Month: October 2024

Some people are fans of the Seattle Seahawks. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Seattle Seahawks. This 2018 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: Seattle Seahawks.  Your 2017 record: 9-7. Here’s a clip of justice unfolding in real time… I told you Blair Walsh would fuck you good, and he did. HOW DOES IT FEEL, YOU FUCKS?!!!!! See how you like it for once! I feel whole again. The best part is that Blair’s shank here ended up being the difference because Pete Carroll, for Pete Carroll reasons, ran a fake field goal at the end of the first half in that game from the 35-yard-line. “It would have been a really good call if we would have made it. It was something we saw, that we wanted to do. It was…

Deadspin is pleased to announce our 2015 Bear of the Year. After a great deal of consideration and deliberation, we arrived at a clear choice: Extra-Cool Polar Bear Who Discovered Many Ways To Enjoy His Items. Extra-Cool Polar Bear Who Discovered Many Ways To Enjoy His Items is not only a very good bear, but an instructive one. Consider his ebullience as he discovers the joy-inspiring uses for each one of his items. Consider how good this life looks: “False!” a cynic might shout. “This bear is being held in captivity, confined to a life that violates the laws of nature. He is clearly a prisoner!” These protestations are certainly valid, as Extra-Cool Polar Bear Who Discovered Many Ways To Enjoy His Items is not free to roam in the wild, but consider what his life isn�…

Some people are fans of the St. Louis Rams. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the St. Louis Rams. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here. 1. The Rams are the WNBA team of the NFL. Outside of the Staph Infection R&D Lab that is the Cleveland Browns, there isn't a worse team in football at keeping players healthy than the Rams. A Rams player is 50% more likely than any other NFL player to break his arm WHILE tearing his ACL. They didn't need a new coach. They needed a fucking trainer. Because Sam Bradford could very well die this season. I think it's very nice that the Rams managed to fleece Dan Snyder and the Shanahans for three first rounders. That's what the Redskins …

The following is excerpted from the team chapters of the always-excellent Football Outsiders almanac. Buy the PDF for $12 or order the book for $21.95. Arizona Cardinals: DeSean Jackson missed nearly two full games with Kolb under center, thanks to a concussion suffered during Kolb's start against the Falcons. If we split out each receiver's performance under both Vick and Kolb, it's clear to see that the biggest difference between the passing performance of the two quarterbacks is the play and presence of Jackson. There's still a risk in paying big money for a quarterback who has yet to start an entire season. But when you look at Kolb's 2010 in that context, it makes much more sense for Cardinals to want to lock him down for the near future. Atlanta Falcons…

data-mm-id=”_df151nslj”>If it's late enough to get reminders about Christmas– and, oh boy, are they out there– it's perfectly fine to start thinking about the NFL playoffs, even with only four games off the docket for most teams. However, one game could be the difference between playing for a Super Bowl trophy or watching it on TV. Thus, here are the four September matchups that may have defined what the field will look like come January. Detroit Lions v Arizona Cardinals / Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesWeek 1: Lions 27, Cardinals 27The Lions were one of the NFL's handful of unbeatens before they lost in a tightly-contested matchup with Kansas City last week. You'd be hard-pressed to call them "perfect", however, especially after Week 1's unusual …

data-mm-id=”_nwg7hj1mp”>Last night on Monday Night Football, Booger McFarland made waves by saying the Ravens are The Wire of the NFL, which was wrong. So I decided to explain which television show matches best with each of the 32 NFL teams. Baltimore Ravens — BarryAs I said last night, I'm fine with The Wire being called "great," as long as it's not called the "greatest." Not that the Ravens and the fifth-best show ever don't share similarities; they are both based on Baltimore, after all. But this Ravens team is flashy, innovative, must-see, and a little bit ridiculous. Much like HBO's Barry. The dark comedy series has a touch of Breaking Bad in its writing, in the same way Lamar Jackson has a touch of Michael Vick. Miami Dolphins — Dr. KenTh…

data-mm-id=”_arogqg0kq”>The Philadelphia 76ers are in trouble. Ben Simmons is out for an "extended" period of time. He will be reevaluated in two weeks, but no one expects him to be anywhere near ready to play in two weeks. Joel Embiid sprained his shoulder on Wednesday night and is still being evaluated. The good news and the bad news are the same thing. The Sixers are currently the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, just a half-game behind the Miami Heat. The Celtics and Raptors are too far ahead for a healthy, cohesive version of the Sixers to catch up and the Nets and Magic are too far behind for Philadelphia to end up in a bottom seed in the darkest of timelines.Philadelphia has the third-easiest strength of schedule remaining. The Heat and Pacers have slightly toughe…

data-mm-id=”_bj3qqsc68″>Paying an entertainer up to $120 million annually for their services? In this economy? What are you, crazy? Who is this guy, Howard Stern?Yes? Well, in that case, back up the Brink's truck, baby, and don't dare think twice. SIRIUSXM has apparently wisely surveyed the landscape and concluded that the longtime shock jock is worth every one of the 12,000,000,000 pennies. And Stern, as predicted, is leaning toward leaning into routine. “Stern’s contract with Sirius expires at the end of December, and the 66-year-old has been negotiating a fresh deal for the better part of the year, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the conversations are ongoing. His previous five-year contracts, which cover production and staff, topped out at roughl…

data-mm-id=”_5csonesdj”>Public opinion of baseball has been in a steady decline over the last two months as MLB and the MLBPA have engaged in a bitter battle over the details of a shortened and fanless 2020 season due to COVID-19. The owners are very worried they aren't going to make much money if a season is held without any stadium revenue, while the players are displeased those owners are going back on their March agreement for fully prorated salaries and the two sides are duking it out both privately and in the court of public opinion. It is rather difficult to side with the owners in this fight, especially in light of news like what Jeff Passan reported a few weeks back that some would rather cancel the season outright than incur even the slightest cost that would come with p…