Flock & Tingle is John Teti’s intermittent interim football column. In the lead-up to Super Bowl XXXXXIII, Flock & Tingle is looking back on the NFL postseason while looking ahead with key insights on the “big game” (the Super Bowl). … Continue reading Flock & Tingle’s Super Bowl Countdown, Vol. 1: What is a sportsman like, anyway?

Flock & Tingle is John Teti’s intermittent interim column about pro football. When Tony Romo replaced Phil Simms in 2017 as CBS’ lead color commentator, the football world gained a fresh voice whose enthusiasm for the game bubbles out of … Continue reading Flock & Tingle: New works from Phil Simms, poet laureate of the NFL

Flock & Tingle is John Teti’s interim column about pro football. Parabola man, parabola man, doing the things a parabola can Late in the Chicago Bears’ Week 11 victory against the Minnesota Vikings, Chicago running back Tarik Cohen dashed toward … Continue reading Flock & Tingle: A salute to the parabola people

Flock & Tingle is John Teti’s interim column about pro football. The second half of the NFL season—the true test of a team’s metal Matthew Tabeek is the “digital managing editor” for the Atlanta Falcons, which presumably means that he … Continue reading Flock & Tingle: It’s the time of the season

Flock & Tingle is John Teti’s interim column about pro football. Mastery, defined Amid the lead-up to a marquee game of the 2018 season—Green Bay Packers vs. New England Patriots—The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch checked in with NBC Sunday Night Football executive … Continue reading Flock & Tingle: The crafty corner-cutting of a TV football graphics team

Flock & Tingle is John Teti’s interim column about pro football, published here at The Avocado on the gracious invitation of the moderators while John works on a new website to publish his things and have fun and such. In … Continue reading Flock & Tingle: Sound and fury, signifying everything

Flock & Tingle is John Teti’s interim column about pro football, published here at The Avocado on the gracious invitation of the moderators while John works on a new website to publish his things and have fun and such. In … Continue reading How to watch Thursday Night Football: Embrace the mess

Flock & Tingle is John Teti’s interim column about pro football, published here at The Avocado on the gracious invitation of the moderators while John works on a new website to publish his things and have fun and such. In … Continue reading The stories that Monday Night Football’s opening titles tell

Flock & Tingle is John Teti’s interim column about pro football, published here at The Avocado on the gracious invitation of the moderators while John works on a new website to publish his things and have fun and such. In … Continue reading Flock & Tingle: NBC’s Green Zone is not what Al Michaels says it is