The screams came early: We Want Baker! We Want Baker! Tyrod Taylor overthrow. We Want Baker! Another Taylor miscalculation, this ball not even within 20 yards of a receiver. We Want Baker! Taylor was stunningly abysmal in t...
In one of the weirdest moments in this young NFL season, Bills 30-year-old cornerback Vontae Davis went into halftime with his team and left before the start of the second half, retiring from the league. Davis released a statement later noting reality ...
Fun fact: There are now seven 2-0 teams in the NFL. They are quarterbacked by Andy Dalton, Blake Bortles, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Patrick Mahomes, Ryan Tannehill, Case Keenum and Jared Goff. Like we all predicted, right? We’ll get to some of their per...
What if Josh Gordon had caught a few hundred less yards in 2013? Perhaps we wouldn't view him as some form of superhero who's trouble has inconvenienced our fantasy prospects. Perhaps the Browns would have released him years ago instead of offering him b...
Let us begin not with the process of a catch (that somehow wasn't an issue today) but instead the process of choosing how to top this column. It's fairly simple. Watch all the games. Find a storyline that sings. Write. Typically the process is not too...
The preseason’s penultimate week has come and gone and there are plenty of takeaways and lingering questions which I'll get to shortly. But first, this may be the day after the weekend when the starters (sans Bears and Rams) showed us their most robust ...
Last year’s Jameis Winston Redemption Tour guised under the Hard Knocks brand was a rare failure for a unique franchise that valiantly marks the beginning of the football season for so many. This year’s rendition with the Cleveland Browns ...
About 10 minutes into the premiere of Very Cavallari, a new reality show about Kristin Cavallari’s dramatic travails as she expands her clothing line, my husband turned to me and asked, “Can we just skip to parts with Jay in them please?” ...
In my of The Football Girl Podcast, long-time scout turned analyst for the Dallas Cowboys, Bryan Broaddus, waxed poetic on how the draft has evolved. The notion of the draft, an event where no actual sport is played, being held in a stadium full of 100,...
If you’ve followed any of for The Football Girl, you’ve probably noticed a tinge of SEC bias. As an SEC product, I am especially focused on the top SEC players in this upcoming draft. Even though the SEC has produced the most players drafted of an...