Props to Mike Florio (audio in post 25)

[Kwmike22]

Mike runs Profootballtalk.com he has been on the cowboys and Commanders side of this cap scandal since the start. He is an attorney and people around the nfl really follow his page. I believe with his help this will be settled tommorow. IMO cowboy fans should be fans of Mike.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I wouldn't take that too far; he is a Steelers fan but I get what you are saying. He has been key in keeping the story rolling despite free agency and the like when its pretty clear that the league was hoping the FA frenzy would steal the limelight. He has helped this franchise in doing so.

 

[DandyDon1722]

So has Graziano at ESPN. He had another write up today, even chiding John Mara for saying we're lucky we didn't lose draft picks. I really think the NFL is way over their head on this.

 

[The Emperor]

It's about time, because Florio and his little scribes do nothing more than take cheap shots at organizations, coaches, and players with their passive-aggressive snarky remarks. It's about time he did something noble for once, the ambulance chaser there.

 

[21Savage]

Somebody needs to dig up his first few write-ups when the news broke and see his true colors. He's a cowboy/Romo hater, nothing more!

Common sense/others have gotten to him afterwards so his tone has become drastically different.

 

[Idgit]

Mike runs Profootballtalk.com he has been on the cowboys and Commanders side of this cap scandal since the start. He is an attorney and people around the nfl really follow his page. I believe with his help this will be settled tommorow. IMO cowboy fans should be fans of Mike.

They call Profootballtalk 'PPffftt' for a reason. I couldn't care less what Florio thinks. If I were on fire, I wouldn't want his opinion on where I might find some water.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Isn't that site referred to as the daily turd?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Isn't that site referred to as the daily turd?

Yes sir it is.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Regardless of the snarkiness as it relates to much of what they write, when it comes filtering the legalize of something sports-related, PFT is a great resource.

 

[skinsscalper]

Regardless of the snarkiness as it relates to much of what they write, when it comes filtering the legalize of something sports-related, PFT is a great resource.

I'm glad someone brought that up. I've been no fan of Florio, ever, but the man does have an understanding of the law and when he puts pen to paper (or keyboard as the case may be) on the subject, you can count on the "snarkiness" level being brought down a level and actual well founded information to be mined.

 

[Picksix]

I appreciate that he's been on our side since the facts came to light. At first, he was on the other side, because all that had come out was that we were penalized for cheating, without really knowing the story. Since then, however, he has been very ardent in his support for the Cowboys and Commanders, and very critical of Mara and the rest of them.

 

[risco]

They call Profootballtalk 'PPffftt' for a reason. I couldn't care less what Florio thinks. If I were on fire, I wouldn't want his opinion on where I might find some water.

:laugh1:

 

[casmith07]

Florio is that you?

 

[silverbear]

Mike runs Profootballtalk.com he has been on the cowboys and Commanders side of this cap scandal since the start. He is an attorney and people around the nfl really follow his page. I believe with his help this will be settled tommorow. IMO cowboy fans should be fans of Mike.

There's a reason that ProFootballTalk is known as "The Daily Turd"...

Florio is, was and always will be a cosmic putz...

 

[The Emperor]

Regardless of the snarkiness as it relates to much of what they write, when it comes filtering the legalize of something sports-related, PFT is a great resource.

Like when Florio or that other schmendrick that works with him was quoting Michael Irvin, that was part of their job to bring up the 1998 training camp scissors-stabbing incident?

As I said: passive-aggressive, snarky cheap shots. And NBC Sports thinks that's great for sports journalism. Then again, they're the same bunch that has held on to Bob Costas and his platform shoes all these decades.

 

[Rockytop6]

Mike runs Profootballtalk.com he has been on the cowboys and Commanders side of this cap scandal since the start. He is an attorney and people around the nfl really follow his page. I believe with his help this will be settled tommorow. IMO cowboy fans should be fans of Mike.

I am and will continue to be.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Florio is the Perez Hilton of the NFL media.

He was smart enough to start a gossip site online before everybody else and somehow that turned him into a reputable journalist.

I give him credit for that. But thanking him? No chance.






YR

 

[wittenacious]

I read PFT regularly. I don't take everything at face value because it's largely rumor-based content. Sometimes it's accurate info, sometimes not.

To Florio's credit, I think he and his staff do a pretty good job updating info as it comes to light ... either corroborating the info they've already reported or causing them to apologize for misinformation and then blogging the latest, most accurate info available.

I wouldn't go so far as to feel the need to offer a special "Thanks" to Mike Florio. He makes a great living -- I have no doubt -- attracting regular traffic to ProFootballTalk.com. I traffic his site. That's my thanks to him.

 

[Wimbo]

Somebody needs to dig up his first few write-ups when the news broke and see his true colors. He's a cowboy/Romo hater, nothing more!

Common sense/others have gotten to him afterwards so his tone has become drastically different.

That just is not true. I looked it up.

Broke the rumor:

Posted the facts of the story:

Posted about league "warning teams" not to take advantage of opening:

Posts about NFLPA agreement & introduces collusion to story:

Posts update to story with editorial comments that Cowboys and Commanders should fight the penalties:

All these stories posted within about 6.5 hours of each other. The only thing that you could construe as being negative towards the Cowboys is when he posted that the league viewed what was done as cheating.

Florio takes a lot of grief, some of it deserved. But for the life of me I can't figure out why people feel they have to make stuff up about him just to slander him further.

I like the PFT site. It's like the Drudge Report of the NFL world. It's be best site I know of that summarizes all things NFL in one place. I know it used to be a lot of smoke and BS a few years ago. But, as he gained credibility, the quality of information improved greatly. If you are not reading it, you are missing out.

 

[WV Cowboy]

They call Profootballtalk 'PPffftt' for a reason.

Funny you mention that.
I coach the baseball team that Mike sponsors, ... PFT.com
Sometimes the kids will say 'PPffftt' when we break the huddle in between innings. I don't care for that though.

I don't read his web-site.

( .. I don't read anything NFL related anymore except this board or DallasCowboys.com. The 24/7 deluge of modern media has beaten me down to where I don't care that much any more. I just stay away from it all.)

Like I said I don't read his web-site, but Mike is a good guy. His whole family are good people. Both he and his wife, and their son, .. who plays on my team.

His son is a tremendous young man. He is always getting some school or club award. I joke with him that he will be president some day.

You may not like PFT.com, I don't, but I think you would like Mike. He loves football and I see him talking NFL with people after our games, etc.

Good guy who hit a gold mine with his web-site. Gotta give him credit.