Dianna Russini - NFL Insider, she's catching up to Schefter and the Boys (4 Viewers)

[Ministry of Pain]

Watched her for a long time and didn't think she was much more than an Italian cutie from the Bronx, she would pop in on the LeBaatard Show and still does, she was at ESPN and now she is breaking NFL news for the Atlantic and lately she's been the one breaking the news. I do not think all the teams disclose info to her the same way they do with Schefter or use Rappaport to read off some news handed to him by Goodell

It feels like Russini is working hard to find a little more information than just the surface things we see from a Schefter and I'll give you an example...
During the Raiders Wilkins Sexual Harassment incident earlier this year...Schefter reported it as a "Playful Kiss", who told him to say that?
Russini does not do that and she was telling anyone that would listen that Shedeur Sanders was not being drafted in the 1st
I thought she'd lost her marbles on Draft Day when she announced this but turns out she was right

I think she deserves her own little thread around here and I am especially tough on the ladies, specifically the sideline reporters, I wanted to recognize someone I think is doing an outstanding job
I was happy she broke the news about Aiyuk and some of the steps the Niners have already taken to end this relationship at the end of the season

 

[Terpman22]

Watched her for a long time and didn't think she was much more than an Italian cutie from the Bronx, she would pop in on the LeBaatard Show and still does, she was at ESPN and now she is breaking NFL news for the Atlantic and lately she's been the one breaking the news. I do not think all the teams disclose info to her the same way they do with Schefter or use Rappaport to read off some news handed to him by Goodell

It feels like Russini is working hard to find a little more information than just the surface things we see from a Schefter and I'll give you an example...
During the Raiders Wilkins Sexual Harassment incident earlier this year...Schefter reported it as a "Playful Kiss", who told him to say that?
Russini does not do that and she was telling anyone that would listen that Shedeur Sanders was not being drafted in the 1st
I thought she'd lost her marbles on Draft Day when she announced this but turns out she was right

I think she deserves her own little thread around here and I am especially tough on the ladies, specifically the sideline reporters, I wanted to recognize someone I think is doing an outstanding job
I was happy she broke the news about Aiyuk and some of the steps the Niners have already taken to end this relationship at the end of the season

Schefter gets real news though she gets leftovers and then “reads tea leaves”

She’s legit but she ain’t no Schefty!!

 

[Insein]

She gets info but has a tendency to exaggerate when nothing is there. AJ Brown for example. Yes there's a problem. No he's not ghosting the team and QB because of it and he's not seeking a trade or other teams looking into trading for him.

 

[Bad_Mo2]

Watched her for a long time and didn't think she was much more than an Italian cutie from the Bronx, she would pop in on the LeBaatard Show and still does, she was at ESPN and now she is breaking NFL news for the Atlantic and lately she's been the one breaking the news. I do not think all the teams disclose info to her the same way they do with Schefter or use Rappaport to read off some news handed to him by Goodell

It feels like Russini is working hard to find a little more information than just the surface things we see from a Schefter and I'll give you an example...
During the Raiders Wilkins Sexual Harassment incident earlier this year...Schefter reported it as a "Playful Kiss", who told him to say that?
Russini does not do that and she was telling anyone that would listen that Shedeur Sanders was not being drafted in the 1st
I thought she'd lost her marbles on Draft Day when she announced this but turns out she was right

I think she deserves her own little thread around here and I am especially tough on the ladies, specifically the sideline reporters, I wanted to recognize someone I think is doing an outstanding job
I was happy she broke the news about Aiyuk and some of the steps the Niners have already taken to end this relationship at the end of the season

Schefter gets real news though she gets leftovers and then “reads tea leaves”

She’s legit but she ain’t no Schefty!!

She ain't no Schefty. I think she is like 5'4" and towers over him.

