manning and Harrison -- they all stand behind the inimitable Montana-to-Rice connection. |
Salon.com August 4, 2000 Allen Barra |
Joe Montana: Tarnished hero He was the greatest quarterback ever, but when he had a chance to be a leader in real life, he punked out. |
Searcher December 2010 Irene McDermott |
The Gridiron on the Web -- Football Online Am I doomed to be shut out from the world of football forever? No! The internet has arrived to save the day with zillions of sites to explain and celebrate American football. |
Sports Illustrated August 29, 2002 Paul Zimmerman |
The quarterback quandary A cadre of 'experts' is still working on a formula |
Sports Illustrated December 12, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
Memories of a football giant From scout to coach to GM to executive, George Young did it all... |
Salon.com August 29, 2001 Allen Barra |
From Shula to Shanahan Who deserves the hype? Who doesn't get enough? A look at sports' most overrated, and overlooked... |
Sports Central November 10, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 9 Power Rankings The idea that the NFL can and should decree multi-game suspensions for off-field incidents, but virtually ignore the violent behavior of players while they participate in actual NFL games makes no sense to me. |
Salon.com November 15, 2000 Allen Barra |
The invisible superstar Tim Brown's career is a long tale of personal dominance in the service of bad teams. But this year he may finally get some glory... |
Sports Central November 27, 2003 Eric Poole |
McNair: Carrying the Standard McNair, who almost won the Heisman Trophy while playing for Division I-AA Alcorn State, is puncturing the myth that big colleges have a monopoly on big-time pro football prospects. |
Salon.com February 7, 2001 Allen Barra |
Smashmouth football sucks The XFL thinks its brutal, dumbed-down product is what fans want. Actually, fans want more scoring and fewer commercials... |
Sports Central October 1, 2012 Adam Russell |
Is the Offensive Explosion an Omen? With all this offensive production on both sides of the field, could this be an omen of things to come in college football? |
Sports Illustrated April 29, 2002 Phil Taylor |
No guarantees on QBs NFL teams should use prime picks more wisely... |
Sports Central May 6, 2005 Matt Thomas |
Top-10 Storylines We Wish Would Go Away With NFL Kickoff 2005 more than four months away and the recent conclusion of the league's draft, we "armchair quarterbacks" find ourselves at an information impasse, so to speak. |
Reason February 2009 Radley Balko |
Rain Delay $720 million stadium, 10-cent roof |
Sports Central February 5, 2006 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Greatest Losers The 10 greatest teams not to win a Super Bowl. |
Sports Illustrated July 30, 2003 Frank Deford |
King Hut Pro football rules in America; here's why |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Top 10 Worst Athletes Turned Entertainers Many athletes have tried to earn more money and keep their name in public view by entering show business. Some have tried movies or TV, while others have tried music |
Sports Central August 28, 2004 Eric Poole |
Manning's Place is on Sideline (For Now) New York has, in Kurt Warner, a proven quarterback who can keep the seat warm for a year -- or eight games -- until Manning is ready to face the maelstrom. |