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November 12, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I use a stolen credit card to subscribe to WideLeft.
Whenever I get an email alerting me to a new article on wideleft I am always so chuffed by the headline
December 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Whenever I get an email alerting me to a new article on wideleft I am always so chuffed by the headline
Consensus board says yes open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
April 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Consensus board says yes open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
October 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Oh shit. “But Wide Left has also heard that edge rusher Jonathan Greenard will likely be traded on draft weekend, with the Philadelphia Eagles mentioned most often as the team making offers.”
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Alex Katson's Final 2026 NFL Mock Draft: A Bleary-Eyed, Sleep-Deprived Attempt at Predicting the Future
Alex Katson gathered data from local reporting, independent sourcing and GM tendencies to produce his official prediction for the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft
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April 22, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Oh shit. “But Wide Left has also heard that edge rusher Jonathan Greenard will likely be traded on draft weekend, with the Philadelphia Eagles mentioned most often as the team making offers.”
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Talked about the nature of violence and media coverage in the context of Israel and Palestine
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Israel, Palestine and How We Talk About Violence
Shortly before NFL's Week 5, violence in Palestine and Israel captured the world's attention, including the attention of NFL teams. What does their response tell us about discussions of violence?
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October 9, 2023 at 8:59 PM
Talked about the nature of violence and media coverage in the context of Israel and Palestine
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QB-to-WR is a position change that always gets me excited and immediately makes me a follower of that player’s career.
I got to explore the recent history of the switch and why I think Tommy Mellott could etch his name as one of the best to make the transition.
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I got to explore the recent history of the switch and why I think Tommy Mellott could etch his name as one of the best to make the transition.
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The History of Converting QBs to Receiver And What It Means for Tommy Mellott
Ben Glassmire loves when players change positions, so he dove into some passers who successfully became pass catchers and why Tommy Mellott is the next man up.
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June 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
QB-to-WR is a position change that always gets me excited and immediately makes me a follower of that player’s career.
I got to explore the recent history of the switch and why I think Tommy Mellott could etch his name as one of the best to make the transition.
open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
I got to explore the recent history of the switch and why I think Tommy Mellott could etch his name as one of the best to make the transition.
open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
New from me:
Is the Vikings run defense an issue? I dove deep into the numbers on their defense, their opponents, and the film to see what they are trying to do, how successful they were and if it's a problem.
My latest for Wide Left:
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Is the Vikings run defense an issue? I dove deep into the numbers on their defense, their opponents, and the film to see what they are trying to do, how successful they were and if it's a problem.
My latest for Wide Left:
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Vikings Run Defense By the Numbers: How Bad Is It Actually?
Matt Fries investigates how poor the Vikings run defense is, whether it's worth any tradeoffs and what the film says about their approach to defending the run
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October 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New from me:
Is the Vikings run defense an issue? I dove deep into the numbers on their defense, their opponents, and the film to see what they are trying to do, how successful they were and if it's a problem.
My latest for Wide Left:
open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
Is the Vikings run defense an issue? I dove deep into the numbers on their defense, their opponents, and the film to see what they are trying to do, how successful they were and if it's a problem.
My latest for Wide Left:
open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
Wanted to find a way to cover Israel’s War in Gaza that felt appropriate as a sports journalist.
Here’s my angle on Israel’s war on Palestinian Athletes. open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
Here’s my angle on Israel’s war on Palestinian Athletes. open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
Ben Natan: Israel's War on Palestinian Athletes
As we approach the Olympic games and the World Cup, Israel's demolition of Palestinian sporting culture deserves its own scrutiny.
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June 27, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Wanted to find a way to cover Israel’s War in Gaza that felt appropriate as a sports journalist.
Here’s my angle on Israel’s war on Palestinian Athletes. open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
Here’s my angle on Israel’s war on Palestinian Athletes. open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
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September 3, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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Wideleft podcast with Arif 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
March 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Wideleft podcast with Arif 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Vikings-Bears tonight is not only a showdown between JJ McCarthy and Caleb Williams, but also between the two GMs who were finalists for the Vikings' job back in 2022?
Who's done the better job? I dissected every move of the Kwesi and Poles eras for Wide Left:
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Who's done the better job? I dissected every move of the Kwesi and Poles eras for Wide Left:
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Vikings' Week 1 Preview: A Referendum on the Tenures of Ryan Poles and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah
The Week 1 matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears carries dozens of obvious storylines. But the one that excites Matt Fries the most is the emerging rivalry between the two GMs.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Vikings-Bears tonight is not only a showdown between JJ McCarthy and Caleb Williams, but also between the two GMs who were finalists for the Vikings' job back in 2022?
Who's done the better job? I dissected every move of the Kwesi and Poles eras for Wide Left:
open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
Who's done the better job? I dissected every move of the Kwesi and Poles eras for Wide Left:
open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
Are you happy or insulted they didn’t pull from WideLeft?
October 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Are you happy or insulted they didn’t pull from WideLeft?
“Regression to the mean” is supposed to suggest that teams play closer to average than that there would be a violent correction in the opposite direction. But the Vikings have always been more about karmic retribution than statistical coherence. open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
In Close Loss to Chargers, Vikings Prove That They Can Still Disappoint
A team addicted to letting its fans down did so again. If this keeps up, the evidence that they could be good will be washed away by the reality that they won't be.
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September 25, 2023 at 3:29 AM
“Regression to the mean” is supposed to suggest that teams play closer to average than that there would be a violent correction in the opposite direction. But the Vikings have always been more about karmic retribution than statistical coherence. open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
The Vikings win came with a very Vikings-like cost
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Vikings Somber Win Over Packers Comes At Cost, Kirk Cousins Seemingly Out for the Season
The Minnesota Vikings put the Green Bay Packers away 24-10. Though a rivalry win is often story enough, Vikings fans instead came away thinking about the Achilles injury to Kirk Cousins.
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October 30, 2023 at 1:37 AM
The Vikings win came with a very Vikings-like cost
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did the one thing in good at -- I aggregated a bunch of data and passed it off as work
Looking at media 53-man roster projections
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Looking at media 53-man roster projections
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"Consensus" Minnesota Vikings 53-Man Roster Projection?
I looked at ten Vikings 53-man roster projections across media from after Preseason Week 2. I'm not sure what I learned from it.
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August 24, 2023 at 1:38 PM
did the one thing in good at -- I aggregated a bunch of data and passed it off as work
Looking at media 53-man roster projections
open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
Looking at media 53-man roster projections
open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
I really loved this. I wrote last month about Israel’s systemic destruction of sports in Palestine. It’s clear they want to destroy all aspects of Palestinian life, including any hopes of recreation and leisure. open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...
Ben Natan: Israel's War on Palestinian Athletes
As we approach the Olympic games and the World Cup, Israel's demolition of Palestinian sporting culture deserves its own scrutiny.
open.substack.com
July 25, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I really loved this. I wrote last month about Israel’s systemic destruction of sports in Palestine. It’s clear they want to destroy all aspects of Palestinian life, including any hopes of recreation and leisure. open.substack.com/pub/wideleft...