Review of "Playmakers"

With NFL news being reported even during the off-season, it isn't a surprise that there will be a new NFL book released in March.  It promises to be a good one - here is my review of "Playmakers."  

Title/Author: “Playmakers: How the NFL Really Works (And Doesn’t) ” by Mike Florio

Rating: 5 of 5 stars (excellent)

Review: It feels like a week cannot go by without some type of news about the National Football League (NFL) being generated.  Most of the time, if the news is not about games or player accomplishments, it is usually some type of bad or controversial news.  Yet, the league and the sport are more popular and making more money than ever.  Mike Florio of profootballtalk.com takes a look at this seemingly contradictory phenomenon.

There isn’t an aspect about the league that Florio doesn’t cover. Whether it is the players – especially quarterbacks since they are the most important member of the team in today’s game – coaches, the draft, owners, social awareness, officials – you name it, Florio writes about it.  The chapters are all very short, but packed full of not only information but well-crafted opinion and explanations on those thoughts that are just as interesting as the writing about the game itself.

One example, without giving away too much of the segments on this topic, is Florio’s observation about the NFL draft.  He writes about the popularity of this event and how it is grown into an event that cities are bidding against each other to host.  But Florio also is against the draft because it restricts where a player can pursue his career, a restraint that just about every other person in most other careers do not face.  All of the chapters on the draft make for great reading, as does every other topic he covers.

The chapters themselves are all very short but they tie together into one good package for the topic at hand. This makes the book a very good one for readers who don’t have large segments of time to devote to a book – it can be read in small doses and one will not feel lost or have a hard time picking up where they left off.  It also reads well for fans of any level.  A casual fan will enjoy this book as much as a hard-core NFL fan – and neither fan will be either too confused by technical language or bored because it is too simplistic.  This is highly recommended for all readers of pro football books.

I wish to thank Perseus Books for providing a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Link:   https://www.amazon.com/Playmakers-How-Really-Works-Doesnt-ebook/dp/B0976Y613M/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=