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The Super Bowl Parade Shooting: Guns and the Inevitability of Violence
Americans cannot avoid mass shootings, even in their most "depoliticized" moments. The shooting at Union Station in Kansas City demands we look at guns…
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Arif Hasan
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Is Jared Goff Good?
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff has been the subject of constant criticism despite his high level of production. Is the criticism fair? And what do…
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Arif Hasan
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Luke Braun's Naive Attempt To Make Sense Of Kickers
Luke Braun delves deep into kicker mechanics and his own personal traumas to evaluate what makes a good kicker besides "mental toughness."
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Luke Braun
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Caitlin Clark: An Accelerant To An Already-Burning Flame
Caitlin Clark has become part of a conversation centering women's basketball in issues that have long needed the spotlight, including queerness…
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Norse Code Podcast Episode 514: Spite Kickers
Arif and James dissect the NFC North. Arif goes over the Bears, Lions, and Packers to determine how each has changed and what to expect. We also have an…
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The Rise and Fall of The Draft Network
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2024 Consensus Big Board: The Top 300 Players in the 2024 NFL Draft, According to 101 Analysts
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Grading the NFL Draft Big Boards, 2016-2021: Who Had the Best, Who Had the Worst?
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Israel, Palestine and How We Talk About Violence
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Ben Natan: Israel's War on Palestinian Athletes
As we approach the Olympic games and the World Cup, Israel's demolition of Palestinian sporting culture deserves its own scrutiny.
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Is Clutchness Real? An Overly Long Essay on the Topic of Clutch Quarterbacks
We talk all the time about clutch quarterbacks. In order to figure out if that's meaningful, I read dozens of studies and talked to several football…
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Norse Code Podcast Episode 513: Guaranteed to be Guaranteed
Emergency pod! Justin Jefferson was extended and we go over cap hit, percentages, what this means and more. We also go over weird media takes on…
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Arif Hasan
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The Justin Jefferson Deal Is Bigger Than You Think, And That's Cool
The deal the Vikings signed with Justin Jefferson looks like it's in line with the current receiver market. It's bigger than that. And that's fine.
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Does Guaranteed Money Tell Us Anything About UDFAs?
We have the guaranteed money numbers for all of the undrafted free agents. Can we use those to predict which UDFAs make rosters?
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Norse Code Podcast Episode 512: Naz Reid
NFC North news including JJ (QB) throwing the ball, JJ’s (WR) OTA absence, the Goff contract, Jordan Love and more. Also an extensive mailbag …
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Arif Hasan
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How Good is Jordan Love?
Jordan Love had a tremendous finish to the 2023 season. How much can that tell us about how good the Packers quarterback actually is?
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What Can We Learn About Dallas Turner?
Much has been published about the Vikings' other first-round pick, edge defender Dallas Turner from Alabama. What can NFL scouts, third-party analysts…
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J.J. McCarthy: The Unbearable Lightness of Quarterbacking
J.J. McCarthy has always been the quarterback of someone's future. Is it even his own?
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