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I am Peter King, Sports Illustrated's Senior NFL Writer, Editor-in-chief of The MMQB -- AMA
Hi my name is Peter King, senior NFL writer at Sports Illustrated and Editor-in-chief of the newly launched TheMMQB.com. I'll be taking your NFL questions for about 45 minutes starting at 2:10pm ET.
Proof It's Me: https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/357915524967043073
Fire away!
UPDATE (2:55pm ET): Thanks a lot for coming, everyone. Hope you enjoy The MMQB.
PeterKingTheMMQB76 karma
Well, when they pay me to write about Peet's Major Dickason's Blend, maybe I'll change my focus.
PFTCommenter114 karma
peter im working on a column would love 2 know your take- if you were 2 make a NFL team of dog breeds what positions would they be?
PeterKingTheMMQB127 karma
QB: Corgi. Thoughtful. WR: Greyhound. Well, of course. TE: Pitbull. Tough but agile. OL: Newfoundlands. Big horses. Pass-rusher: Golden retriever. Dying to get the ball.
funsplosion111 karma
Hi Peter, I was wondering if you could tell us who you think the loftiest player in the NFL is?
vibrantorange105 karma
Do you ever read what they post on Deadspin and Kissing Suzy Kolber about you?
mr_showboat79 karma
In light of the Von Miller news, what is the true nemesis of the Broncos organization:
- A) Jacoby Jones
- B) Fax Machines
- C) Alcohol
- D) Whatever concoction of drugs Von Miller (allegedly) took.
- E) All of the above
Edited for formatting
rspunched71 karma
I read you for years (I don't currently but that is more to do with how much I read about football period.)
Anyways, I often thought about it would be interesting for you to do a piece on workplace relationships in the NFL. Between the salaries and the bravado there is so much an anonymous piece could tell. I am not talking about sensationalism I am talking about the little things. Whats it like to have a guy beating you out of a job? Whats it like to have a coworker make 10x as much as you?
PeterKingTheMMQB67 karma
An excellent idea. I like it a lot. I will consider that, and we'll discuss at a story meeting soon. Thank you.
xmasapeksk54 karma
What gun do you suggest using on someone talking in the Acela Quiet Car?
PeterKingTheMMQB84 karma
How do those two things bother you? I said in 2010 that getting Hernandez at 113 was good value. Going at 113 means he was a flawed player, and that flaw showed up three years later.
Feklahr42 karma
True or false (or MAYBE)? Charles Tillman is one of the top 3 underrated defenders in the NFL.
PeterKingTheMMQB22 karma
I would if I could interview him. But seeing as I don't know him, I doubt that will happen.
PeterKingTheMMQB35 karma
No. But I understand the comparisons. Bill covers all sports and pop culture. We cover football.
PeterKingTheMMQB29 karma
Well, okay. I hear that a lot. All the time, really. When I tell people my average off-season column is about 4,000 words on football and maybe 600 words on non-football stuff, it never seems to help. Don't know why.
Feklahr26 karma
Do you like IPAs on the heavier malted side, or a lighter, more citrusy note?
Atmosfear201224 karma
Why did you go with TheMMQB?
I suspect that "Kinglandia" was already taken. There was a not-insubstantial portion of your readership who were really hoping for Kinglandia.
PeterKingTheMMQB22 karma
There wasn't a lot of deep thinking that went into it. It was never going to be Kinglandia. We all agreed that the MMQB name was pretty recognizable, and just added "The" to it.
Cardsfan153917 karma
Hi Peter! What would say is a prediction you got absolutely wrong? (i.e thinking Jamarcus Russell or Brady Quinn would be great)
PeterKingTheMMQB90 karma
I get 20 predictions a year horribly wrong. Hard to keep track of them all. I picked the Browns to get to the Super Bowl one year. Is that bad enough for you?
ryker88811 karma
How do you think the Saints will rebound after all the drama and mess of last season?
PeterKingTheMMQB13 karma
Quite well. Sean Payton is doing the right thing--treating the 2013 season as thought it's his first year with the Saints. He'll be tough on them. Biggest issue is whether Rob Ryan can find a pass-rush.
zaikanekochan10 karma
Peter - big fan of SI, and have always had an admiration for the mag. With that said, the sports journalism (and everything journalism) scene has changed rapidly, with sites like the hilarious Deadspin and terrible Bleacher Report popping up; where you you picture your new project landing?
EDIT: Formatting
PeterKingTheMMQB19 karma
Thank you. I hope we provide a different look at pro football. Read Greg Bedard's story this week about the read-option, and going to Stanford to learn how to defend it from the defensive coordinator there, Derrick Mason. Read our long piece Thursday on what it's like to be cut. We have Jason Garrett's 35-minute pre-training-camp speech to him Cowboys up on the site right now. I hope we can find a niche in what I'd call experiential coverage.
the_space_coyote9 karma
With the Pats, isnt it likely that Brady will make one of these younger underdeveloped WRs into a great target? Did it with guys like Branch, Welker and even Gronk/Hernandez
PeterKingTheMMQB13 karma
Yes, or Shane Vereen will become the kind of weapon we haven't seen in him yet.
BoundToHatpin6 karma
If you weren't covering the NFL, what sport would you want to focus your column around?
PeterKingTheMMQB13 karma
Baseball. Big baseball fan. Have the MLB app. Watch a lot of games on the road.
PeterKingTheMMQB2 karma
I have often in the past, but I don't have Sirius in my apartment. So not right now.
Gareth_Bale189 karma
Hi, Peter. I love your coffee column but what I want to know is why you spend so much of it talking about football?
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