Meredith Bland

Meredith Bland is a freelance writer who grew up as a Jets fan in New York, and then moved to Seattle and became a Seahawks fan. She is numb to fourth quarter surprises.

NFL Shenanigans:  Week 10 Non-Prediction Predictions

Any football analyst can tell you what’s probably going to happen in this weekend’s games, but it takes a special kind of idiot to predict what definitely won’t happen. I am that idiot, and here are my non-predictions. Jaguars at Ravens...

NFL Shenanigans: Week 1 Predictions

“Are you ready for some football?” Dear God, y es. Yes, I am very ready for some football. It’s finally week one of the regular season. I have studied all the games and looked into my cloudy crystal ball to make some predictions fo...

Welcome to ‘NFL Shenanigans,’ where every week I'll be making fun of the sport we lurve. For my first column, I decided to explore my musical side by putting together something I think we can all agree the NFL has needed for some time: a preseason the...

Excuse Me Jesus, Tim Tebow is Playing

Tim Tebow returned to the NFL last Sunday, playing most of the second half of the Eagles’ preseason game against the Colts. Never ones to miss a story we have no choice but to cover, we at The Football Girl watched the game and pulled some reactions off...

NFL Shenanigans: Casting an NFL Afterschool Special

Preseason football is known for two things: first, terrible football; and second, the time when the twos and threes play terrible football. For backup quarterbacks, however, preseason is the time of year when they get to hit the field without someone havi...