Andrew McGuinness
L.A. Rampage
The Los Angeles Rams are going into the 2020 season entering a new, state of the art stadium, and welcoming new senior coaches to head...
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Andrew McGuinness
Jul 27, 20205 min
The Bolting Horse
On the night of March 29, 1984, a fleet of 15 trucks moved, under the cover of darkness, along the highway from Baltimore, Maryland to...
Andrew McGuinness
Jul 20, 20205 min
The Education of the Coach's Son
Explaining his central purpose as a young coach in 2006, Kyle Shanahan matter-of-factly outlined why being across the fundamentals was...
Andrew McGuinness
Jul 13, 20206 min
In Place of Strife
It’s incredible how an organization can hold onto the racial slur explicitly in its name through decades of social and racial change in...
Andrew McGuinness
Jul 6, 20205 min
Meet The Bills
Welcome to An Irishman on Football Pre-Season Series. Today, I'm kicking off the first in a series of blogs focusing on AFC and NFC teams...
Andrew McGuinness
Jun 29, 20205 min
Only College Can Run This Offense
Lincoln Riley is a man in demand. The 36-year-old Oklahoma Sooners college football head coach is a highly desired NFL head coaching...
Andrew McGuinness
Jun 22, 20205 min
Beast-Quake in Seattle
It’s the fourth quarter of the 2010 NFL Playoffs. The Seattle Seahawks host the reigning Super Bowl champions, the New Orleans Saints....
Andrew McGuinness
Jun 15, 20206 min
Your Football Summer Reading List
I’m prescribing a list of summer reading books for those fortunate to get away, whether you make it to the North Beach in Rush, Co....
Andrew McGuinness
Jun 8, 20204 min
The NFL's Long Walk
A week is a long time in the NFL. This week has felt longer than most. I finished this blog post on Friday afternoon and had to rip it up...
Andrew McGuinness
Jun 1, 20203 min
Amusing Ourselves to Death
You don’t make the timeline, the virus makes the timeline. — Dr. Anthony Fauci The stadium gates open at 9.00am EST on Sunday, 13...
Andrew McGuinness
May 26, 20203 min
The Alex Smith Story
Today’s post is a story featuring the kind of heartbreak and anguish thankfully precious few athletes will ever know. It also shows the...
Andrew McGuinness
May 18, 20204 min
The Revolution Will Be Televised
The setting is the Carolina Panthers sports facility. Star quarterback Cam Newton is fielding questions from the media. A reporter,...
Andrew McGuinness
May 4, 20204 min
Bienvenue to Europe, American Football
Last October, my parents visited Seattle from Ireland, a trip that overlapped with an outstanding game between the Seahawks and LA Rams....
Andrew McGuinness
Apr 27, 20203 min
Aaron Rodgers Boulevard, Titletown, USA
Football is full of tough choices. Do you use a first round pick to win now under your franchise quarterback? Or, do you get your team...
Andrew McGuinness
Apr 20, 20204 min
Stick to the Board - The coronavirus defined NFL Draft is here
When my wife and I were going long distance from Dublin to San Francisco, occasionally one of us would say ‘stick to the board’ to pep...
Andrew McGuinness
Apr 15, 20204 min
Tape Don’t Lie: Watching Game Film
In 2014-15, I was involved as an assistant coach with my hometown rugby club, Skerries RFC. I loved reviewing game tape on the Monday...
Andrew McGuinness
Apr 10, 20204 min
The NFL Draft and the class of 2019
It's April. The NFL’s draft season is in full swing just not as we know it. The draft is one of the most important and popular events in...
Andrew McGuinness
Apr 9, 20204 min
NFL Free Agency Takeaways
There’s never been a more intriguing free agency for established quarterbacks in the NFL. Tom Brady’s dramatic move to the Tampa Bay...
Andrew McGuinness
Apr 7, 20202 min
About the Irishman
The idea for this blog came about after a nudge from my wife, Jen, who encouraged me to follow my passion and commit to writing about the...
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