Mike Silver
@mikesilver.bsky.social
Senior national columnist for The Athletic. Author; current book, The Why Is Everything, available everywhere: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1324093609/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
Partner, Backstage Media. Past: NFL Network, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo! Sports, SF Chronicle
Partner, Backstage Media. Past: NFL Network, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo! Sports, SF Chronicle
Thank you!
Unrelated listening to you and McLane on his podcast it’s a great listen to get a non eagles beat’s deep dive on the issues with the team
January 28, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Thank you!
The Chargers wanted Mike McDaniel to be their offensive coordinator in 2021, and he wanted to take the job... but was rebuffed. Four years later, they finally got him. From my book The Why Is Everything (link in bio)...
January 28, 2026 at 11:04 PM
The Chargers wanted Mike McDaniel to be their offensive coordinator in 2021, and he wanted to take the job... but was rebuffed. Four years later, they finally got him. From my book The Why Is Everything (link in bio)...
Another opening filled
BREAKING: The Buffalo Bills are promoting offensive coordinator Joe Brady to be the franchise’s next head coach, a source tells The Athletic.
Brady, who has received head coaching interest in recent cycles, stays in Buffalo, where he will continue to work with Josh Allen.
Brady, who has received head coaching interest in recent cycles, stays in Buffalo, where he will continue to work with Josh Allen.
January 27, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Another opening filled
Did Kyle Rittenhouse? 🤔
Leavitt: Any gun owner knows when you are carrying a weapon and are confronted by law enforcement, you are raising the assumption of risk and the risk of force being used against you.
January 26, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Did Kyle Rittenhouse? 🤔
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Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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“When it ended with the Rams, we weren’t in a good place.” Kupp told @mikesilver.bsky.social earlier this month.
More on the receivers’ redemption with the Seahawks:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
More on the receivers’ redemption with the Seahawks:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
After the Rams discarded a Super Bowl MVP, he showed them everything he still offers
Facing his former team, Cooper Kupp came alive when it mattered most, making three of the most pivotal plays in a 31-27 Seattle victory.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
“When it ended with the Rams, we weren’t in a good place.” Kupp told @mikesilver.bsky.social earlier this month.
More on the receivers’ redemption with the Seahawks:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
More on the receivers’ redemption with the Seahawks:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
My story...
After the Rams cut Cooper Kupp last March, he was stunned that the most powerful people in the organization never called to thank him for his time with the franchise.
In retrospect, his former bosses should have known better.
They certainly know better now.
In retrospect, his former bosses should have known better.
They certainly know better now.
January 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM
My story...
“When it ended with the Rams, we weren’t in a good place.”
The bad vibes between the Rams and their Super Bowl LVI hero led to a confrontation between Rams and Seahawks coaches last month & spiced up Sunday's NFC title game.
My column for @theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
The bad vibes between the Rams and their Super Bowl LVI hero led to a confrontation between Rams and Seahawks coaches last month & spiced up Sunday's NFC title game.
My column for @theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 PM
“When it ended with the Rams, we weren’t in a good place.”
The bad vibes between the Rams and their Super Bowl LVI hero led to a confrontation between Rams and Seahawks coaches last month & spiced up Sunday's NFC title game.
My column for @theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
The bad vibes between the Rams and their Super Bowl LVI hero led to a confrontation between Rams and Seahawks coaches last month & spiced up Sunday's NFC title game.
My column for @theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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Federal agents shot a protestor they had pinned to the ground multiple times. No official word on their status but hard to see how anyone could survive.
State murder. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
State murder. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Breaking: Video shows another shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis
Agents shot the man several times after wrestling him to the ground.
www.motherjones.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Federal agents shot a protestor they had pinned to the ground multiple times. No official word on their status but hard to see how anyone could survive.
State murder. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
State murder. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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BREAKING: The man has died. Another murder by ICE. You knew there would be another. Now there has been. And there will be more before this is over.
Breaking:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz confirms: There has been another shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz confirms: There has been another shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis.
January 24, 2026 at 4:57 PM
BREAKING: The man has died. Another murder by ICE. You knew there would be another. Now there has been. And there will be more before this is over.
LOL
Trump will not attend Super Bowl because it's 'too far away,' he tells NY Post reut.rs/4jXA31u
Trump will not attend Super Bowl because it's 'too far away,' he tells NY Post
U.S. President Donald Trump will not attend the National Football League's Super Bowl on February 8 because the game, which will be played at Levi's Stadium in northern California, is "just too far away," he said in a New York Post interview published on Saturday.
reut.rs
January 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
LOL
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The Cowboys are working to finalize a deal with Eagles pass game coordinator/DBs coach Christian Parker to become their next defensive coordinator, per source.
