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What do a mutual funds salesman, a high school football backup tight end, and a walk-on college football defensive end have in common? They all play arguably the most obscure position in American professional sports at the highest level. These three men – Zach Triner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Liam McCullough of the Atlanta … Read more
The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game kicked off the NFL preseason last week, but it fully ramps up this week. Sprinkled amongst those preseason games are a series of joint practices, usually leading up to one of those preseason contests, involving many of the league’s teams. Atlanta at Miami and the Giants at Detroit … Read more
“Running backs are expendable.” Those words, recently spoken by my brother-in-law, stung me like a Clubber Lang punch to the stomach. I grew up in the 1990s, when the NFL’s biggest names were mostly running backs. Emmitt Smith won league and Super Bowl MVP in the same year. Barry Sanders shared league MVP honors with … Read more