Quick Slant: MNF - Empires Forged From Cold and Hunger
Mat Irby’s Quick Slant * Eagles * Packers Twenty-one is an age where the pragmatist inside you is in full-on fisticuffs with the dreamer. People like Curly Lambeau—square jaw, plump lips, full hair, handsome—like a member of One Direction seduced some time ago by the call of the barbell
Quick Slant: SNF - The Comings and Goings of Winning Culture
Mat Irby’s Quick Slant * Steelers * Chargers Los Angeles still glows after the Dodgers renewed their championship banner subscription last Saturday; not only so, they own the rights to the greatest baseball player who has ever lived, and they participate in a sport without a salary cap, where the richest
Quick Slant - 2025 Berlin Game: Better than a Corporate Retreat
Mat Irby’s Quick Slant * Falcons * Colts On May 9, 1945, the sun rose on Berlin. People woke to the sound of calm, turned the doorknob, and were met with a brisk spring morning—partly cloudy, 40 degrees Fahrenheit. They entered onto cobblestone streets, under a layer of ash, into
Quick Slant: TNF - You Survive, or You Don't
Mat Irby’s Quick Slant * Raiders * Broncos I once worked on a movie in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Frankly, I loved it; I’m not from anywhere like the high desert, so it was a chance to experience an entirely different social and environmental context. In the middle of it
Quick Slant: MNF - Wind in an Empty Hall
Mat Irby's Quick Slant * Cardinals * Cowboys It’s hard to fathom now, but the Arizona Cardinals used to be part of the NFC East as recently as a quarter century ago. Before the Houston Texans existed, the NFL was in dire need of realignment; expansion and team migration
Quick Slant: SNF - The Convergence of Sports Hopium and Unfeeling Pragmatism
Mat Irby's Quick Slant * Seahawks * Commanders “You are what your record says you are.” Legendary HC Bill Parcells would toss out this line from time to time, and it would land like a fire blanket. One of the most familiar pastimes of sports fans worldwide is seeking an
Quick Slant: TNF - The NFL's Halloween Edition Features Two Teams Trying to Spring From the Grave
Mat Irby’s Quick Slant * Ravens * Dolphins Wanna play a game? It’s Halloween—a time where we revel in the most stomach-churning, disgusting, and terrifying things; what better way to celebrate the awful than with a matchup between the 2025 Ravens and Dolphins? Hold your nose when I say
Quick Slant - MNF: The Chiefs' Voltron
Mat Irby’s Quick Slant * Commanders * Chiefs The Commanders had a moment, fleeting as it was, when it appeared they could be the team to beat in the NFC East. The Eagles had lost two straight, including a puzzling dismantling by the Giants on TNF. Despite their nearly unstoppable offense,