Joshua Robinson is the European sports correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, and has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post and Sports Illustrated.  Jonathan Clegg is an editor for The Wall Street Journal, and his work has also appeared in the Daily Telegraph, the Independent (U.K.), and FourFourTwo magazine. They are the co-authors of The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Richest, Wildest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports; Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World’s Game; and The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World’s Fastest-Growing Sport.

“A revealing look inside the NFL’s front office, heaven for number-crunchers. . . eye-opening reading for hardcore students of The Game.” — Kirkus“With The Playbook, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg once again demonstrate why they are the best at uncovering the hidden forces that separate winners from losers in the business of sports. Just like they did for the Premier League and F1, they bring remarkable clarity to the complex economic, strategic, and organizational dynamics of the modern-day NFL front office. The Playbook makes the inner workings of professional football accessible to every fan while offering a compelling read even for longtime NFL diehards.” — Billy Beane“‘Any Given Sunday’ isn’t just a catchphrase in the NFL, it’s the business model. In The Playbook, Robinson and Clegg perfectly capture the high-stakes game that front offices play, hunting for an edge inside the league’s system of engineered parity. The Playbook is a sports-business epic.” — Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, hosts of Acquired“An entertaining look at how NFL executives and coaches strive to win in a league where ‘the only thing more difficult than achieving success in the first place is maintaining it.’ . . . Robinson and Clegg expertly unpack the ways teams employ complex strategies and exploit loopholes to find success in a system stacked against them. Football fans will be enthralled.” — Publishers Weekly

Joshua Robinson is the European sports correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, and has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post and Sports Illustrated.  Jonathan Clegg is an editor for The Wall Street Journal, and his work has also appeared in the Daily Telegraph, the Independent (U.K.), and FourFourTwo magazine. They are the co-authors of The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Richest, Wildest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports; Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World’s Game; and The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World’s Fastest-Growing Sport.

“A revealing look inside the NFL’s front office, heaven for number-crunchers. . . eye-opening reading for hardcore students of The Game.” — Kirkus“With The Playbook, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg once again demonstrate why they are the best at uncovering the hidden forces that separate winners from losers in the business of sports. Just like they did for the Premier League and F1, they bring remarkable clarity to the complex economic, strategic, and organizational dynamics of the modern-day NFL front office. The Playbook makes the inner workings of professional football accessible to every fan while offering a compelling read even for longtime NFL diehards.” — Billy Beane“‘Any Given Sunday’ isn’t just a catchphrase in the NFL, it’s the business model. In The Playbook, Robinson and Clegg perfectly capture the high-stakes game that front offices play, hunting for an edge inside the league’s system of engineered parity. The Playbook is a sports-business epic.” — Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, hosts of Acquired“An entertaining look at how NFL executives and coaches strive to win in a league where ‘the only thing more difficult than achieving success in the first place is maintaining it.’ . . . Robinson and Clegg expertly unpack the ways teams employ complex strategies and exploit loopholes to find success in a system stacked against them. Football fans will be enthralled.” — Publishers Weekly

Joshua Robinson is the European sports correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, and has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post and Sports Illustrated.  Jonathan Clegg is an editor for The Wall Street Journal, and his work has also appeared in the Daily Telegraph, the Independent (U.K.), and FourFourTwo magazine. They are the co-authors of The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Richest, Wildest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports; Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World’s Game; and The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World’s Fastest-Growing Sport.

“A revealing look inside the NFL’s front office, heaven for number-crunchers. . . eye-opening reading for hardcore students of The Game.” — Kirkus“With The Playbook, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg once again demonstrate why they are the best at uncovering the hidden forces that separate winners from losers in the business of sports. Just like they did for the Premier League and F1, they bring remarkable clarity to the complex economic, strategic, and organizational dynamics of the modern-day NFL front office. The Playbook makes the inner workings of professional football accessible to every fan while offering a compelling read even for longtime NFL diehards.” — Billy Beane“‘Any Given Sunday’ isn’t just a catchphrase in the NFL, it’s the business model. In The Playbook, Robinson and Clegg perfectly capture the high-stakes game that front offices play, hunting for an edge inside the league’s system of engineered parity. The Playbook is a sports-business epic.” — Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, hosts of Acquired“An entertaining look at how NFL executives and coaches strive to win in a league where ‘the only thing more difficult than achieving success in the first place is maintaining it.’ . . . Robinson and Clegg expertly unpack the ways teams employ complex strategies and exploit loopholes to find success in a system stacked against them. Football fans will be enthralled.” — Publishers Weekly