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Newsletter: There is nothing inevitable about artificial intelligence, outside of the media's continued deference to the power. For a better tech industry - and a better world - the media must become more accountable, more sincere, and fight for the truth for the public. www.wheresyoured.at/sic/

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Joe Webb, Terrelle Pryor, Julian Edelman and a bunch of guys you might not even know played QB in college come up in this piece on Tommy Mellott and his potential NFL prospects

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QB-to-WR is a position change that always gets me excited and immediately makes me a follower of that player’s career. I got to explore the recent history of the switch and why I think Tommy Mellott could etch his name as one of the best to make the transition. open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...

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In his latest, @benglassmire.bsky.social goes over a brief history of converting quarterbacks to other positions and explores what that might mean for Raiders rookie Tommy Mellott www.wideleft.football/p/the-histor...

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Wrote about Caleb Williams, and Kitchen Nightmares www.sbnation.com/nfl/2025/6/1...

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I’m doing a fundraiser over the next 10 days to help the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition, a nonprofit based in LA, save its mobile shower program. More info below but—if you donate enough, I’ll send you a video message or a custom painting like this one. Please share! gofund.me/f7cc66ff

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I wonder if anyone ever tried looking at the history of nerds talking about clutchness in sports and then tried applying it to football www.wideleft.football/p/is-clutchn...

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they're calling it the most important article I've published today

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they're calling it the most important article I've published today

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Extremely important story to tell

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Talked to @brettkollmann.bsky.social, Thinking Football, JaguarGator9, Alex Rollins and Samuel Gold about a scourge impacting the videos you get to see on YouTube How Catapult Sports is Killing Football YouTube www.wideleft.football/p/how-catapu...

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I got to edit this piece. I'm just perpetually blown away by Arif's doggedness. Go support a really well done story.

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Talked to @brettkollmann.bsky.social, Thinking Football, JaguarGator9, Alex Rollins and Samuel Gold about a scourge impacting the videos you get to see on YouTube How Catapult Sports is Killing Football YouTube www.wideleft.football/p/how-catapu...

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for some reason Alex starts this piece talking about Nathan Fielder anyway read it

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my latest for Wide Left looks at why Justin Herbert is such a controversial figure in the NFL QB hierarchy and what it says about our desire to make an imprecise sport precise:

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In his latest piece, @katson.bsky.social takes on the question of Justin Herbert's "eliteness" and what that even means in Justin Herbert and the Imprecision of Elite Quarterbacking www.wideleft.football/p/justin-her...

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hey Jaguars fans, the entire Brian Thomas Jr. section of this writeup is available for free (because he's #1 baby)

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7,500 words breaking down the best receiver class in a decade -- why the 7th-most productive rookie receiver ranked 13th, why 8 touchdowns were "empty calories" for another receiver and how poor hands technique places the player who might be the best separator in the class as a bottom-half rookie

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7,500 words breaking down the best receiver class in a decade -- why the 7th-most productive rookie receiver ranked 13th, why 8 touchdowns were "empty calories" for another receiver and how poor hands technique places the player who might be the best separator in the class as a bottom-half rookie

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Detailed charts, methodology, video breakdowns and scouting reports on how last year's rookie WR class looked on film, how they succeeded, where they can improve and how the historic receiver class -- likely the best in a decade -- ranks against each other

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Another outstanding piece from @noflagsfilm.bsky.social breaking down the 2024 receiver class -- he combines exhaustive charting of the routes they ran with a detailed, analytical approach to rank them and provide video-backed scouting reports on each one www.wideleft.football/p/re-ranking...

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The history of "move" tight ends reveals a litany of failures to go with a few tantalizing successes. @benglassmire.bsky.social went over that history for Wide Left -- and the best candidates for that role in the 2026 draft www.wideleft.football/p/how-the-tr...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

@arif.bsky.social let me write again!! I’m extremely proud of this one. I love move tight ends and have been fascinated by the position type since I started scouting. This was such a fun piece to write so give it a read and let me know what you think!

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The history of "move" tight ends reveals a litany of failures to go with a few tantalizing successes. @benglassmire.bsky.social went over that history for Wide Left -- and the best candidates for that role in the 2026 draft www.wideleft.football/p/how-the-tr...

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Arif let me talk about small school football and how coaches are adjusting to a new era that doesn't really favor them... at all.

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twitter remains weird

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shut up kevin

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A lot of people have talked about how NIL could mean the death of small school football. So, Kevin talked to coaches about that threat and what they're doing about it

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Had @kevinfielder.bsky.social speak with a number of college coaches for Wide Left to discuss NIL, small schools and how to adapt to the new landscape www.wideleft.football/p/how-has-ni...

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This is, and I say this as a positive, one of the most deranged things I've ever read. Only Arif would make up a model like this, and it's why I subscribe to Wide Left

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Which teams produced UDFA classes most likely to make an impact? Can we tell how valuable a UDFA is before they even practice? How should we calibrate our expectations for players by round? That and more

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Which teams produced UDFA classes most likely to make an impact? Can we tell how valuable a UDFA is before they even practice? How should we calibrate our expectations for players by round? That and more

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Used a model combining guaranteed money and consensus board rankings to figure out which UDFAs were most likely to make their respective rosters www.wideleft.football/p/using-guar...

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Used a model combining guaranteed money and consensus board rankings to figure out which UDFAs were most likely to make their respective rosters www.wideleft.football/p/using-guar...

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