Conor Orr
@conororr.bsky.social
Senior Writer | Sports Illustrated
I’ve got the will to work hard and a library card
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I’ve got the will to work hard and a library card
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This is a thrilling story about a wild thing we're all going to realize about the 2028 Olympics: that kayaking is in Oklahoma?
When it was announced that Oklahoma City would host 7 events at the 2028 L.A. Olympics, a lot of people asked … why?
I *went rafting with the mayor of OKC* and got the full story of a city that's transformed itself through sports.
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I *went rafting with the mayor of OKC* and got the full story of a city that's transformed itself through sports.
www.si.com/olympics/oklahoma-city-kayak-softball-2028-digital-cover
The Inside Story of How Oklahoma City Landed Seven Events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
How a city celebrating the Thunder’s NBA title, with Olympic softball and canoe slalom on the way, has used sports to change its identity.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is a thrilling story about a wild thing we're all going to realize about the 2028 Olympics: that kayaking is in Oklahoma?
Our annual Future Head Coaches list. Who is on the rise? What are other coaches saying about them? What are industry trends going into this cycle?
It's all here @sportsillustrated.bsky.social:
It's all here @sportsillustrated.bsky.social:
@conororr.bsky.social’s annual list of future NFL head coaches:
4️⃣2️⃣ top candidates who could interview for jobs this year, plus rising position coaches who could become coordinators
‘The year of the defensive genius’?
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4️⃣2️⃣ top candidates who could interview for jobs this year, plus rising position coaches who could become coordinators
‘The year of the defensive genius’?
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The Top NFL Head Coaching Candidates Teams Will Consider for 2026
Our annual exhaustive list of everyone who could interview for jobs this offseason, and why this could be ‘the year of the defensive genius.’
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December 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Our annual Future Head Coaches list. Who is on the rise? What are other coaches saying about them? What are industry trends going into this cycle?
It's all here @sportsillustrated.bsky.social:
It's all here @sportsillustrated.bsky.social:
On Philip Rivers, getting old and providing the normalities of time with a middle finger www.si.com/nfl/colts-ph...
Philip Rivers's Battle Against Father Time Could Be the Story of the NFL Season
We don’t need it. We absolutely, positively don’t need it. We are satiated. Satisfied. When the dessert cart rolls by, we can pat our stomachs confidently. This
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December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On Philip Rivers, getting old and providing the normalities of time with a middle finger www.si.com/nfl/colts-ph...
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HELLO! It's GIVING TUESDAY and I am coming to you as the proud President of the Greater Newark Holiday Fund asking for help to meet our fundraising goal. We provide: housing, medicine, food, clothing, service programs and mental health intervention. I love our team:
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December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
HELLO! It's GIVING TUESDAY and I am coming to you as the proud President of the Greater Newark Holiday Fund asking for help to meet our fundraising goal. We provide: housing, medicine, food, clothing, service programs and mental health intervention. I love our team:
holidayfund.org/donation/con...
holidayfund.org/donation/con...
HELLO! It's GIVING TUESDAY and I am coming to you as the proud President of the Greater Newark Holiday Fund asking for help to meet our fundraising goal. We provide: housing, medicine, food, clothing, service programs and mental health intervention. I love our team:
holidayfund.org/donation/con...
holidayfund.org/donation/con...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
HELLO! It's GIVING TUESDAY and I am coming to you as the proud President of the Greater Newark Holiday Fund asking for help to meet our fundraising goal. We provide: housing, medicine, food, clothing, service programs and mental health intervention. I love our team:
holidayfund.org/donation/con...
holidayfund.org/donation/con...
The NFL has done such a "good" job of satisfying its broadcast partners by front-loading schedules that it has created an additional, inadvertent benefit:
More "good" teams through 12 weeks and the true "good" teams having to go through an artificially constructed wilderness to the playoffs.
More "good" teams through 12 weeks and the true "good" teams having to go through an artificially constructed wilderness to the playoffs.
The AFC playoff bracket is upside down, but @conororr.bsky.social says some of the usual contenders have one very good reason to keep believing www.si.com/nfl/afc-play...
The AFC Playoff Bracket Is Upside Down, But Familiar Teams Have One Reason to Believe
The Chiefs eked by the Colts, as some of the usual conference heavyweights who were saddled with difficult schedules have started making their move.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The NFL has done such a "good" job of satisfying its broadcast partners by front-loading schedules that it has created an additional, inadvertent benefit:
More "good" teams through 12 weeks and the true "good" teams having to go through an artificially constructed wilderness to the playoffs.
More "good" teams through 12 weeks and the true "good" teams having to go through an artificially constructed wilderness to the playoffs.
Canvassed the industry for a Giants-specific list of coaching candidates. Here's mine, tailored to what is thought to be the top projected opening in 2025.
To note: Many are noting how unorthodox this cycle will be. College coaches are back en vogue. www.si.com/nfl/giants-t...
To note: Many are noting how unorthodox this cycle will be. College coaches are back en vogue. www.si.com/nfl/giants-t...
