Category Archives: The Lofton Files
The Lofton Files: Top 10 Revisited
I’ve talked about how we always want instant results in this business and how sometimes a wait-and-see approach is the best course of action. But there is a limit to our patience, and there should be. Four years is the ultimate measuring stick in the NFL. It is when a… Read More »The Lofton Files: Seven Days of Perfection
Seven days of perfection. That’s why football is the best of the big three American sports, way ahead of baseball and basketball. I have nothing against hockey or soccer. If you’ve been paying attention, you also know I love track and field. I enjoy all those and other sports too:… Read More »The Lofton Files: Race to the future… and the line of scrimmage
Does it occur to you that we are being overrun by numbers in sports? Sure, there are some numbers that are more important than others. In the NFL, there is a bottom line after Week 1: half of the 32 teams are 1-0 and the other half are 0-1. Simple… Read More »The Lofton Files: The Dirty Dozen of the NFL
Marv Levy was my coach when I played for the Buffalo Bills from 1989 to 1992. I joined the Bills after the ’89 season had already begun – in Week 4, if my memory serves me well. Later that season the Bickering Bills, with me in tow, lost in the… Read More »The Lofton Files: Every play counts
I had a great view of the 49ers’ last offensive play of Super Bowl XLVII. I was on the San Francisco sideline. Michael Crabtree was split wide right — right in front of me — with his front foot on the seven-yard line right outside the numbers. I was at… Read More »The Lofton Files: Pondering the Super Bowl over bread pudding
NEW ORLEANS — Bread pudding. That’s has been my weakness here at Super Bowl XLVII. I arrived along with my wife Beverly on Sunday evening and Sunday evening I had bread pudding at the hotel restaurant. Monday’s dinner at SoBou brought on more bread pudding, and of course, we had… Read More »