Footballese, the Most American Vernacular
The New Yorker · 9 Oct 2026

Footballese, the Most American Vernacular

During the second quarter of the game, with the Colts up 7–6 (they’d go on to win 30–13), a sideline reporter for ESPN offered a bizarre detail to the game-watching public. Over the summer, the Commanders’ coach, Dan Quinn, dreaming up ways to make his staff more impervious to pressure, enlisted the


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