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I'm a husband, father of three, full time Bleacher Report writer and lifelong Lions fan. A lover of food, drink, song, words, and infographics, I've been obsessed with pro football since before I can remember. I'm also into hockey, soccer (USMNT and Liverpool FC) and all things Michigan State.

Besides covering the NFL for Bleacher Report, I keep my own Lions blog, The Lions in Winter. You probably shouldn't follow me on Twitter (@tyschalter) unless you share some of my passions, because I Tweet about them constantly—so if you do, you probably should.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Barry Sanders, Dominik Hasek, Clint Dempsey

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Detroit Lions, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers, US Men's National (Soccer) Team, Michigan State Spartans (everything),Liverpool FC

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    The Lions drubbing the Cowboys in the 1991 playoffs

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2011 Lions vs. Bears. Monday Night Football. Most incredible evening of Lions, and Lions fandom, ever. The crowd got a game ball for drawing nine false starts.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cy Young's career wins--nobody talks about it because nobody's had a prayer for 80 years.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    I'd rather have Mays if I'm putting together a dream team, but Ruth was more dominant.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Johnny U, for being Montana before Montana--and for being Montana without Walsh

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Howe.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras dominated during the golden age of men's tennis--but Sampras says Federer's better. Federer.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    This question looks kind of ridiculous now.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Senna had everybody whupped back when F1 was F1. Schumi was incredible, but Senna was the best.

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    B1G. We play real football.

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  • COME ON YOU IRONS posted 21 days ago

    COME ON YOU IRONS

    How the hell are you the NFL lead writer? HOW? Tank Carradine will not play a down at OLB in San Francisco. Baalke and Harbaugh have already confirmed he's beefing up to play DE, not slimming down to play OLB. Do just an iota of research, dude. Your article on position battles was a damn joke.

  • Lonnie Wolfe posted 25 days ago

    Lonnie Wolfe

    Wow, Ty . . . I understand that Tavon Austin garnered tremendous attention dring the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft, but please give a little respect to Kayvon WEBSTER by at least getting his name correct in your articles (Win/Loss Predictions...):

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1621957-winloss-predictions-for-every-nfl-team-post-nfl-draft?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=nfl#/articles/1621957-winloss-predictions-for-every-nfl-team-post-nfl-draft/page/11

  • Truth Will Be Revealed posted 26 days ago

    Truth Will Be Revealed

    I don't know how you gave the Redskins a C- for their draft and didn't even mention Phillip Thomas in you're grading, but that was one of the worst sports articles I've ever read. How do the Giants get an A, when they overdraft a OG in the 1st round, pass up on several good LBs, and fail to draft anyone to fix their LB problem. D. Moore may have not even been a steal, he had what? 14 reps for bench at the combine? You can't play DE when you're that weak. I'm pretty sure Phillip Thomas had around that. How many starters did the Giants draft for their team? The Redskins drafted 2 starters. Phillip Thomas was a huge steal and the fact that you didn't mention him made that not only a bad article, but a lacy one. Very disappointing, Ty.

  • Carl Erkelens posted 36 days ago

    Carl Erkelens

    Noticed in your article of the latest NFL Draft buzz, you said that Denver would be looking to draft a quarterback successor to Peyton Manning. I was wondering if they would spend an early draft pick on a quarterback even after drafting Brock Osweiler in the second round just last year?

  • LC Bayou posted 67 days ago

    LC Bayou

    How come no grade for the Saints signing Keenan Lewis? Are you only grading select signings? Got the impression you were grading ALL of the FA signings...

  • rickey woerner posted 69 days ago

    rickey woerner

    So, PFF is God of football, and you hate the Indianapolis Colts....we get it. 36-34 "stafford face".

  • Andrew McKinnon posted 72 days ago

    Andrew McKinnon

    Sounds like you should just focus on your blog. National sportswriters are supposed to be unbiased. A- for Reggie Bush. Do you even watch football? At least now I know what I know...anytime I see you as the writer, I'm gonna click elsewhere so I don't read your useless and pathetic excuse for journalism

  • Megan Shoup posted 93 days ago

    Megan Shoup

    Hey Ty!

    Saw you posted an article about NFL Combine Predicting NFL Success ... nice work!

    Not sure if you saw it yet, but we just released an infographic on the Combine and whether or not the 40 times have any impact on a player's success in the NFL. It's here:

    http://fanspeak.com/nfldraft/2013/02/20/infographic-does-combine-40-time-equal-success-inthe-nfl/

    Might be interesting to share for your readers as a good follow up to this http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1535606-does-the-nfl-combine-have-any-predictive-value-to-nfl-success post.

    Keep up the great work!

    Megan
    Fanspeak.com

  • Matthew Schettler posted 107 days ago

    Matthew Schettler

    In the Arizona Cardinals slide of your article "NFL Team Stock Up, Stock Down Entering the 2013 Offseason", you state that Bruce Arians "caretaker stint with the Colts this season is his only head-man experience at any level." That's not entirely true. Arians served six rather unsuccessful years as the head coach of the Temple Owls in the mid 1980's.

  • BlueBerry Shark posted 142 days ago

    BlueBerry Shark

    ryan tannehill is the next marino not ruusel wilson have you not see him play!he showed flases of brilliance if he had help at wide reveiver and other stuff he be a superstar too.

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