Fun (?) run thru the #NFL’s 0-3 teams A dubious distinction for each—complete with a reference to the 1922 Louisville Brecks www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

Pick Six column for #NFL Week 3 leads with the six unbeatens: #eagles, #bills, #colts, #49ers, #chargers & #buccaneers www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

The #NFL’s youngest defense faces the oldest offense in Week 3 #eagles DC Vic Fangio has never had a D this young www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

New Ringer NFL Show with @sandonfl.bsky.social: Do you believe? Fun conversation about what we've seen so far from the Colts, Chargers, and Bucs! What's sustainable, and what's not? Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7Gn0... YouTube: youtu.be/todD0sZo5ls?...

ICYMI: 2 pieces this week on #NFL cash spending First is #eagles centric: www.nytimes.com/athletic/657... Second is 32-team review: www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

Howie Roseman and the Eagles weaponize their cap room like no other NFL team. Is it an anomaly? Or a blueprint for the future? @sandonfl.bsky.social analyzes: www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

“I’m not sure New England believes that salary-cap management is a strategic area,” one exec said. @sandonfl.bsky.social dives deep at every team’s cap usage and spending. t.co/k3251IXtee

We followed up our #eagles centric cash/cap piece from Wednesday with a 32-team review showing how spending has (and has NOT) correlated with on-field performance in #NFL Hope you enjoy www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

The #eagles spend money unlike any other team. Are they the new NFL model or an anomaly? Today we dove into a potentially dense subject that IMO really came to life through a combination of insights plus data from Jason Fitzgerald of OverTheCap.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

Lots to get into with AFC kicking off Friday night...

Final expectations snapshot entering 2025 #NFL season, AFC version: Eight execs stack AFC teams 1-16 #Ravens, #Bills, #Chiefs easy choices for top three, but in what order? Are #Raiders too low? www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Final expectations snapshot entering 2025 #NFL season: #49ers seventh? Wait, someone had the #Lions how low? Eight execs stack NFC teams 1-16 www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Purdy stays in Tier 2 but barely!

Hurts was the #1 QB I got pushback regarding when on with ESPN today!

Ability to process the game quickly was a recurring theme with Caleb Williams

2025 QB Tiers are live 50 #NFL coaches & executives placing all veteran quarterbacks into tiers Fun to see what fans push back on www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...

2025 Quarterback Tiers set to publish Monday 8/11 Just gave a preview ESPN Radio with Courtney Cronin & Peter Burns Looking forward to a great week of QB conversation!

“Pay Micah” sign out here at cowboys camp

Yesterday the PFWA presented Lamar Jackson with his 2025 MVP award Jackson has won it 3x in 6 seasons as a starter, with Rodgers (2x) and Mahomes (1x) winning the other years Not a bad start! All PFWA MVPs dating to 1966: www.profootballwriters.org/on-field-awa...

#NFL QB competitions via @TheAthletic Football Show: #Giants’ Jaxson Dart looking to join short list of first-round QBs drafted No. 20 or later www.nytimes.com/athletic/pod...

With @robertmays.bsky.social on a hard-earned vacation, @qbklass.bsky.social, @sandonfl.bsky.social and I took the TAFS reins, digging into the QB battles we expect to see this summer. podfollow.com/the-athletic...

Good for #49ers keeping Purdy closer to $50m than $60m per year … they throw in a no-trade clause so Purdy gets something in return … but let’s face it, right or wrong, SF values Purdy more than other teams value him

Lots to chew on from the 2025 #NFL draft Here's what league execs found interesting, starting in the AFC, where #Browns & #Jaguars stole the headlines, and where all agree the #Bills did not need to take a WR 😂 Today: AFC Friday: NFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...

How many times each #NFL team passed on Shedeur Sanders before #browns finally selected him...

Fun to look back on March 5 piece with #NFL execs mocking the top 10 picks before all the smoke started billowing. Execs got five direct team/player hits way back then, including McMillan to #panthers and Banks to #saints. www.nytimes.com/athletic/612...

So much interesting stuff to run thru with NFC teams' free agency. This was really fun. #vikings fans seem to think the drama is manufactured ... but something has been a little off in Minnesota. We hit all 16 NFC teams' free agency here. www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...

As the #steelers wait for Aaron Rodgers, the #browns say they’re good with Kenny Pickett and the #bengals defer to de facto GM Joe Burrow (😉), we check in with #NFL execs for thoughts on all 16 AFC teams in free agency. www.nytimes.com/athletic/619...

