Tyler Dunne is the founder of Go Long, a newsletter publication dedicated to longform pro football journalism. He has covered the NFL since 2007 for various outlets, including Bleacher Report, the Buffalo News and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. His writing has been acknowledged by APSE, PFWA and his story on the Green Bay Packers in 2018 drew the most reads for any story in Bleacher Report history. He graduated from Syracuse's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and lives in Western New York with his wife, Gina, and two children. The Blood and Guts is his first book.
"NFL fans appreciate Dunne's focused examination of this position
and the great athletes who have defined it."--Booklist Reviews
"Tyler ranks among the best storytellers about society's best
sport, but I'm still blown away by just how many hilarious...and
depressing... and just plain cool tales about tight-end legends
he's put together here. From Sharpe to Shockey and Ghost to Gronk,
from Jackie Smith's drop to Red Right 88, from their early years to
their most iconic plays, from the wild late nights to the cafeteria
fights...all are woven together into one big, captivating yarn
about football's plus-sized passcatchers. I hate when people say
stuff like this, but I'm gonna say it, anyway: If you love
football, there's zero chance you won't love this book. The only
question left: Which position is Dunne gonna do next?!"--Dave
Dameshek
"It's easy to watch and appreciate a Gronk or George Kittle
dominate a game, blocking and receiving. It's not easy to step back
and say, how did we get here at this all-important position? That's
what Ty does. An exhaustive, illuminating, fascinating deep dive is
the result. By the time you finish, you'll know more about the
NFL's best and craziest dudes than you ever could ask for. A great
read."--Ian Rapoport, NFL Network's Insider
"Football is complicated, as you know. We need enthusiastic
wordsmiths who love the game to figure it out, and to advance
theories about the real meaning of it. This is what Tyler Dunne
does in THE BLOOD AND GUTS. In these pages--very early, in
fact--you'll learn why the tight end position is so crucial to
understanding everything about football, and you'll see why the
ethos of men like Mike Ditka was so important to the game, and to
the position. As Dunne writes, 'The tight end is the sport itself
distilled to one position.' He's right."--Peter King, NBC
Sports
"Just like every great quarterback needs a great tight end, every
fan of the game needs this book! Stories that span the history of
the game and Tyler does an incredible job bringing it to
life."--Dallas Clark, Former Colts TE
"This is an exceptional look at one of football's most fascinating
and overlooked positions, reported and told richly by one of our
finest pro football writers. With insight and humanity, Tyler Dunne
profiles the game's great tight ends while reflecting on their
place in the evolution of their position."--Dan Pompei, senior
writer for The Athletic
"From the grit and power of Iron Mike Ditka to the athleticism of
Tony Gonzalez and the combination of both with Rob Gronkowsk - and
so many others in between - Tyler Dunne brings us inside the souls
of these men who helped transform the game of football. Ditka and
John Mackey began the tight end revolution and Gonzalez, George
Kittle, Gronk and others refined it, elevating the position to an
art form and showing how teams could gain a huge advantage. Dunne's
revealing portraits of these men provide terrific insight into a
fearlessness and relentlessness that make them some of the toughest
and most interesting players in the game. He earns their trust, and
they respond by sharing details of their lives that enrich the
reader in a well-written and painstakingly reported book."--Bob
Glauber, co-author of The Forgotten First and author of Guts and
Genius
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