The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Pigskin

Roger Goodell recently held a press conference and touched on some of the major issues and storylines the NFL is facing in the near future. [Star Tribune]

Read more about the knee and thigh pad mandate with this link. [ESPN]

The Seattle Seahawks recently turned down HBO who came with an offer to be featured on this season of Hard Knocks. They are just the most recent team to decline following several others who were also not interested. Who will end up the show? Will there be a Jets encore? [NFL.com]

American football earns the second most of any sport in the world. It comes in a distant second to the other football, known in the US as soccer. [graph]

Check out Calvin Johnson participating in BP at a recent Tigers game (Detroit really likes their big cats). Spoiler alert: He goes yard. [Fox Sports]