If there is a more insightful, interesting, appealing, or prolific writer on pro football than Peter King, someone please point me to him.
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I find the folks at footballoutsiders.com to be the most insightful and interesting football writers anywhere. They have unique statistics that are better measures of team and individual performance than any others I have seen, detailed analysis of those stats, plus a wide variety of other articles that analyze various aspects of the game. I would encourage anyone who is interested in digging deeper into why teams win and lose to check them out, both on their website and in the Pro Football Prospectus annual book.
I find the folks at footballoutsiders.com to be the most insightful and interesting football writers anywhere. They have unique statistics that are better measures of team and individual performance than any others I have seen, detailed analysis of those stats, plus a wide variety of other articles that analyze various aspects of the game. I would encourage anyone who is interested in digging deeper into why teams win and lose to check them out, both on their website and in the Pro Football Prospectus annual book.
For some bizarre reason, there are pockets of people out there who hate Peter King. It blows my mind that they can’t recognize how well he captures what’s now America’s favorite sport — and with what eloquence.
King’s also a really great guy, generous — and a fellow alumnus of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
For some bizarre reason, there are pockets of people out there who hate Peter King. It blows my mind that they can’t recognize how well he captures what’s now America’s favorite sport — and with what eloquence.
King’s also a really great guy, generous — and a fellow alumnus of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
Peter King is probably the best pure football analyst but the best analysts in sports overall would have to be either Mike Greenberg or Bob Costas.
Peter King is probably the best pure football analyst but the best analysts in sports overall would have to be either Mike Greenberg or Bob Costas.
10 Things I think I thought when I thought about how much I think Peter King drives me crazy:
1. Quote of the week: “Somebody spoke to me at a press conference so I need to drop his name here”
1.a. Quote of the week II: “This is obviously not the quote of the week, as it is the second one.”
1.b. Quote of the week III: “I am further reinforcing the fact that the ‘Quote of the Week’ is indeed a misnomer”
1.c. Quote of the Week IV: “This is getting out of hand”
1.d. Quote of the Week V: “I have no creativity and cannot think of a new name for this section”
2. Whenever I encounter events that may only interest me, I keep them to myself. Sometimes my editor has the sense to cut them out. If only Peter King had this thought when thinking about writing down his observations.
3. I love coffee. I’m going to start a blog about the people in the coffee shop, the people behind the counter, and the relevant ratio of today’s foam to milk.
4. I travel all the time. Everything is aggravating. It happens to everyone. It is never enjoyable.
5. I thought this was a football column. It says “NFL” at the top. I’m confused. This is enjoyable/aggravating.
6. If I have more than 10 thoughts, I can just keep writing, and only put the numbers wherever I feel like.
7. I too have observations AND thoughts. I think I will give them two separate sections. Maybe call them “Observations, an ode to football in 7 parts, with 3 quick asides” and “Thoughts about thinking when writing down my observations”
8. I brushed my teeth today with a brush that has Medium bristle strength. I’ve never used a Hard bristle strength, but I think Soft is too soft. This humble blog-poster’s opinion says stick with Medium.
9. Fat guys shouldn’t criticize fat guys
9.a. There’s a bunch of fat people in Detroit today.
10. Maybe we’d be free from T.O. if sportswriters stopped talking about him.
10. (alternate) Sometimes when writing a top 10 list, I probably should have just stopped a long time ago and used a different overly-used gimmick because I stretched it too far.
10 Things I think I thought when I thought about how much I think Peter King drives me crazy:
1. Quote of the week: “Somebody spoke to me at a press conference so I need to drop his name here”
1.a. Quote of the week II: “This is obviously not the quote of the week, as it is the second one.”
1.b. Quote of the week III: “I am further reinforcing the fact that the ‘Quote of the Week’ is indeed a misnomer”
1.c. Quote of the Week IV: “This is getting out of hand”
1.d. Quote of the Week V: “I have no creativity and cannot think of a new name for this section”
2. Whenever I encounter events that may only interest me, I keep them to myself. Sometimes my editor has the sense to cut them out. If only Peter King had this thought when thinking about writing down his observations.
3. I love coffee. I’m going to start a blog about the people in the coffee shop, the people behind the counter, and the relevant ratio of today’s foam to milk.
4. I travel all the time. Everything is aggravating. It happens to everyone. It is never enjoyable.
5. I thought this was a football column. It says “NFL” at the top. I’m confused. This is enjoyable/aggravating.
6. If I have more than 10 thoughts, I can just keep writing, and only put the numbers wherever I feel like.
7. I too have observations AND thoughts. I think I will give them two separate sections. Maybe call them “Observations, an ode to football in 7 parts, with 3 quick asides” and “Thoughts about thinking when writing down my observations”
8. I brushed my teeth today with a brush that has Medium bristle strength. I’ve never used a Hard bristle strength, but I think Soft is too soft. This humble blog-poster’s opinion says stick with Medium.
9. Fat guys shouldn’t criticize fat guys
9.a. There’s a bunch of fat people in Detroit today.
10. Maybe we’d be free from T.O. if sportswriters stopped talking about him.
10. (alternate) Sometimes when writing a top 10 list, I probably should have just stopped a long time ago and used a different overly-used gimmick because I stretched it too far.