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host of the NFL On FOX podcast; NFL & Dallas Cowboys coverage for FOX, LSU fanaticism for pure love of the game. tell me about your favorite sandwich spot.
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Neutral Milk Hotel followed immediately by Iron & Wine on the Trader Joe’s sound system feels a little too on the nose to me.

I am not willing to declare the Browns “winners” of anything, because Travis Hunter is amazing and they are still the Browns. but. They added a Top 5 prospect in Graham, 2 stud RBs and 2 QBs, one of whom was seen by most as QB2 in this draft. While adding a 2026 1 to invest in a better QB.

It needs to be mandatory that Kevin O’Connell work with a Football Hipster’s Favorite QB every single season.

Minnesota come on down!!!

I wrote about how I think the Giants are better served in the long-term by riding with Russ &/or Jameis. However funny that might sound on the surface. www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/...

We simply have to get more teams, brands & athletes to migrate over here because as awful as Twitter has become, you just can’t replicate the juice you get out of some good old fashioned mess, like this Cowboys bullshit that’s happening right now

free agency is (basically) over, so I tried my best to take a stab at what makes sense in the first round of the draft. www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/...

if I text you this, it means we made plans and I’m debating how much I still want to come

Mickey Loomis, every March.

former SEC football player turned program CEO who loves himself a microphone and hasn't adapted to the sport's changing landscape I cannot BELIEVE I never drew the Jerry Jones --> Dabo Swinney link before right now

Hey so. If Daniel Jones is off the table, who does Minnesota sign to compete with JJ?

what a baller advantage to have an OL coach you trust to turn guys into assets Mekhi Becton prices himself off your line, no worries. former first round pick will step in and (probably) play like a Pro Bowler.

Fun symmetry that the old "holy shit they're going for it while the QB is still cheap!" team, the Texans, just dealt one of their best assets to the new "holy shit they're going for it while the QB is still cheap!" team, the Commanders. Life comes at you fast.

well gahdamn

It’s typically not a good sign if you’re one of the teams that spends a fortune in the early hours of free agency. … but I really like all the Bears’ decisions so far. competency on the lines is worth overpaying for.

It appears the going rate for "we can put you on the field for tactical purposes at the WR position and it's not an outright embarrassment to the franchise" is right around $10 million

You can’t convince me that the Cowboys doing a special teams signing in the opening hours of free agency isn’t a bit. A very good, funny bit, to be clear. Still a bit.

If the Seahawks’ OL & WR corps are beefed up by the time the draft is over, I’m willing to be optimistic about Sam Darnold in Seattle.That feels like a fair and balanced take.

hopping on with my dudes here in like 5 minutes, fwiw

Words used by a league evaluator/former center to describe new Bears C Drew Dalman to me: “Tough as hell” “Athletic” “Smart” “Physical”

possible I'm biased because I've followed every snap of Jourdan Lewis' career, but I really don't think this is a bad deal culture guy, great mindset for a team that needs it. was one of the best nickels in football last year, and he's only 29. good chance he can play at that level for 2-3 years.

holy shit

Twitter Jerry Jones 🤝 Not planning to be active during free agency

I am not surprised the Cowboys weren't in on this, but I'm just saying for the record: this is a deal they absolutely could've afforded to do for a super underrated player. Spillane's a beast and this isn't a crazy number by free agency standards.

Even if Jonathan Allen is declining, do you really need to cut him at $18m/year if you're going to turn around and sign Javon Kinlaw @ $15m/year? I don't understand lol

Jason Licht’s ability to keep good, in-demand free agents in Tampa should be a course you can take on culture building. Or negotiation. Or both.

this feels like something a terrible, desperate franchise would do & not the best one in the NFL. but then again, we all watched the Chiefs’ left tackle situation last fall!

while everyone fires off their “happy free agency” takes, Cowboys fans & media will be over here like

Maybe twitter going to shit on NFL Christmas is the catalyst we need to finally give this place an edge in the live reaction department

Top of the market after playing in 54% of your possible games is pretty wild. Definitely a good player, but you know what they say about availability.

a Very Busy Day in the NFL, along with an in-depth look at our Fox Sports writers’ mock draft podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

the mechanism that this triggered in my brain, holy shit 🤌🏼🤌🏼

Knee deep in NextGen Stats for the first time since Super Bowl week

Wrote about the Big News of Combine Week, and how it confuses the hell out of me. www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/...

My life changed irrevocably for the better the day I realized you can just leave the butter on the countertop.

The Chiefs lost two games they were trying to win in 20 attempts. They beat both the main MVP candidates and went 7-2 against playoff teams in the regular season. And it was fairly obvious by their second or third possession last night that they were fucked. Pretty incredible.

Broke down every angle of Super Bowl LIX in our last ep of the 2024 season. What a night for the Birds. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Josh Sweat had 2.5 sacks and 6 pressures - including the pressure that led to the Zack Baun pick, which is what effectively ended the game.

Jalen played great but MVP of a game where Patrick Mahomes didn’t get across midfield until the end of the third quarter is a bit of a reach.