De Smith says the NFL is the “first league in the history of sports that has ever sued to not play their game,” which, like a lot of slogans, isn’t entirely accurate (the NFL hasn’t sued), even if it accurately conveys the sense that the NFL is taking great pains to get its lockout. Mike Florio has some thoughts about this, and his analysis leads me to wonder: Would Florio or Gunga Peter or any of the rest of the Serious Football Media ever write anything so blithely, head-pattingly condescending as this about Roger Goodell’s rhetoric? More »

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