Michael Salfino
@michaelsalfino.bsky.social
Senior fantasy writer @theathletic. Writes the back of the cards for Topps. Collectibles scribe for @theathletic. Alumnus The Wall Street Journal Sports. Sharpener 2025 Fantasy Football Ranks: https://tinyurl.com/2jxsh4dv
We brought in Industrial Light and Magic to make my head look smaller for these clips, apparently. This Breakfast Table Podcast
clip from our Week 12 preview explains the Love dichotomy and takes issue with the #Chiefs self-inflicted lack of explosiveness. #Packers @pianow.bsky.social
clip from our Week 12 preview explains the Love dichotomy and takes issue with the #Chiefs self-inflicted lack of explosiveness. #Packers @pianow.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We brought in Industrial Light and Magic to make my head look smaller for these clips, apparently. This Breakfast Table Podcast
clip from our Week 12 preview explains the Love dichotomy and takes issue with the #Chiefs self-inflicted lack of explosiveness. #Packers @pianow.bsky.social
clip from our Week 12 preview explains the Love dichotomy and takes issue with the #Chiefs self-inflicted lack of explosiveness. #Packers @pianow.bsky.social
Shallow Hal is the perfect metaphor for the Packers assessment of their WR room. Doubs? Really? Link to full Week 7 preview in next tweet.
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Shallow Hal is the perfect metaphor for the Packers assessment of their WR room. Doubs? Really? Link to full Week 7 preview in next tweet.
Spinal Tap did it first....
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Spinal Tap did it first....
Bonus #Rush coverage on the Pod! @pianow.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Bonus #Rush coverage on the Pod! @pianow.bsky.social
Here's a clip from our weekly waiver-wire podcast, which Scott couldn't make due to an emergency. He's back tomorrow with our Week 6 preview. See the next tweet in the thread for a link to the full pod. @pianow.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Here's a clip from our weekly waiver-wire podcast, which Scott couldn't make due to an emergency. He's back tomorrow with our Week 6 preview. See the next tweet in the thread for a link to the full pod. @pianow.bsky.social
The Riyadh Comedy Festival....
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The Riyadh Comedy Festival....
Hey AP: If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's fascism.
September 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Hey AP: If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's fascism.
Consequences.
September 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Consequences.
This guy is pretty smart. Check out the date.
September 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This guy is pretty smart. Check out the date.
I'm conflicted about panicking over Terry McLaurin and
@pianow.bsky.social makes me say why. It's model vs. money. This is a Breakfast Table Podcast highlight. Subscribe for as little as $5/month via the link. www.patreon.com/posts/week-3...
@pianow.bsky.social makes me say why. It's model vs. money. This is a Breakfast Table Podcast highlight. Subscribe for as little as $5/month via the link. www.patreon.com/posts/week-3...
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I'm conflicted about panicking over Terry McLaurin and
@pianow.bsky.social makes me say why. It's model vs. money. This is a Breakfast Table Podcast highlight. Subscribe for as little as $5/month via the link. www.patreon.com/posts/week-3...
@pianow.bsky.social makes me say why. It's model vs. money. This is a Breakfast Table Podcast highlight. Subscribe for as little as $5/month via the link. www.patreon.com/posts/week-3...
The Breakfast Table waiver-wire preview starts off on the No. 1 QB in yards per pass play on a team that hasn't punted, Daniel Jones. Will he crash or is this remotely real? See link for full pod. @pianow.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/week-3...
September 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Breakfast Table waiver-wire preview starts off on the No. 1 QB in yards per pass play on a team that hasn't punted, Daniel Jones. Will he crash or is this remotely real? See link for full pod. @pianow.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/week-3...
I finally gave in on the Gretzky rookie. Stupid not to have it. This is harshly graded but not as harshly as the second-year Namath. I’m sure technically the grades are accurate. 25% chance they’re both SGC 7s but I don’t care. I have a 6.5 1966 Namath already.
September 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I finally gave in on the Gretzky rookie. Stupid not to have it. This is harshly graded but not as harshly as the second-year Namath. I’m sure technically the grades are accurate. 25% chance they’re both SGC 7s but I don’t care. I have a 6.5 1966 Namath already.
