Pigskin Ghosts

There are times when you simply cannot give up hope. 

There are times when all you’ve got is hope. 

The rest of this post is about football.

Pensive Pigskins

Time is a difficult concept. On the one hand, it’s fixed and rigid, a finely measured, Morgan Freeman-narrated countdown to our utter and final oblivion; on the other hand, it feels like I’ve got way too much of it right now, almost like time wasn’t an arrow but an unmeasurable amorphous glob of viscous, vibrating goo. And I’m stuck hip deep in it.

Pigskin Dreamtime

 Well, it’s three days later and I still can’t believe it. My pigskin heroes, the New England Patriots, are going to the Super Bowl.

Footbball Is A Flat Circle

My pigskin mind is boggled. 

The New England Patriots are going to the Super Bowl. Again.

Peering Into the Pigskin Future

"The future's uncertain and the end is always near."

• The Doors, Roadhouse Blues

How many timelines are there in the pigskin multiverse and how can I avoid the timeline where Jarrett Stidham turns out to be the best-kept secret in the history of all sports for all time?

Picturing Pigskins

I've always believed that real life is not like the movies and now I can only hope I was right about that. Because you just know Jacob Elordi is playing Jarrett Stidham in the movie version of the 2025 NFL Playoffs.

Pugilistic Pigskins

Rock Fight.

I guess that's pretty much NFL playoff football. A battle of attrition. Trench warfare. Twelve rounds of haymakers and eight counts. All that matters is surviving.

Pigskin Destiny

Are the 2025 New England Patriots a team of pigskin destiny?

Pigskin Danger Field

Another week. Another playoff game where the Patriots are barely favorites at home in a game where the consensus of the gridiron cognoscenti is that this is where the New England Pretenders are unmasked.

No respect, I tell you. No respect.

Pigskin Inflection Point

 How does that weak schedule taste?

Pigskin Psychosis

Strengths. Weaknesses. Tendencies. Match ups. Tarot. The pigskin pundits and bobbleheads leave no card unturned. 

Pigskin Wishcasting

I'm guessing Tom Petty was probably right. There ain't no easy way out.

Pigskin Rizz

I'm almost embarrassed to admit it. I care about Drake Maye winning the NFL 2025 MVP Award.

Pigskin Rationalizations

Sometimes, being a football fan really sucks.

Pigskin Dreaming a Little Dream

Pinch me.

Pigskins Again

It’s been a minute. 

Patriots Draft IRL

The mockery is over!

Let the mockery begin!

The New England Patriots have made their selections in the 2025 NFL Draft. So, how are we feeling, Patriots Nation?

Let's break it down…

Patriots Draft Mockery

I'm going to post multiple mock drafts over the next few weeks as a kind of Pigskin Chaos Theory experiment, with new mocks posted every few days in the run up to the 2025 NFL Draft.

First Draft of Pigskin History

As the dust begins to settle on the Patriots' 2024 NFL Draft, let's do what we all do in New England. 

Act like we could've done better than actual football people did.

The Pragmatic Pigskins Mock Draft

Yes, the really real NFL draft is almost upon us! 

I'm going to miss you, mock draft! 

In fact, let's do it one more time, just to remember what we had and what we'll never forget…