Go Long with Tyler Dunne

Go Long with Tyler Dunne is a daily newsletter that takes a fresh approach to professional football coverage. You can expect thoughtful profiles and in-depth, investigative stories delivered straight to your email throughout the year.

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Substack Live: Is this the year the Atlanta Falcons (finally) rise up? A chat with Justin Felder...

1 week ago | golongtd.com | Tyler Dunne |Justin Felder

There’s not another general manager in the sport quite like Terry Fontenot. At Go Long, the Falcons GM guides you through all of his colossal decisions the last two years, and he knows the time to win is now. He doesn’t care what anybody thinks, either. As Fontenot says: “If you’re worried about pleasing everybody, you’re going to be a failure.” He most certainly is not afraid.
REBELS: How Terry Fontenot, the NFL's most fearless GM, is driving the Atlanta Falcons into title contention

1 week ago | golongtd.com | Tyler Dunne

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Football is a testosterone-fueled enterprise. The most alpha of alphas congregate inside a modern-day coliseum to legally whup each other’s asses for three hours. Seventy thousand fans cheer. And boo. And curse. And burn through their kids’ college funds on NFL-sanctioned gambling apps while sipping an $18 beer. Football weeds out the physically and mentally fragile with its participants chiseling their bodies into killing machines year ‘round.
'It feels Old School Giants:' Tiki Barber sees a gleam of light

2 weeks ago | golongtd.com | Tyler Dunne

Good morn! It’s always a good time to check in with Tiki Barber, the New York Giants’ all-time leader rusher. We’ve relived his career in the past. With this team facing such a critical 2025 season, we stick to the Giants of today this chat. He’s optimistic. He sees an identity forming. We dig into everything Saquon Barkley, Daniel Jones, Jaxson Dart, Tyrone Tracy, Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen. The full transcript is below.
GL Pod: Tiki Barber on the present - and future - of the New York Giants

2 weeks ago | golongtd.com | Tyler Dunne

The New York Giants needed to get the quarterback position right this offseason. And yet, this wasn’t exactly the year to be quarterback hunting. Options were limited. Now that the dust has settled, can GM Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll sell a vision to ownership? I caught up with one of the franchise’s all-timers — running back Tiki Barber — on the Go Long Pod this week to learn more.
Substack Live: Is all A-OK between James Cook and the Buffalo Bills?

2 weeks ago | golongtd.com | Tyler Dunne

James Cook likes his money. He made that much clear with his actions and words at mandatory minicamp Tuesday. It sounds like he’ll be good to go for training camp, too. And yet, the Buffalo Bills’ starting back would like to get paid. Obviously. Will GM Brandon Beane — who explained his reasoning in our 1 on 1 — be inclined to strike a deal with Cook’s camp? I caught up with Jay Skurski of The Buffalo News for a quick Substack Live video at One Bills Drive. Thanks for joining, everyone.
On Kliff Kingsbury's magic touch, and the separation of reality & perception

2 weeks ago | golongtd.com | Tyler Dunne

Good hair, it turns out, can backfire. When 6-2 and 10-3 seasons as the Arizona Cardinals’ head coach went haywire, there was Kliff Kingsbury’s undeniable swagger front and center. Lazy narratives took hold. Memories raced back to the scene of Kingsbury’s 2020 Covid draft war room.
'You wear it on you:' Why every NFL team needs a Darrynton Evans

2 weeks ago | golongtd.com | Tyler Dunne

ORCHARD PARK, NY — The secret to pro football survival is not the ability to squat the most 45-pound plates on a barbell inside a weight room, high-knee your way through a ladder at warp speed or produce a highlight reel play at a pad-less OTA practice. Nothing that’s digestible in eight seconds flat on the screen of your phone. Because each summer, rosters swell to 90 players apiece. A fresh wave of rookies sends veterans inching closer and closer to the edge of that NFL cliff.
Calling all Mailbag questions! (Hey, remember the champs?)

3 weeks ago | golongtd.com | Tyler Dunne

Aaron Rodgers is a Pittsburgh Steeler. We’ve got a chat running on the (sports) news of the week. Does this change much in the NFL? Eh, no. And all talk about one quarterback in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania got me thinking about the other QB: Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts. Remember him? The Super Bowl MVP? The guy who’s led a team to twice as many Super Bowls in five years as Rodgers has in 20? It doesn’t seem like any of us in sports media have talked about these Eagles nearly enough all offseason.
'See me in the fourth quarter:' Leroy Hoard wanted to break you

3 weeks ago | golongtd.com | Tyler Dunne

Greetings, all. From seeing dead bodies in the 9th Ward of New Orleans to Ann Arbor, Mich., to taking on linebackers with bad intentions, Leroy Hoard most certainly was bred to thrive in a violent NFL. Loved catching up again with the ex-Brown, ex-Viking great on the Go Long Pod. Writing about those Cleveland Browns this week got me thinking that a Zoom with Hoard was long overdue. This time? We explore his career… one that took a toll on body and mind.
GL Pod: Browns/Vikings great Leroy Hoard on 90s Football, Ninth Ward life, Concussion Aftermath, Bill Belichick

3 weeks ago | golongtd.com | Tyler Dunne

Through a full decade of pro football — 1990 to 1999 — Leroy Hoard specialized in zapping the will to fight from defenders. His goal? Make you quit by the fourth quarter. The sight of No. 33 in Cleveland and No. 44 in Minnesota barreling through defenses helped define this glory era of the sport itself. Hoard ran with power, speed, attitude. And oh my, he has stories to share. The former NFL running back hangs out on the Go Long Pod to relive it all.