Zak Keefer
National Features Writer at The Athletic
National NFL features writer @TheAthletic, adjunct professor @IUMediaSchool.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Zak Keefer
LAS VEGAS - The nerves take him back. Same hurried breaths. Same trembling hands. Same feeling in the pit of his stomach. Randall Cunningham still worries he might fail. Back when he was a quarterback, he figured out a way to ease those nerves. On his way to the stadium, he'd slide up the divider in his limousine and let the tears trickle out. "I had to work all that out of me," he says. He doesn't cry anymore, but 24 years after his NFL career ended, Sundays start with some of the same anxieties.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Zak Keefer
All 257 picks are in the books, and every general manager and head coach around the NFL likely sat at a podium Saturday night with a smile and said something to the effect of, "we got our guys."Time will tell if they did. But after an eventful weekend in Green Bay - highlighted by one of the more stunning draft falls in recent memory - here's a look at the notable winners and losers from the 2025 NFL Draft.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Zak Keefer
While the quarterback-needy Pittsburgh Steelers wait for word from Aaron Rodgers, they've made one thing clear: They're not ready to jump into the Shedeur Sanders business. Not yet, at least. And they're not alone. Three rounds into the 2025 NFL Draft, no team is.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Zak Keefer
The Tennessee Titans have their franchise quarterback. The New York Giants might. And Shedeur Sanders is still waiting to hear his name called. The first round of the 2025 NFL Draft is in the books. Here's a look at the biggest winners and losers from Thursday night:WinnersThe Jaguars' watchabilityJames Gladstone, the Jacksonville Jaguars' 34-year-old fresh-faced general manager, has been on the job just 62 days.
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Feb 10, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Zak Keefer
NEW ORLEANS - Nick Sirianni leaned back, stretched his arms across the aluminum bench on the Philadelphia Eagles' sideline and nodded his head back and forth. The feistiest coach in football was ... chilling? Ten minutes before kickoff in the Super Bowl? "I wanted the players to see me," he said later as he made his way to the Eagles' locker room following Philadelphia's 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
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