As an avid football fan with a particular interest in behind the scenes working of running a team, I was eager to read Michael Lombardi’s new book, Football Done Right. Lombardi’s personal stories are interesting and feel like a comfortable conversation among friends. I learned the history of the NFL in a way I would not have even thought to ask. Unfortunately, a mind-numbing amount of statistics over-shadow the stories. The use of football lingo, i.e. soft hands, would benefit from explanations and analogies from other sports, i.e. golf and basketball, seem out of place in a book dedicated to football.
Lombardi shocked and dismayed me by comparing Ed Reed to Arnold Rothstein. Believing in yourself as a great player and reading an offense accurately to make plays is not remotely close to paying players to lose games.