Fifteen Top Candidates to Replace Brian Daboll as Giants Head Coach
Why New York may have the best job that will come open this cycle, and the types of candidates a proud franchise will look to fill it.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Canvassed the industry for a Giants-specific list of coaching candidates. Here's mine, tailored to what is thought to be the top projected opening in 2025.
To note: Many are noting how unorthodox this cycle will be. College coaches are back en vogue. www.si.com/nfl/giants-t...
To note: Many are noting how unorthodox this cycle will be. College coaches are back en vogue. www.si.com/nfl/giants-t...
Here's why I'm not piling on Dan Quinn for keeping Jayden Daniels in the game www.si.com/nfl/dan-quin...
Why You Shouldn’t Blame Dan Quinn or Jayden Daniels for the QB’s Gruesome Injury
The Commanders’ franchise quarterback remained in the game late in a blowout, but that is shockingly standard operating procedure in the NFL.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Here's why I'm not piling on Dan Quinn for keeping Jayden Daniels in the game www.si.com/nfl/dan-quin...
Kind of a proud moment when you cook up crazy ass, borderline inexplicable takes for a living and start to see the same talent in your kids
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Kind of a proud moment when you cook up crazy ass, borderline inexplicable takes for a living and start to see the same talent in your kids
🏈DREAM TRADES TIME🏈
✅I want Sean Payton to unlock multi TE sets
✅I want the Bills to plug up that D-Line
✅I want the Seahawks OL to hum
✅ I want Justin Fields in a place that will love him back
All this, and more...
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✅I want Sean Payton to unlock multi TE sets
✅I want the Bills to plug up that D-Line
✅I want the Seahawks OL to hum
✅ I want Justin Fields in a place that will love him back
All this, and more...
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Twelve NFL Trade Deadline Deals We’d Love to See
The Colts and Eagles land pass rushers, the Seahawks shore up their offensive line and the Vikings land a current starting quarterback.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🏈DREAM TRADES TIME🏈
✅I want Sean Payton to unlock multi TE sets
✅I want the Bills to plug up that D-Line
✅I want the Seahawks OL to hum
✅ I want Justin Fields in a place that will love him back
All this, and more...
www.si.com/nfl/trade-de...
✅I want Sean Payton to unlock multi TE sets
✅I want the Bills to plug up that D-Line
✅I want the Seahawks OL to hum
✅ I want Justin Fields in a place that will love him back
All this, and more...
www.si.com/nfl/trade-de...
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In Aaron Rodgers’s first meeting against the Packers, a strange peacefulness seemed to emanate from the former Green Bay quarterback, writes @conororr.bsky.social www.si.com/nfl/even-in-...
Even in a Loss, Pittsburgh Is the Best Place for Aaron Rodgers
After competing against his former team, the veteran Q sounded like someone whose edges have been sanded, the opposite of how his time with the Packers ended.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In Aaron Rodgers’s first meeting against the Packers, a strange peacefulness seemed to emanate from the former Green Bay quarterback, writes @conororr.bsky.social www.si.com/nfl/even-in-...
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Dallas traded Micah so they could be good against the run and since then have been *checks notes* 29th in EPA per carry AND 28th in EPA per pass
October 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Dallas traded Micah so they could be good against the run and since then have been *checks notes* 29th in EPA per carry AND 28th in EPA per pass
On the Jets, Nick Mangold, and wins the right kind of people find beautiful www.si.com/nfl/jets-gut...
Jets’ Gutsy Win Over Bengals Was a Fitting Tribute to Nick Mangold
A franchise legend died over the weekend, and then Gang Green pulled an unlikely first win out of the cosmos.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
On the Jets, Nick Mangold, and wins the right kind of people find beautiful www.si.com/nfl/jets-gut...
Thought: Picking up a sideline photographer after you plow him over is the NFL player equivalent of returning your shopping cart.
Massive personality reveal.
Massive personality reveal.
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thought: Picking up a sideline photographer after you plow him over is the NFL player equivalent of returning your shopping cart.
Massive personality reveal.
Massive personality reveal.
Let’s fight!
3️⃣ Seahawks
9️⃣ Packers
1️⃣6️⃣ Cowboys
2️⃣1️⃣ Panthers
@conororr.bsky.social’s power rankings after Week 7: www.si.com/nfl/nfl-powe...
9️⃣ Packers
1️⃣6️⃣ Cowboys
2️⃣1️⃣ Panthers
@conororr.bsky.social’s power rankings after Week 7: www.si.com/nfl/nfl-powe...
NFL Power Rankings: Bucs Tumble After Concerning Loss to Lions
Perhaps the Baker Mayfield MVP hype was premature.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Let’s fight!
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After Tua Tagovailoa called out his teammates’ preparation, @conororr.bsky.social says it’s time for Stephen Ross to uncover the true root of the Dolphins’ dysfunction www.si.com/nfl/tua-tago...