Parker is 34 and has worked with Vic Fangio in multiple stops. Now, he takes the reins of an NFC East rival.
Parker is 34 and has worked with Vic Fangio in multiple stops. Now, he takes the reins of an NFC East rival.
January 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The Cowboys are working to finalize a deal with Eagles pass game coordinator/DBs coach Christian Parker to become their next defensive coordinator, per source.
Parker is 34 and has worked with Vic Fangio in multiple stops. Now, he takes the reins of an NFC East rival.
Parker is 34 and has worked with Vic Fangio in multiple stops. Now, he takes the reins of an NFC East rival.
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If you were surprised by Monday’s firing of Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott and the Baltimore Ravens’ dismissal of John Harbaugh, we understand.
But blame Patrick Mahomes.
✍️ @mikesilver.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
But blame Patrick Mahomes.
✍️ @mikesilver.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
January 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
If you were surprised by Monday’s firing of Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott and the Baltimore Ravens’ dismissal of John Harbaugh, we understand.
But blame Patrick Mahomes.
✍️ @mikesilver.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
But blame Patrick Mahomes.
✍️ @mikesilver.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
My latest...
If you were surprised by Monday’s firing of Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott and the Baltimore Ravens’ dismissal of John Harbaugh, we understand.
But blame Patrick Mahomes.
✍️ @mikesilver.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
But blame Patrick Mahomes.
✍️ @mikesilver.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
My latest...
Two of the most successful coaches of the 21st Century have been fired this month. Who should we blame? My column for @theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
January 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Two of the most successful coaches of the 21st Century have been fired this month. Who should we blame? My column for @theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
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A source tells @mikesilver.bsky.social that former Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing is being hired by the Lions.
Adam Schefter was on it.
Adam Schefter was on it.
January 19, 2026 at 7:49 PM
A source tells @mikesilver.bsky.social that former Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing is being hired by the Lions.
Adam Schefter was on it.
Adam Schefter was on it.
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More on the Bills moving on from Sean McDermott after nine seasons:
Bills fire coach Sean McDermott after 9 seasons, no Super Bowl appearances: Source
McDermott went 98-50 over his nine seasons but the Bills have yet to reach a Super Bowl despite the MVP presence of Josh Allen.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
More on the Bills moving on from Sean McDermott after nine seasons:
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The Bills' statement on firing Sean McDermott:
January 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The Bills' statement on firing Sean McDermott:
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My colleague @mikesilver.bsky.social wrote about how Buffalo’s Josh Allen-centric model keeps coming up short.
"Clearly, the current model isn’t working — and Saturday’s missed opportunity felt like a closing argument.”
Monday, Buffalo fired Sean McDermott: www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
"Clearly, the current model isn’t working — and Saturday’s missed opportunity felt like a closing argument.”
Monday, Buffalo fired Sean McDermott: www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
Josh Allen’s tears should tell the Bills everything: This isn’t working
For their Superman quarterback to take the Bills where they want to go, they're going to have to find a way to reduce his burden.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
My colleague @mikesilver.bsky.social wrote about how Buffalo’s Josh Allen-centric model keeps coming up short.
"Clearly, the current model isn’t working — and Saturday’s missed opportunity felt like a closing argument.”
Monday, Buffalo fired Sean McDermott: www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
"Clearly, the current model isn’t working — and Saturday’s missed opportunity felt like a closing argument.”
Monday, Buffalo fired Sean McDermott: www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
Paging Davis Mills?
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Paging Davis Mills?
C.J. Stroud was a fumbling machine against the Steelers. Today he's an interception machine. Not an ideal way to try to advance in the postseason.
January 18, 2026 at 9:36 PM
C.J. Stroud was a fumbling machine against the Steelers. Today he's an interception machine. Not an ideal way to try to advance in the postseason.
These aren't your Letterman Jacket Texans
January 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM
These aren't your Letterman Jacket Texans
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The question now is whether owner Terry Pegula will make any big changes, with head coach Sean McDermott and GM Brandon Beane each completing a ninth season in those roles.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
Josh Allen’s tears should tell the Bills everything: This isn’t working
For their Superman quarterback to take the Bills where they want to go, they're going to have to find a way to reduce his burden.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The question now is whether owner Terry Pegula will make any big changes, with head coach Sean McDermott and GM Brandon Beane each completing a ninth season in those roles.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...