Rivers is a Football Outsider from back in the day who covers the Texans (plus lots of general NFL stuff) with a style Too Deep Zone subscribers will recognize. Rivers also offers more DVOA-type insights than I do, for those who want a little more Football Outsiders flavor and analytics.

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Another venture from Frank Cooney, Pro Football Hall of Fame voter and compendium of football history. Rumor has it Frank will be loading some hard to find material from other sites onto this one.

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My former Messenger colleague Ryan Nanni makes YOU the assigning editor. Readers give him a topic. He writes on it. The results are eclectic, unpredictable and a little absurd.

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Ty Brooke is a young dude but has been haunting the NFL combine and covering the draft for many years for a bunch of outlets. He brings detailed insights, a rigorous approach and an independent voice to his coverage.

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Matt is a longtime friend who has been a beat writer for the Eagles and Giants, as well as a Philly radio personality. He does a lot of insider reporting these days. Following him is a great way to stay a day or two ahead of the news cycle.

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I stopped watching baseball in 1994. Fortunately, Neyer is often writing about events from 1927 or so. His baseball history is more like American history, and he brings to life characters like Mel Ott and Casey Stengel who were pages in the Big Mac encyclopedia when I was a kid.

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College hoops broadcasting/analysis legend and a fellow victim of The Messenger's effort to hasten the death of journalism!

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I read Justin's reporting on the Lions for years, lost touch with him when he went independent, then got to meet him at the NFL Combine. He knows the Lions beat like few others and offers depth and insight that others cannot match!

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Great Minnesota Vikings coverage, plus draft analysis, some film and insights into the inner workings of the NFL and its media.

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Joseph Ferraiola, a former Big Data Bowl finalist with a substantial analytics dossier, goes DEEP into NFL stats without giving me the bends. His mid-August breakdown of the new kickoff rule, including hang times and snapshots of alignments, was a real eye-opener about how scouting and analytics and merge using modern tools.

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Gregg Easterbrook's Tuesday Morning Quarterback is alive and well! Gregg was one of the inspirations for Football Outsiders, and he mixes lots of stats and humor into his analysis. He also covers current events and other topics. There would never have been Walkthrough without TMQ!

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Ric's an outstanding resource on the nitty-gritty world of lower-level NFL scouting: the obscure all-star games, smaller programs, CFL/UFL landscape and more. He's a boots-on-the-ground insider who brings draft insight from the field, not the DraftTwitter hivemind.

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Great television critic, author and podcaster. I don't watch much scripted television anymore. What Alan's watching is a huge influence on what I watch.

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My old colleague at Sports on Earth! Tommy has a book coming out about the Westminster Dog Show in a few weeks. He covers just about everything from sports to politics.

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Nick Kehoe provides no-nonsense, digestible film breakdowns that are a cut above what you can find on YouTube or the major outlets. No self-promotion. No "binkie" players. Minimal jargon. Just great analysis.

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Jeff writes sports and more. Authored the definitive 1980s USFL history. An expert on the history of sports' intersection with culture, plus advice on how to be a better writer.

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Austin Tedsesco, who acts as the R.A. of the Substack Sports Dorm (or, in my case, the R.N. of the Substack Sports Senior Care Facility) is both talking about sports and talking about talking about sports on a page that's mostly about community building within this new medium. It's worth checking out if you are seeking other independent voices, or are interested in becoming one.

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Peter wrote a very personal Mike Tyson retrospective recently which was a total knockout. (Sorry.) His newsletter is an eclectic mix of sportswriting memories and personal memories from someone who (like me) spent lots of time both on the beat and in the classroom.

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Ty's the guy who first introduced us to the inner workings of Aaron Rodgers' mind. But don't blame him for it! NFL insights, features and profiles, with lots of Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers coverage.

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My longtime B/R colleagues. No one puts in more work to get you ready for the NFL draft!

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So. Much. Film. Analysis. And of such high quality!

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Will Carroll is one of the foremost sports injury experts around. He's also well-connected in the sports world, particularly the MLB world.

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