Watching football more but enjoying it less? The problem may be your brand of coverage.

I’m Mike Tanier and I for the last 20 years I have covered the NFL for The New York Times, Football Outsiders, The Messenger, Bleacher Report, Sports on Earth and many other publications, a few of which are still in business and/or still cover sports. I’m here to bring my unique jambalaya of football analysis directly to my audience because, well, read through that list again.

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