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Mike Tanier

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Past articles by Mike:

Walkthrough: Bad Situations

What do Deshaun Watson, Archie Manning, Fran Tarkenton, and Jim Plunkett have in common? They were all great quarterbacks trapped in miserable situations, of course. Plus: the Chiefs' short-yardage woes, the Giants; second-down woes, and the woes of an old columnist broken by one too many quarterback controversies. → Read More

Bill Belichick’s biggest blunder and Kliff Kingsbury says hello

Bill Belichick might be the greatest NFL coach of all time, but even the GOAT can have a really bad week. This was that week. → Read More

Bad NFL coaching: Adam Gase reaches rock bottom, keeps digging

Adam Gase and the New York Jets can't stop being a full-on train wreck, and we here at C'mon Coach appreciate their efforts. → Read More

Very bad NFL coaches in 2020: Bye-Bye Bill O’Brien!

It's over. Bill O'Brien is gone, and this column is in mourning for what has to be considered an irreplaceable loss to the comedy of football. → Read More

Derrick Henry's Playoff Heroics Could Come Back to Haunt Him in 2020

Derrick Henry was trending on the social networks for a while this weekend, thanks to Earl Thomas III. Thomas, as you know, was released by the Ravens on Sunday after an on-field altercation with a teammate... → Read More

Alex Smith Can Be Much More Than Just the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year

If Alex Smith plays a single down for the Washington Football Team this season, he deserves the Comeback Player of the Year Award... → Read More

Michael Thomas Is Setting Records, but Julio Jones Is the NFL's Best WR

Julio Jones is a likely Hall of Famer. Michael Thomas set the single-season reception record last year. They're both incredible wide receivers. Jones is slightly better... → Read More

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Have Built One of Tom Brady's Best Supporting Casts Ever

We know what you thought immediately after reading that headline: Nuh-uh, nope, there's no way that Tom Brady 's 2020 Buccaneers supporting cast can even come close to being in the same class as the 2007 Patriots... → Read More

Jerry Jones Extends the Cowboys' Super Bowl Window by Crushing 2020 NFL Draft

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones conducted the 2020 NFL draft while relaxing on a sofa that would sleep six comfortably, from within a room decorated like a live-in iPhone ... → Read More

NFL Draft 2020: Round 4-7 Grades for Every Pick

As always, Day 3 of the NFL draft wasn't short on intriguing prospects. Among the players selected were: Quarterback prospects like battle-tested Jake Fromm, rifle-armed Jacob ... → Read More

NFL Draft 2020: Day 2 Grades for Every Pick

The second and third rounds of the 2020 NFL draft are all about big college stars who put up even bigger numbers: Running backs Jonathan Taylor (Wisconsin) and J.K... → Read More

NFL Draft 2020: Round 1 Grades for Every Pick

This NFL draft, more than any other, is about hope. Hope that the Bengals are at the dawn of a new era of excitement and relevance; Hope that new coaches and regimes will ... → Read More

Re-Imagining History for the Last 10 No. 1 Overall Picks

Change a few draft picks, and you can change an entire decade of NFL history. That's precisely what happened when Bleacher Report decided to redraft the No. 1 overall pick for every NFL draft from 2010 through 2019... → Read More

Lingering Questions About the 2020 NFL Draft's Most Polarizing Prospects

The 2020 NFL draft is less than a week-and-a-half away, yet we still don't know very much. Sure, LSU's Joe Burrow will probably be the first quarterback (and player) drafted... → Read More

Utah RB Zack Moss Has Chance to Be NFL's Next Beast Mode, with a Twist

Zack Moss knows he's a punishing runner. He hears about it all the time from fans, opponents after games and others... → Read More

NFL Scouting Combine Notebook: Meet This Year's Small-School 'Draft Crush'

Admit it: You have a draft crush or two every year. You fall madly in lurve with certain prospects, often guys from smaller programs you discovered before any of your friends... → Read More

NFL Scouting Combine Notebook: Did A.J. Epenesa Crater His Draft Stock?

Saturday was a huge night of workouts and drills for many defensive line, edge-rusher and linebacker prospects, but it was a disappointing night for one big name: Iowa's A.J... → Read More

NFL Scouting Combine Notebook: AJ Dillon Storms Up the Draft Board

If you loved watching Derrick Henry in the playoffs, wait until you see A.J. Dillon. The Boston College bruiser came into the combine as just another running back entering an NFL that no longer has much use for them... → Read More

Teddy Bridgewater Not Biggest Name on NFL FA QB Market, but He Could Be the Best

A 27-year-old quarterback with a 22-12 lifetime record as a starter will hit the free-agent market in one month. He's a potential savior for a team that needs a franchise quarterback but doesn't have the time to draft and groom one... → Read More

Rams, Bears, Jaguars and Other NFL Teams That Find Themselves in Salary-Cap Hell

Welcome to the Salary Cap Inferno, the bad place where teams are punished for their financial sins of the past... → Read More