Conor Orr

1 week ago | si.com | Conor Orr

I have very little doubt in my belief that the best football players in the world reside in the United States. I have significantly less belief in the public’s fakakta belief that we are going to send a Dream Team of 30-something-year-old NFL players to the Olympics and dominate as if it were the 1992 iteration of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Karl Malone.

1 week ago | si.com | Conor Orr

Every summer I make 100 bold predictions for the upcoming NFL season, and last year was a particularly fortuitous column.

2 weeks ago | si.com | Conor Orr

This is the kind of moment you have to savor, not only in the NFL but in life. It’s such a Halley’s Comet rarity that common sense prevails and some tangible bit of human creation survives the overwhelming squeeze of one unhappy billionaire after another. For weeks we have been led to believe that the tush push will not survive another humorless, profit-obsessed firing squad after a horrid stretch of time in which the Green Bay Packers’ anti-push proposal was worked and polished for a beheading.

3 weeks ago | si.com | Conor Orr

Creánlo o no, ya tenemos una nueva temporada. El anuncio del calendario en la NFL es uno de mis eventos favoritos del año, porque conocemos la lista de rivales de cada equipo desde hace meses y ¡apenas estamos descubriendo el orden de los partidos! Dicho esto, tiendo a entusiasmarme con juegos diferentes que la mayoría de las personas cuando dan su primer vistazo, porque ciertos puntos de presión en un horario pueden decirnos más sobre un equipo desde un punto de vista global.

3 weeks ago | si.com | Conor Orr

Welcome to my yearly review of the teams that got hosed by the NFL schedule. The list of potential teams grows larger by the year, as the league continues to aggressively capitulate to the sea of network billionaires who line pockets and pay for both salaries and superyachts. The timing of this is especially rich, as clubs across the NFL have started warning paying customers of reselling tickets to opposing fans. Until the loyalty extends both ways, why should fans care?