I unload my full outrage over the Chain Gang Elimination ... plus talk about fast starts in baseball, the wonder of Jokić and a Return of the Jedi scene that I found oddly moving. All in my new Wednesday feature, "The Batting Order." Read for free!

Ben Johnson's comments about pass EPA being better than turnover margin took my mind immediately to Caleb Williams' high sack rate, which killed the pass EPA while helping the turnover margin. Sacks are largely a QB stat ... that is going to be evaluated IMO.

As the #steelers wait for Aaron Rodgers, the #browns say they’re good with Kenny Pickett and the #bengals defer to de facto GM Joe Burrow (😉), we check in with #NFL execs for thoughts on all 16 AFC teams in free agency. www.nytimes.com/athletic/619...

Kiper & Jeremiah released mocks with QBs going 1st & 3rd ... which seems odd to me. Top 3 teams all need QBs ... why would a team at #2 pass on a QB that the team at #3 would take? Seen a good explanation for this?

Bill Barnwell once asked how many low-tier QBs become something more. Geno Smith did it. Baker Mayfield is in a different category. Sam Darnold has a shot. Column handicaps new veteran QB fits with upward mobility in mind. Justin Fields is in own category. www.nytimes.com/athletic/620...

it looks like Myles Garrett chose $40M a year over joining a contender … But when he made his statement, it’s likely neither of those options was available to him Today, one of those options was available to him, with no assurances the second one would become available to him He took it

If #seahawks get Sam Darnold ... They would see this as getting younger at QB via someone already familiar with offense/OC, while picking up a 3rd Also: Degree of difficulty in new offense likely goes down substantially as well. Darnold would be asked to do less than Geno was asked to do

Geno Smith moves indoors with #raiders His 50 #seahawks starts: Indoors (14 starts, all on road): 30 TD, 5 INT, 110.8 rtg Outdoors (36 starts, w/25 at home): 43 TD, 31 INT, 89.7 rtg

Annual post-combine run through the top 10 picks of the upcoming draft seemed trickier this year We've seen Shedeur Sanders go from top-five to outside the top 20 in mock drafts without him playing a game www.nytimes.com/athletic/612...

Will McDonough. Look it up, kids.

We’ve got some great interactive charts (like this one) in my recently published piece looking at NFL hiring trends … www.nytimes.com/athletic/593...

Should Travis Hunter play WR, CB or both in the NFL? We asked a group of players in the league what they think 🔗⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

Combine isn’t most efficient use of time for some teams…but can be very worthwhile for individuals

Headed to Indy for combine, which is more than a growing number of coaches/execs can say! Some teams, led by Rams, have stopped sending people here. They feel more efficient with a less combine-centric process. They might be correct. But, LOTS of value to the individual coaches/execs is lost IMO

Did you see Lakers finish? LeBron draining the 3 when down 4, then missing two of them when down 3 just seems perfect

Watched “We Beat the Dream Team” tonight 👍👍👍

ICYMI: Did #eagles have best offseason ever? I looked at offseason additions for all 110 Super Bowl teams since 1970. Philly ranked third behind ... www.nytimes.com/athletic/609...

Final Pick Six column of the season: This KC loss actually draws Mahomes/KC closer to Brady/NE + lots on #eagles, HOF, Myles Garrett, MVP & more www.nytimes.com/athletic/612...

Super Bowl picks are in from five #NFL coaches “He will get frustrated at some point, and that is how you beat him.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/611...

Everything you need to know about a very different Pro Football Hall of Fame process that culminates tonight, 3 years after Deion Sanders said what he said www.nytimes.com/athletic/611...

Everything you need to know about a very different Pro Football Hall of Fame process that culminates tonight, 3 years after Deion Sanders said what he said www.nytimes.com/athletic/611...

Playing off a thought from @sandonfl.bsky.social: if the trade is you get Myles Garrett but have to take Deshaun Watson too -- which direction do the draft picks go? Note that Watson is owed $46M fully guaranteed each of next two years. Garrett has ~1.3M salary in each of next two years.

#eagles are only Super Bowl team since 1970 with two newcomers earning First-Team All-Pro status But Philly has competition for best offseason by a SB team Pick Six column ranks them all www.nytimes.com/athletic/609...