Losing these two hits like a thunderbolt.
CRob was incredible to work with from day 1. Always so willing to talk and share his thoughts. Going to miss him a ton as a teammate.
A big reason I went to Yahoo was knowing I’d get to work with Chuck and do something together. Building Football 301 and doing draft stuff (those countless mock drafts) has been a real joy. It’s not goodbye, but going to miss my guy.
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New Football 301! It's the OL prospects episode with my dad, Mike Tice (@miketice86)!
Nearly 2 hours on the top OL for the 2026 NFL draft. Strengths, weaknesses, projections, and how we rank them.
Incredibly fun show to do with the big guy. We didn't agree on *everything* but it sure was nice to hear he is as into Monroe Freeling and Max Iheanachor as I am!
In all seriousness, the NFL Show, Draft Shows, and specifically Tailgate and It’s Just Football were the most fun I’ve ever had professionally. Wouldn’t trade that for anything.
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At the time and to this day it’s always felt like a huge privilege to have been surrounded by the insanely talented group of people on the content side of PFF circa 2022.
Many of those people became free agents today and are going to make an immediate impact at the next stop.
Got word earlier that today is effectively the last day of PFF’s consumer product as we know it with mass layoffs amid their sale to Teamworks.
A couple weeks ago I walked through the PFF office one last time before it closed for good to reminisce with former coworkers and play one last game of beer die on the roof. I came across an item collecting dust on the wall that I found incredibly telling: the PFF MVP Belt that used to be given out every year but hadn’t been updated since 2021. That coincided with the year that Neil Hornsby was forced out of the company he founded. His departure was followed by Austin Gayle and Eric Eager leaving the following year - the leaders of PFF’s Consumer and Analytics products respectively.
I often think back to those times with equal parts nostalgia and regret. Nostalgia for when PFF was truly the most passionate football company in America. Say what you want about the grades and the stats, but there was no company outside of football teams that cared more about ball circa 2021. Unfortunately, PFF operated as if that was a given for the industry and made the common error of valuing outside talent and new revenue sources (i.e. the PFF app) as more important than the people that got them to where they were. It’s to my great shame that I didn’t advocate more forcefully for those guys in negotiations on their way out. To make things worse, I then proceeded to take the cowardly way out myself. After numerous disputes with management that spring, I left the week before the 2023 NFL draft with no job lined. Instead of rallying the troops and becoming a leader at the company, I ran away and I regret it to this day.
The passion I had felt only a couple years earlier was gone by then. The story of PFF is just that: a company that lost its passion. Instead of empowering those who cared the most, they often stifled them and took them for granted until they checked out or left. There’s no substitute in any organization for people who will do whatever it takes to get the job done and there was a time where that described every single employee at PFF. Even after seeing all the negative effects of their inability to retain employees that truly give a shit, they again showed even more guys that fit that description the door today.
I still believe in the ethos of PFF. Better analysis, smarter fans. It’s a brand that can very easily be revived if they started putting people first again. Until then, though, the half-decade long tailspin will only continue.
Turned the mic on for a solo emergency pod to react to the Maxx Crosby-Ravens trade!
Plus, a few thoughts on other NFL news, Bradbury-Bears trade, Geno, Decker, and more.
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