
Old Brexitonians
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Hot take: Most sports journalists get worse at analysis when they stop writing and go full podcast/video mode. And it makes sense why. Writing forces you to slow down and organize your thoughts. Writing is where you pressure-test your ideas. Podcasts let you just… say stuff.



🚨 “I Pushed him TWICE... Then He Kicked the Crap Out of Me" – Neighbor Breaks Silence on Viral Beatdown Ronnie Taylor, the guy "Reacher" star Alan Ritchson beat up explains how the fight started in the first place. “I did push him because he was coming towards me on his bike. He did it again a second time. I pushed him a second time, then he got off his bike and kicked the crap out of me.”






With McDuffie in at $31M, CB is now pretty firmly in at the number 4 most valued position when looking at top of the market contracts.





So many factors go into team success it’s hard to create a generalized correlation of the “best” way to attack a draft when every draft is different. If Daniel Jones had been Cam Ward, or if their highly drafted OLmen had all hit, would the Giants with Saquon have found more success? If Michael Penix had stayed healthy and been good right away, would the Falcons be much better with Bijan? Like it’s not Bijan’s fault the Falcons can’t get the formula around him right. It’s not Saquon’s fault the other highly drafted Giants players didn’t meet expectations. Where would the Lions be without Jahmyr Gibbs? If their defense had just stayed healthy in 2024, would they have gone to the Super Bowl? There’s just way too many moving parts with each roster, all of which are constructed differently because every player acquisition cycle offers different strengths and weaknesses, for me to comfortably say the reason these bad teams stayed bad is simply because they took a running back high in the draft.







THE WELFARE ATLAS OF BRITAIN I have a new piece out, mapping welfare spending in Britain - from local authorities to individual neighbourhoods. (1/14)




how important is it to generate explosive plays in the current NFL? in 2025: if a drive had ZERO plays of 15+ yds: 16% score rate 6% TD rate 0.7 points/drive if a drive had JUST ONE play of 15+ yds: 61% score rate* 36% TD rate 3.3 points/drive *highest since at least 2000

