GQ: Do Football Writers Really Know Their Xs and Os?

I’ve been thinking alot lately about how much more I enjoy reading NFL fan blogs than “professional” columns like Peter King, Gregg Easterbrook, etc. Sure, the pros get access, like King did earlier this week with Tom Brady, and some are fair and level-headed analysts (Mike Reiss), but the great majority write simply to invoke a reaction (Felger) and thus get more clicks.

At least with bloggers you know where their allegiance lies, and you can trust that sites like arrowheadpride.com and yes, even turnonthejets.com, know their team better than anyone and want to share that knowledge. That’s what I enjoy reading as a football fan.

Clearly knowing Xs and Os is not required for someone like Felger and I wonder if he’s even made an effort to understand what exactly’s going on out there. Seems like Randy Moss has suffered as much as anyone due to most sportswriters complete and utter lack of real football knowledge.