Tua Tagovailoa’s Postgame Comments Elevate Dolphins’ Issues Above Mike McDaniel
After the quarterback called out his teammates’ preparation, it’s time for Stephen Ross to uncover the true root of the team’s dysfunction.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
After Tua Tagovailoa called out his teammates’ preparation, @conororr.bsky.social says it’s time for Stephen Ross to uncover the true root of the Dolphins’ dysfunction www.si.com/nfl/tua-tago...
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Brain farts, multitasking deficits and bottom-up actions.
@conororr.bsky.social talks to experts in neuroscience and psychology to understand why players keep dropping the ball before the goal line: www.si.com/nfl/brain-fa...
@conororr.bsky.social talks to experts in neuroscience and psychology to understand why players keep dropping the ball before the goal line: www.si.com/nfl/brain-fa...
A Brain Fart Scientist Explains Why NFL Players Drop the Ball at the Goal Line
A silly blunder has occurred two weeks in a row. Experts weigh in on multitasking deficits, bottom-up actions and why this keeps happening.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Brain farts, multitasking deficits and bottom-up actions.
@conororr.bsky.social talks to experts in neuroscience and psychology to understand why players keep dropping the ball before the goal line: www.si.com/nfl/brain-fa...
@conororr.bsky.social talks to experts in neuroscience and psychology to understand why players keep dropping the ball before the goal line: www.si.com/nfl/brain-fa...
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A fun and interesting piece from @conororr.bsky.social on why players drop the ball at the goal line.
And I got to use the phrase “Brain Fart Scientist” in a headline: www.si.com/nfl/brain-fa...
And I got to use the phrase “Brain Fart Scientist” in a headline: www.si.com/nfl/brain-fa...
A Brain Fart Scientist Explains Why NFL Players Drop the Ball at the Goal Line
A silly blunder has occurred two weeks in a row. Experts weigh in on multitasking deficits, bottom-up actions and why this keeps happening.
www.si.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A fun and interesting piece from @conororr.bsky.social on why players drop the ball at the goal line.
And I got to use the phrase “Brain Fart Scientist” in a headline: www.si.com/nfl/brain-fa...
And I got to use the phrase “Brain Fart Scientist” in a headline: www.si.com/nfl/brain-fa...
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@conororr.bsky.social fills out his NFL awards ballot through Week 4 🏆 www.si.com/nfl/quarter-...
Quarter Season NFL Awards: MVP, Offensive Player of the Year and More
Conor Orr fills out his ballot through the first four weeks of the 2025 season.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@conororr.bsky.social fills out his NFL awards ballot through Week 4 🏆 www.si.com/nfl/quarter-...
On the missed kick,
Looked like Rams still getting the left side of that line overloaded. Different pressure but that’s where all the problems are coming from.
Looked like Rams still getting the left side of that line overloaded. Different pressure but that’s where all the problems are coming from.
@conororr.bsky.social talks to Mike Westhoff, the Godfather of special teams, who explains three reasons for the NFL’s blocked kick epidemic www.si.com/nfl/blocked-...
The Godfather of Special Teams Explains the NFL’s Shocking Surge in Blocked Kicks
Here are three interconnected reasons why we are seeing so many field goals and punts get stopped.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
On the missed kick,
Looked like Rams still getting the left side of that line overloaded. Different pressure but that’s where all the problems are coming from.
Looked like Rams still getting the left side of that line overloaded. Different pressure but that’s where all the problems are coming from.
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If you watched the Saleh presser and thought, “Where the hell is this coming from?” … @conororr.bsky.social got an answer for you.
Robert Saleh offered a surprising monologue about the Jaguars’ (legal!) sign stealing efforts. @conororr.bsky.social explains what he was talking about and why it may have been more psychological warfare to bring it up now www.si.com/nfl/why-robe...
Why Robert Saleh May Have Accused the Jaguars of (Legal!) Sign Stealing
Conor Orr talks to NFL coaches about the mental warfare involved in pilfering signals and why the 49ers’ defensive coordinator may have brought it up now.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If you watched the Saleh presser and thought, “Where the hell is this coming from?” … @conororr.bsky.social got an answer for you.
Robert Saleh brought up the Jaguars’ sophisticated legal sign stealing operation yesterday.
Now, why would he do that? And what do the Jaguars track to get an edge?
We get into all of that here: www.si.com/nfl/why-robe...
Now, why would he do that? And what do the Jaguars track to get an edge?
We get into all of that here: www.si.com/nfl/why-robe...
Why Robert Saleh May Have Accused the Jaguars of (Legal!) Sign Stealing
Conor Orr talks to NFL coaches about the mental warfare involved in pilfering signals and why the 49ers’ defensive coordinator may have brought it up now.
www.si.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Robert Saleh brought up the Jaguars’ sophisticated legal sign stealing operation yesterday.
Now, why would he do that? And what do the Jaguars track to get an edge?
We get into all of that here: www.si.com/nfl/why-robe...
Now, why would he do that? And what do the Jaguars track to get an edge?
We get into all of that here: www.si.com/nfl/why-robe...