I have been following PFT since before they had their first sponsor (Sprint). In his defense Florio is literally living a dream that any of us would give his right nut to live. Basically he was simply a fan who wrote a blog and grew a few contacts among some agents he knew into being a major mediot with his site and on TV. I can't tell you how often he pisses me off, but you have to admire what he's accomplished.
People should know he's from Morgantown WV. I was my wife's hometown so I'm somewhat familiar with it. The fact is that its a big Steeler area. Believe me most Steeler fans STILL haven't come to grips with those home AFCCG losses to the Pats. And even though "spygate" was a few years later, it became the ready excuse for those stunning losses when they were big favorites. This is where Florio is coming from. So there is no question that he is a BIG Pats hater....but as a jilted Steeler fan, he comes by it "honestly". Why he's such a Manning apologist, I have no idea.
My biggest complaint with Florio is that now that's big time, he tolerates no personal criticism in his comment section, which I find kind of immature. He was quite different "back in the day" when we would have email conversations over topics. Yes Martha, there was a time when the great Mike Florio would return emails to nobodies like me on a regular basis.
So even though most of my comments to topics get regularly edited out, because when I comment its usually to complain about something Florio has said (
), its still a site I go to daily to get my general NFL info in a quick and concise format.