Mike Florio

Mike Florio (born June 8, 1965) is an American sportswriter. He writes for Profootballtalk.com, which he created and owns.

Florio is also a contributor to NBC's Sunday night NFL studio show Football Night in America and appears in the Sunday Night Football postgame show to break down the NFL’s top stories of the day with Bob Costas. Additionally, he appears with Peter King of Sports Illustrated during halftime of NBC's coverage of Notre Dame football to discuss timely NFL topics.

Early life

Florio was born and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia. He attended Wheeling Central Catholic High School He graduated in 1983.

He graduated from Carnegie Mellon with two engineering degrees and went on to graduate from West Virginia University's law school in 1991.

Sportswriter career

Florio began his sportswriting for a now-defunct site called NFLtalk.com in June 2000. The site was then bought out by ESPN.com, where Florio continued to write a rumor and news report. He worked for ESPN.com for 6 months.

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Hurley: NFL’s New Rule For Replay Review On Pass Interference Doesn’t Seem So Bad

CBS Sports 20 Jun 2019

By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston. BOSTON (CBS) — As a species, human beings are not the best at adapting to change. As sports fans? Forget about it ... Last week, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio wrote that replay officials will only be watching “the real-time play and/or full-speed replays” to make such judgments ... Of course ... ....

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NFL Officials Still Aren’t Sure How the New Pass Interference Replay Rule Will Work

Sports Illustrated 20 Jun 2019

MMQB ... Scott Green ... Brandon, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio wrote an interesting piece on this, and I’d tend to agree with him—adding language preventing a scout or coach from pursuing GM or head coaching positions, if he doesn’t already hold one, would seem to be against the spirit of rules that were put in to allow that kind of career advancement....

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Texans Withdraw From Pursuit of Caserio For Open GM Spot

Houston Press 17 Jun 2019

Texans Withdraw From Pursuit of Caserio For Open GM Spot. Sean Pendergast . June 17, 2019 . 5.00am. Facebook Twitter. email Print Article AA. Well, it happened again ... OK, LOTS of questions here ... However, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk points out that the Texans could have contested the language in Caserio's contract and probably would have won. ... ... ... X ... ....

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Tim Benz: The NFL is screwing up its own replay fix

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 14 Jun 2019

3 minutes ago ... The league was about to do something that showed eminent good sense ... Good ... What? Why? ... Mike Florio writes, “Per a source with direct knowledge of the discussions ... Florio continues, “If they see a clear and obvious error, based only on the real-time play and/or full-speed replays, they will activate an automatic replay review....

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Von Miller responds to critics of his Pass Rush Summit

Denver Post 04 Jun 2019

However, not everyone in football circles approves of such camaraderie among opponents. Mike Florio and Chris Simms of NBC Sports debated the merits of Miller’s Pass Rush Summit and their comments were hardly flattering. Related Articles. Broncos minicamp Day 1 ... Florio ... Simms. “I would never take part in this, Mike, I’ll say that ... ....

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Some Believe Raiders Will Pay a Price for Signing Incognito

NBCBayArea 03 Jun 2019

... general manager Mike Mayock and head coach Jon Gruden are still busy ... Mike Florio of Yahoo! Sports says the Raiders’ signing of Incognito rewards athletes for bad behavior ... Wrote Florio."'You can’t have all Boy Scouts,' GM Mike Mayock said Tuesday in defending the move....

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Court: Bucs not entitled to damages from BP for oil spill

Tampa Bay Times 28 May 2019

The Bucs had sought $19.5 million in damages ... "Though the court never comes out and says it" Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio writes, "the message is that the court believes the Buccaneers tried to manipulate the compensation system" ... ....

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Patriots' Adjustments to Benjamin Watson's Suspension, Jets' GM Search Heats Up, More NFL Notes

Sports Illustrated 27 May 2019

1 ... 2 ... Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio mentioned earlier that if there’s a Pro Bowl incentive in there, that comes off the table right away, because by rule guys busted under the PED policy are ineligible in the year of their suspension ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... 9. Good to see, via Mike Klis, that the Broncos are working to take care of Chris Harris ... 10 ... You May Like....

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Donovan McNabb insists he’s a Hall of Famer: ‘My numbers are better than Troy Aikman’

Sacramento Bee 25 May 2019

If it were up to Donovan McNabb, his bust would already be on display in Canton, Ohio ... "I'm not hesitating on that. I am a Hall of Famer," McNabb said ... On paper, that's true ... "I just don't think he did enough statistically, and he didn't do enough from a victory standpoint," said ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio ... 5 out of Canton ... The Eagles retired his No ... ....

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Emails Reveal PG&E; Efforts to Avoid Fines Over San Bruno

NBCBayArea 22 May 2019

Fate of 2 Restaurants at San Jose Airport Up in the Air ... Highest-Paying Tech Internships ... Emails show she kept PG&E; informed about those meetings ... At 6.12 a.m ... After discussing one of her proposals with then Commissioner Mike Florio, Kennedy emailed her bosses. “Florio loved the idea…” and that he “Will support The G.”....

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What they're saying about the Bucs releasing Gerald McCoy

Tampa Bay Times 21 May 2019

Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio found interest in the wording of the Bucs' release. "While McCoy might have wanted out," Florio wrote, "his desire was coincidental to the outcome ... More from Florio. ... Cowboys 247sports.com reporter Mike Fisher said Dallas' interest in McCoy is overblown ... * Indy DL Coach Mike Phair was the Bucs assistant DL coach in 2014....

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Peter King asked 25 NFL people how to make football better. Here's what they said.

NBC News 20 May 2019

Peter King's Football Morning in America. Ron Wolf, Pete Carroll, Amy Trask, Mike Florio and Calais Campbell were among those who weighed in ... ....

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Latest rumor about Peyton Manning could take him to the New York Jets

Denver Post 20 May 2019

Just days after the Jets fired general manager Mike Maccagnan, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio writes that “rumors are flying within league circles that the Jets may make a run at the future Hall of Fame quarterback” to fill the role ... Have a question about the team? Ask Mike Singer here....