It's just a Mailbag but it reinforces that my money is well spent. Tyler is able to deftly answer questions on a variety of NFL topics and supports his ideas with references to quotes and additional articles. It's because he's a true journalist who learned the ethics and technique of the craft in school and on the job. That Syracuse family tree is something. So often have we GB fans been introduced to great young writers, only to lose them in a few years. Remarkably, they've been replaced with equally great young writers.
Ok, I've taken note on your UDFA rookies for my fantasy draft. You didn't mention Frank Gore Jr., which surprised me.
Good luck to your daughter on the football field. Ice cream helps, Tyler. You gotta mix the intrinsic with the extrinsic motivation. My 8-year old boy can be a hellion on the basketball court but every so often he ends up floating on the perimeter, biting his nails. "Why don't you go all out all the time?" I ask him? "Sometimes I'm thinking of Torak (a character in a book called Wolf Boy) and sometimes I just like to watch my friends play." So yep, the promise of spinach borek afterward helps improve the focus occasionally.
Michael Cohen is such a talented writer, eloquent speaker, and overall thoughtful person. His time covering the Packers was amazing.
I remember excitingly returning from a trip out of cell service knowing I had a Cohen podcast waiting for me, and hyped it up to my buddy riding shotgun in the passenger seat. It turned out to be his last podcast for the Packers, and I remember the gut punch feeling distinctly, like I was losing a long time friend. His insight has made it difficult for me to appreciate other writers covering the Packers because they just aren't in the same stratosphere.
I credit Michael, Bob McGinn, Ted Nguyen, and Brett Kollmann for teaching me so much about the game, along with Vic Ketchman, Tom Silverstein, and you, Tyler, for teaching me perspective on it. Good writers are hard to find.
I don’t know about the writers, but here in Denver there are three sports radio personalities that went to Syracuse. One is in his 60s, one in his 50s, one in his 30s. Kinda crazy.
As far as the chain gang, I guess I’m the weirdo. I think the chain gang is cool. It’s hard for me to believe that the optical tracking is going to appreciably improve the game, and the chain gang is great made-for-tv drama. Interestingly, Kalyn Kahler had a big piece on officiating in the athletic this week. It sounds like Walt Anderson made a truly asinine rule where the refs weren’t supposed to move with the play. Reversing that will help as much as technology will.
Finally, the Browns paid him a lot of money, but four years of watching Jerry Jeudy does not make me believe he’s a legit receiver. Maybe he’ll get it in Cleveland - Denver has been a tough environment for years - but he’s got a lot of work to do. He needs to work on first catching the ball, then running forward, not backwards.
It's just a Mailbag but it reinforces that my money is well spent. Tyler is able to deftly answer questions on a variety of NFL topics and supports his ideas with references to quotes and additional articles. It's because he's a true journalist who learned the ethics and technique of the craft in school and on the job. That Syracuse family tree is something. So often have we GB fans been introduced to great young writers, only to lose them in a few years. Remarkably, they've been replaced with equally great young writers.
Ok, I've taken note on your UDFA rookies for my fantasy draft. You didn't mention Frank Gore Jr., which surprised me.
Good luck to your daughter on the football field. Ice cream helps, Tyler. You gotta mix the intrinsic with the extrinsic motivation. My 8-year old boy can be a hellion on the basketball court but every so often he ends up floating on the perimeter, biting his nails. "Why don't you go all out all the time?" I ask him? "Sometimes I'm thinking of Torak (a character in a book called Wolf Boy) and sometimes I just like to watch my friends play." So yep, the promise of spinach borek afterward helps improve the focus occasionally.
Michael Cohen is such a talented writer, eloquent speaker, and overall thoughtful person. His time covering the Packers was amazing.
I remember excitingly returning from a trip out of cell service knowing I had a Cohen podcast waiting for me, and hyped it up to my buddy riding shotgun in the passenger seat. It turned out to be his last podcast for the Packers, and I remember the gut punch feeling distinctly, like I was losing a long time friend. His insight has made it difficult for me to appreciate other writers covering the Packers because they just aren't in the same stratosphere.
I credit Michael, Bob McGinn, Ted Nguyen, and Brett Kollmann for teaching me so much about the game, along with Vic Ketchman, Tom Silverstein, and you, Tyler, for teaching me perspective on it. Good writers are hard to find.
I miss Vic!
Too bad no one at Syracuse knew how to use the word “cryptic.” Sheesh!
I don’t know about the writers, but here in Denver there are three sports radio personalities that went to Syracuse. One is in his 60s, one in his 50s, one in his 30s. Kinda crazy.
As far as the chain gang, I guess I’m the weirdo. I think the chain gang is cool. It’s hard for me to believe that the optical tracking is going to appreciably improve the game, and the chain gang is great made-for-tv drama. Interestingly, Kalyn Kahler had a big piece on officiating in the athletic this week. It sounds like Walt Anderson made a truly asinine rule where the refs weren’t supposed to move with the play. Reversing that will help as much as technology will.
Finally, the Browns paid him a lot of money, but four years of watching Jerry Jeudy does not make me believe he’s a legit receiver. Maybe he’ll get it in Cleveland - Denver has been a tough environment for years - but he’s got a lot of work to do. He needs to work on first catching the ball, then running forward, not backwards.