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Bryan Toporek

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Senior multiplatform editor at Bleacher Report, contributor at Liberty Ballers, Forbes Sports, FanSided and Silver Screen & Roll, and a Process truster until the bitter end.

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 4m

The Eagles have 10 days to figure it out or they’re facing a full-scale mutiny.

ProFootballTalk @profootballtalk.bsky.social · 30m

Lane Johnson: Offense seems harder than it needs to be.
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Lane Johnson: Offense seems harder than it needs to be

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley said that football is a "simpler" game than most people make it out to be when discussing the team's offensive shortcomings in the wake of Thursday night's 34-17 los...

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Sheil Kapadia @sheilkapadia.bsky.social · 8h

Eagles offense has nothing to hang its hat on. Below league average in:

* EPA per drive
* Success rate
* Explosive play rate
* RB rushing success rate

And that's with 10 of 11 starters healthy on an expensive, veteran unit.

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 9h

Glad to see that multiple-hour meeting between Hurts, Saquon and AJ really paid off.

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Brandon Lee Gowton @brandonleegowton.bsky.social · 9h

Which part of "Tough. Detailed. Together." are the Eagles living up to right now.

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 9h

The Eagles going into the season with Kelee Ringo and Adoree' Jackson as the options at CB2 was deeply, deeply unserious

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 9h

a woman with a no smoking sign on the wall behind her

Alt: a woman with a no smoking sign on the wall behind her

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 9h

The Eagles can't run the ball and can't throw against zone and can't defend anyone but other than that, they're doing great

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 9h

Russell Wilson might be the break that the Eagles needed

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 10h

Only in Philadelphia.

Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 10h

That was the first postseason series in history to end on a walkoff error.

What a crushing way for any team to end a season.

Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 10h

At least they aren't waiting until November to completely implode this time?

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 10h

A meme where baby Gamora asks Thanos whether the Eagles won Super Bowl LIX, he replies yes, she asks "What did it cost?" and he says "everything"

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 10h

The next ThunderBuddies will feature a 15-minute segment on that

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 10h

Finally, Ben Simmons has company

Pat Gallen @patgallen.bsky.social · 10h

Where's that rank on the Mt. Rushmore of Philly Sports meltdowns?

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 10h

This coming right after the Eagles massively botched a 2-minute drill is not good for my mental health

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 10h

Well, this is shaping up to be a catastrophic Philadelphia sports night

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 11h

Margot Robbie from the Barbie movie smiling with the caption “Do you guys ever think about dying?”

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 12h

Nick Castellanos was destined to hit a go-ahead RBI in this game

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 1d

President Trump is set to undergo a medical checkup at Walter Reed on Friday after recently being diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency.

President Trump to undergo medical exam at Walter Reed, White House says

President Trump is set to undergo a medical checkup at Walter Reed on Friday after recently being diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency.

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Jeff Stotts @instreetclothes.bsky.social · 12h

Massive LeBron Injury Update: Sciatica occurs when the longest nerve in the body becomes impinged often due to a disc in the lower back or a muscle in the glute region. Addressing the root of the problem is key to recovery. Other cases of sciatica in the NBA are accompanied by considerable time lost

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Morten Stig Jensen @msjnba.bsky.social · 14h

As most of you know, I absolutely suck at sharing the work I do.

The only excuse I have for that is the undeniable fact that I'm an idiot.

So here's a pod dump!

@btoporek.bsky.social and I on a new Shooting The Bleep.

WHERE ARE THE POINT GUARDS AT?!

open.spotify.com/episode/2W14...

Shooting The Bleep: The NBA Has A Point Guard Problem

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Greg @gwiss.bsky.social · 15h

Hennessy causes sciatica pain, according to the 2025 standards for scientific correlation.

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 15h

This is the most DNP-Old update of all time

Shams Charania Tweets @shamsbot.bsky.social · 15h

Lakers star LeBron James is sidelined for at least 3 to 4 weeks due to sciatica on his right side. He is out for the start of the 2025-26 NBA season.

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 16h

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 18h

I think the Spurs can blow them out of the water tbh

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 19h

Giannis very much controls this process if (when?) he begins to signal which teams he would/wouldn't re-sign with in 2027