Robert OConnell
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Forget Madden. The Hottest Game in the N.F.L. Is Chess.
Athletes, known for being gamers, often find ways to compete during their downtime. Football players who tackle chess are drawn to the mental challenge that...
Linemen Who Can Flatten, Like Ickey Ekwonu, Are in NFL Demand
Ikem Ekwonu is expected to be the first of a group of agile, speedy offensive linemen drafted, the better to keep up with evolving playbooks...
Without the Wonderlic, the N.F.L. Finds Other Ways to Test Football I.Q.
The league will not administer the test, which has been criticized for racial bias, to draft prospects at this year’s scouting combine. Instead, teams are...
Without the Wonderlic, the N.F.L. Finds Other Ways to Test Football I.Q.
The league will not administer the test, which has been criticized for racial bias, to draft prospects at this year’s scouting combine. Instead, teams are...
In the N.F.L., It’s Fourth-and-It-Doesn’t-Matter
This season, N.F.L. teams have opted to attempt a historic number of fourth-down conversions based on data modeling. But that risk-it-all trend may not apply...
The Buccaneers' Offense Works Because of This Man (and Tom Brady)
The offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich has customized the Buccaneers’ offense to its hodgepodge of stars, injury replacements and holdovers.