A Good Walkthrough Spoiled: The Best of Mike Tanier at Football Outsiders - Softcover

Tanier, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1499321503 ISBN 13: 9781499321500

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

A parody of Watchmen with Bill Belichick as Dr. Manhattan and Marty Schottenheimer as Nite Owl? A detailed review of Denver kicker Jason Elam's first novel? A revolutionary statistical report showing that teams that kneel on the ball more often are more likely to win the game? What kind of football column features this kind of erudite goofiness next to the story of how Wilber Marshall became the NFL's first Franchise Player and play diagrams that would show the Giants how to beat the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII? The answer: Mike Tanier's Walkthrough, a weekly tour through football strategy and history with side trips to the sillier parts of football fandom. Now we've collected the best of Walkthrough and Mike Tanier's other writing for Football Outsiders between 2004 and 2012, all in one place. A Good Walkthrough Spoiled features 42 of Mike Tanier's best columns from his eight years at Football Outsiders. It also features the All-Time Franchise Quarterback Top Fives from the summer of 2011 and the All-Time Franchise Running Back Top Fives from the summer of 2012, with slightly updated lists for 2014 and brand-new commentary on players such as Joe Flacco, Eli Manning, and Russell Wilson. As an added bonus, we've included Mike's extended feature on the 1987 strike replacement players, "Year of the Scab." And while this book may come to you from Football Outsiders, no knowledge of advanced football stats is necessary to enjoy all this great analysis, although we snuck in a few numbers when nobody was looking. Note: This book is not recommended for McNabb Deniers. On second thought, it's specifically recommended for McNabb Deniers. Perhaps it will knock some sense into you.

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About the Author

Mike Tanier covers the NFL and occasionally other sports for SportsonEarth.com and contributes to the annual Football Outsiders Almanac. In the past he has written for The New York Times, ESPN.com, and FOXSports.com. He also wrote The Philly Fan's Code, about the 50 most important figures in the history of Philadelphia sports.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1499321503
• ISBN 13: 9781499321500
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404
• Editor: Schatz Aaron