McLaurin looks like a disaster. You can't be invisible two games out of the gate. He started the same way last year. But the hit rates of these slow starters this decade (two starts, 10-to-15 total PPR combined points) is very low. He's PROBABLY a bust. I liked him a lot. @pianow.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
McLaurin looks like a disaster. You can't be invisible two games out of the gate. He started the same way last year. But the hit rates of these slow starters this decade (two starts, 10-to-15 total PPR combined points) is very low. He's PROBABLY a bust. I liked him a lot. @pianow.bsky.social
We preview all the games on the Breakfast Table Podcast. Here's a clip on Nico Collins and what his owners need to see in Week 2 from a disappointing Stroud/Houston offense. Listen to full Week 2 preview via link. Premium members get weekly waiver pod. @pianow.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3zpvxpz4
September 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We preview all the games on the Breakfast Table Podcast. Here's a clip on Nico Collins and what his owners need to see in Week 2 from a disappointing Stroud/Houston offense. Listen to full Week 2 preview via link. Premium members get weekly waiver pod. @pianow.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3zpvxpz4
GB's frustrating receiving corps is unlikely to get clarity tonight or anytime soon, we discussed in our Week 2 Fantasy/NFL preview. Become a premium member and get our waiver-wire pod at the link. It's a cup of coffee for each of us per month. @pianow.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...
September 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
GB's frustrating receiving corps is unlikely to get clarity tonight or anytime soon, we discussed in our Week 2 Fantasy/NFL preview. Become a premium member and get our waiver-wire pod at the link. It's a cup of coffee for each of us per month. @pianow.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...
We talk about the top WR adds in this Breakfast Table Waiver Wire podcast clip. The weekly fantasy/NFL preview is for regular members. This waiver-wire pod for premium ones. But it's well worth it if you like to win leagues. Click here to subscribe. @pianow.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3a63spyj
September 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We talk about the top WR adds in this Breakfast Table Waiver Wire podcast clip. The weekly fantasy/NFL preview is for regular members. This waiver-wire pod for premium ones. But it's well worth it if you like to win leagues. Click here to subscribe. @pianow.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3a63spyj
Davey Johnson was the best #Mets manager post-Hodges. His confidence/arrogance shaped the 1986 Mets. He was an underrated tactician and his managing of a win in 1986 at Cincy where he alternated L-Orosco with R-McDowell by putting them into the off-OF spot was pure genius. RIP
September 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Davey Johnson was the best #Mets manager post-Hodges. His confidence/arrogance shaped the 1986 Mets. He was an underrated tactician and his managing of a win in 1986 at Cincy where he alternated L-Orosco with R-McDowell by putting them into the off-OF spot was pure genius. RIP
McCaffrey owners this morning.
September 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
McCaffrey owners this morning.
Greatest and most shocking RB receiving game in postseason history with iconic catch. 7-123-3 points in pasting of Rams at LA in NFC championship the week after the Hail Mary.
September 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Greatest and most shocking RB receiving game in postseason history with iconic catch. 7-123-3 points in pasting of Rams at LA in NFC championship the week after the Hail Mary.
Dallas rotated QBs this year if you can believe it. They brought in an plays from original control freak Landry
September 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Dallas rotated QBs this year if you can believe it. They brought in an plays from original control freak Landry
One of the best trades in Philly history. Got him for a first and two seconds. Cincy lost his rights to the World Football League but still traded him somehow. The Bengals got three Super Bowl starters with those picks.
September 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
One of the best trades in Philly history. Got him for a first and two seconds. Cincy lost his rights to the World Football League but still traded him somehow. The Bengals got three Super Bowl starters with those picks.
May be needed tonight.
September 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
May be needed tonight.
Like father like son?
September 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Like father like son?
We forget about our mocks early in the summer for magazines and the site. Here were mine. I give myself a B+ based on how ADP ultimately shook out. I drafted Rodriguez in June for Lindy's (I think it was for that)
September 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We forget about our mocks early in the summer for magazines and the site. Here were mine. I give myself a B+ based on how ADP ultimately shook out. I drafted Rodriguez in June for Lindy's (I think it was for that)