Friday Recap: Contract Talk, Rookie QBs and a McKinsey Insider

This week's recap cover the discussion surrounding T.J. Hockenson's contract, rookie quarterbacks and some articles I found interesting

I didn’t get as much material out this week as I had wanted to, in part a product of wanting to dive deeper into Brian Flores’ defense before publishing. Hopefully, that bears fruit.

Articles behind a paywall are marked with a ($).

My work:

• I watched all the rookie quarterbacks ($) in the preseason. I think Aidan O’Connell might be really good.

• I also talked about T.J. Hockenson’s new deal and the reporting surrounding it ($).

• I discussed second-year players who largely played well in the preseason but played poorly last year.

• On the Minnesota Football Party, we reacted to the Hockenson contract and discussed his impact on the offense

• In the next episode, we broke down the matchups against the Buccaneers

• On Norse Code, we talked to JC Allen, who covers the Bucs, to give us the DL. It was a fun conversation.

Other work (football)

• Benjamin Solak did an excellent job breaking down a missed open receiver from Jared Goff and how his response to the blown coverage tells us about the difference between him and Matthew Stafford

• Here’s a piece on Kirk Cousins from Alec Lewis on Cousins’ internal critical monologue ($).

• JT O’Sullivan is one of my favorite quarterback analysts out there and he just released his Patrick Mahomes Week 1 analysis. Incredible stuff.

Other work (non-football)

• This is a great piece from a former McKinsey consultant on the impact that it has on the execution of policy — McKinsey is one of the most influential firms in the country, so stories like this are critical.

• I watched this video on knots and knot theory that was super educational

Not a ton out there this week — has been busy! Hope you enjoy.