🧵 Overlooked Gem: The Pro Style (1976)

Before All-22 was online and coaches broke down plays on TikTok.

The NFL published a full-colour strategy manual for fans.

This is The Pro Style: still one of the smartest football books ever published. 👇
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A former English professor, Oriard sees the game in narratives:

“Sports journalism and fiction both shape how people understand football.”
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Michael Oriard: Football, violence and literature Michael Oriard on football’s violence, artistry, and meaning - and why he still loves the game despite its unanswered concussion questions.

Michael Oriard, former Chiefs lineman and one of America’s leading scholars of football culture, spoke to Pigskin Books about violence, artistry, and why he still watches despite the concussion crisis.

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📘 The NFL in the 1970s, Joe Zagorski

Think of it as the “textbook” for the decade. Year by year, game by game, story by story. Plus: a bibliographic essay pointing you toward even more must-reads.

Deep, detailed: your best starting point.
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Who made the Patriots dynasty?

Gary Myers tackles the NFL’s biggest “who deserves credit” debate - with quotes from Parcells, McCourty… and Belichick himself.
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Another new football title for the autumn: Tom Danyluk reaches the 90s with his decade-by-decade review of football. Out on Amazon this weekend.
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Top five: football books for Fall 2025 Top Five football books for Fall 2025: smart, readable picks spanning quarterbacks, team history, and league business, with brief blurbs and release dates.

🗂 Also worth watching this fall:
• Seahawks 50th – Official History
• The Team That History Forgot by Rick Gosselin
• Michigan Football (Sports Illustrated)
• Turf Wars by DeMaurice Smith

See them all: pigskinbooks.com/2025/08/27/...
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Top five: football books for Fall 2025 Top Five football books for Fall 2025: smart, readable picks spanning quarterbacks, team history, and league business, with brief blurbs and release dates.

🏈 Fall reading season is here and it's stacked: QBs, chaos, dynasties, and deep dives into the sport’s most powerful figures.

Two on this list are out now. More coming soon.

👇 Details, dates, and more:

Full guide: pigskinbooks.com/2025/08/27/...
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4th and Goal Every Day, Phil Savage Inside the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Nick Saban ‘Process’ that has made the team dominant in recent years.

4th and Goal Every Day is mostly about Saban’s Alabama, packed with coaching details like this.

Full review → pigskinbooks.com/2018/08/31/...
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Are you a ‘Steel Curtain’ kind of reader or more ‘Air Raid Offense’?

Whichever way you roll, Pigskin Books has got the perfect football book for you.

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Which one are you picking up first? Let me know - and bookmark the guide for release dates.
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Brady vs Belichick by @GaryMyersNY

Coach vs. QB through the lens of the Pats dynasty with fresh reporting that goes beyond hot takes.

Out Sep 16 (St. Martin’s Press).
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American Kings by @SethWickersham

QB myth vs. reality from high school to the NFL and from Bob Waterfield & John Elway to Arch Manning & Caleb Williams.

Out Sep 9 (Hyperion Avenue).
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7/ Football’s greatest minds don’t just draw plays. They solve problems, steal good ideas, and adapt faster than the competition.

What’s the ONE scheme, book, or idea that helped you see the game differently? 👇
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1/ 🧵 Football isn’t just played on the field. It’s designed in meeting rooms, sketched on napkins, and stolen from rivals.

Strategy drives the sport’s evolution. These books reveal how. Let’s break down the best football strategy reads ⬇️
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1/ 🧵 Football isn’t just played on the field. It’s designed in meeting rooms, sketched on napkins, and stolen from rivals.

Strategy drives the sport’s evolution. These books reveal how. Let’s break down the best football strategy reads ⬇️
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The Pros, Robert Riger & Tex Maule The Pros collects work from Sports Illustrated photographer and illustrator Robert Riger, with commentary from Tex Maule.

If you love football history, The Pros is well worth tracking down.

Full review:
pigskinbooks.com/2019/01/31/...

👉 Would you rather own an original battered copy with character or a clean reprint if it existed?
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📚 A football classic turns 65 this year.

The Pros by Robert Riger & Tex Maule isn’t just a photo book — it’s a time capsule of the NFL in its early years.

Here’s why it still matters… 🧵

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Finding the Winning Edge by Bill Walsh, review One of the treasures of NFL books. Bill Walsh offers an in-depth view of the job of a head coach.

✅ Some chapters are brilliant and timeless.
🤷 Others only matter if you’re literally running an NFL or college program.

Full review 👉 pigskinbooks.com/2018/10/17/...

Would you pay $300+ for a football book?
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💸 One of the most expensive football books?

Bill Walsh’s Finding the Winning Edge regularly sells for $300+, and some fans have paid more.

Why is it so rare and is it really worth it? 🧵
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The Inches We Need by Dave Archibald, review A thoroughly researched look at the challenges and decisions involved in building a successful NFL team.

Start with our review of The Inches We Need (plus related reads) → pigskinbooks.com/2024/01/11/... #NFLBooks #NFLHistory #FootballBooks

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🤔 What makes a good football book?

It’s not just names and stats. It’s storytelling, insight, and perspective. Pigskin Books reviews the books, not the blurbs.

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My holiday starts tomorrow and my review copy of @SethWickersham's American Kings just landed? Don't mind if I do!
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1920s factory teams.
1980s dynasties.
2000s QB revolutions.

Every era has been reviewed at Pigskin Books
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