Amazon analyst Andrew Whitworth blasts Pro Football Talk, says the ‘many calls’ he got were only from reporters
"@ProFootballTalk has gotten another story wrong and failed to take any responsibility!"
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Independent reporter Joseph Pasteris beat NFL “insiders” to Deshaun Watson news thanks to NFL communications portal error
"An issue arose during the preparation of the release that was to be published on and distributed via nflcommunications.com. We have taken steps to ensure this does not happen again."
Chris Simms drops f-bomb on Pro Football Talk Live, Mike Florio says “We do not apologize”
"#RealLifeIsRatedR" indeed.
ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio: NFL Draft ‘is un-American’
The ex-labor lawyer argues players entering the workforce should be able to choose their place of employment.
Bobby Wagner blasts Mike Florio’s reporting of his contract, Florio initially stands by it, then says second year isn’t offset after all
Wagner's deal does have $10 million guaranteed, not the $6.5 million Florio initially reported. His 2023 roster bonus does not come with an offset.
Mike Florio talks new book ‘Playmakers,’ starting ProFootballTalk, & uncomfortable conversations with the NFL
Mike Golic will join Mike Florio’s Peacock/NBCSN Pro Football Talk show on Monday mornings
"It’s so great to have Mike Golic join the show. I could be wrong, but I think it’s the first time in broadcasting history that a morning show that focuses on sports will be hosted by two guys named Mike."
This Week In Hot Takes: Darren Rovell tells LSU gymnastics “No, you can’t put up a billboard for coming in second”
Rovell, a man who once gold-plated his shoes after finishing 21,463rd in a marathon, criticized a gymnastics team for celebrating finishing second nationally.
After criticisms of Kyler Murray, NFLN’s Charley Casserly revealed “I train over 100 players a year for combine interviews”
On The Michael Kay Show, Casserly revealed that he annually trains prospects for combine interviews. That should have been disclosed when he started passing along anonymous critiques of Kyler Murray's interviews.
NFLN’s Charley Casserly blasted for relaying anonymous NFL exec takes on Kyler Murray, with Mike Florio providing some of that criticism
Casserly said "These were the worst comments I ever got on a highly-rated quarterback," but that raises questions about who gave him those comments and what their goal was.
This Week In Hot Takes: Poynter’s Tom Jones says the Times-Picayune’s Super Bowl front “wasted an entire front page”
"Combine middle-school humor with plenty of bitterness and what do you get? Monday’s front page of the Times-Picayune."
Chris Simms tells Mike Florio that after a hit from Vince Wilfork, “my genitals were purple and yellow for like, two weeks”
"Can you imagine that? Like, taking off your pants and going 'It's the L.A. Lakers down there, what the hell's going on!'"
Adam Schefter, Ian Rapaport and Mike Florio talk to Paul Kuharsky about making and correcting errors, plus when stories change
Kuharsky spoke to several national NFL figures about their approaches to accuracy and corrections.
