The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox.

Good morning! Don’t tip your pitches today.

After months of waiting, watching a full slate of NFL football for the first weekend induces a sort of delirium. Mostly, it is glorious. But it is also disorienting and almost distorting — how many assumptions can we really make off one game?  Life is short, and I’ve seen enough. I’m ready to give out some select end-of-year awards already. Let’s sort through the madness:  Super Bowl champions:...

See Full Page