The Paolantonio Report: The Most Overrated and Underrated Teams, Players, Coaches, and Moments in NFL History

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Examining the legends, the myths, and the overhyped moments of America's most popular game, Sal Paolantonio goes behind the highlights, the drama, and the numbers to set some things straight-once and for all-about the game played on Sundays. The Paolantonio Report includes chapters analyzing the most underrated and overrated quarterbacks, receivers, running backs, defensive backs, defensive linemen, offensive linemen, linebackers and specialists. For example: The Catch-Joe Montana to Dwight Clark-overrated. Not even in the top ten moments in NFL history. And Chuck Bednarik, the Eagles linebacker who knocked out Frank Gifford? He wasn't that fearsome, and was considered slow and not a very good tackler. Also look for chapters on the most underrated and overrated coaches, teams, offensive and defensive units, Hall of Famers, Super Bowls, and some of the most underrated and overrated moments in the sport's storied history-with plenty of fun sidebars peppered throughout the book. Using an analytical approach that considers decades of stats, trends, and historical data, The Paolantonio Report is certain to settle many arguments-and probably just as certain to start many more.

Sal Paolantonio has been a national correspondent for ESPN since 1995, covering the NFL for SportsCenter and Sunday NFL Countdown. He is also the host of State Farm NFL Matchup on Sunday mornings on ESPN. For 10 years prior, he worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he was an award-winning sportswriter and national political reporter. He is the author of Frank Rizzo: The Last Big Man in Big City America. Rueben Frank has covered the Philadelphia Eagles and the National Football League since 1988 for the Burlington County Times in Willingboro, New Jersey. He has earned numerous local, state, and national writing awards, including first place in the Associated Press Sports Writers contest. Frank is also a host on 610 WIP-AM, Philadelphia's sports talk radio station.