 

[Dizzy]

Didn't she have a beef with the former Washington GM (or maybe his wife... or both)? Something about off the record info that she leaked?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Watched her for a long time and didn't think she was much more than an Italian cutie from the Bronx, she would pop in on the LeBaatard Show and still does, she was at ESPN and now she is breaking NFL news for the Atlantic and lately she's been the one breaking the news. I do not think all the teams disclose info to her the same way they do with Schefter or use Rappaport to read off some news handed to him by Goodell

It feels like Russini is working hard to find a little more information than just the surface things we see from a Schefter and I'll give you an example...
During the Raiders Wilkins Sexual Harassment incident earlier this year...Schefter reported it as a "Playful Kiss", who told him to say that?
Russini does not do that and she was telling anyone that would listen that Shedeur Sanders was not being drafted in the 1st
I thought she'd lost her marbles on Draft Day when she announced this but turns out she was right

I think she deserves her own little thread around here and I am especially tough on the ladies, specifically the sideline reporters, I wanted to recognize someone I think is doing an outstanding job
I was happy she broke the news about Aiyuk and some of the steps the Niners have already taken to end this relationship at the end of the season

She generates clickbait just like the rest of them.

 

[menobrown]

Didn't she have a beef with the former Washington GM (or maybe his wife... or both)? Something about off the record info that she leaked?

The beef was apparently because she gave sexual favors for insider info to that drunk GM Scott McCloughlan.

 

[menobrown]

As for Russini she is good, what I'd call credible, look forward to her Saturday morning article but her word is not golden like Shefter or Ian.

She also tried to hard, harder then they do, to create and push narratives to death. Refused to let go of the Rodgers to Vikings story this off-season as an example, pushed it to absolute death.

 

[Dizzy]

Didn't she have a beef with the former Washington GM (or maybe his wife... or both)? Something about off the record info that she leaked?

The beef was apparently because she gave sexual favors for insider info to that drunk GM Scott McCloughlan.

Oh wow! Shefty ain't touching that!

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Didn't she have a beef with the former Washington GM (or maybe his wife... or both)? Something about off the record info that she leaked?

The beef was apparently because she gave sexual favors for insider info to that drunk GM Scott McCloughlan.

That rumor had to be a long time ago, she's been married for a while, did this rumor pop up AFTER she was married?

-She has 2 small children and she will pick up the phone when they are misbehaving and call Santa to cancel their toys, I think that is hilarious
I also understand why some folks dislike her, I have a strong dislike for many that make their living in the booth during game time

 

[Dizzy]

Didn't she have a beef with the former Washington GM (or maybe his wife... or both)? Something about off the record info that she leaked?

The beef was apparently because she gave sexual favors for insider info to that drunk GM Scott McCloughlan.

That rumor had to be a long time ago, she's been married for a while, did this rumor pop up AFTER she was married?

-She has 2 small children and she will pick up the phone when they are misbehaving and call Santa to cancel their toys, I think that is hilarious
I also understand why some folks dislike her, I have a strong dislike for many that make their living in the booth during game time

It was while Snider owned the team. IIRC, there was a series of mean tweets from the GM's wife.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I don't pay a lot of attention to sports reporters, but am I the only one who likes Jay Glazer on Fox? (and no I am neither short, stocky, nor bald).

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Didn't she have a beef with the former Washington GM (or maybe his wife... or both)? Something about off the record info that she leaked?

The beef was apparently because she gave sexual favors for insider info to that drunk GM Scott McCloughlan.

That rumor had to be a long time ago, she's been married for a while, did this rumor pop up AFTER she was married?

-She has 2 small children and she will pick up the phone when they are misbehaving and call Santa to cancel their toys, I think that is hilarious
I also understand why some folks dislike her, I have a strong dislike for many that make their living in the booth during game time

It was while Snider owned the team. IIRC, there was a series of mean tweets from the GM's wife.

Redskins GM's wife apologizes for tweet about reporter

The wife of Washington Redskins general manager Scot McCloughan has apologized for "disparaging" and "unfounded" comments on her Twitter account about an ESPN reporter.

www.espn.com

She did apologize but I did not know any of this

 

[Ministry of Pain]

I don't pay a lot of attention to sports reporters, but am I the only one who likes Jay Glazer on Fox? (and no I am neither short, stocky, nor bald).

He's better in the studio than Schefter on ESPN which is just a slap in the face to NFL fans at home
Schefter has ZERO business preaching about what the next moves need to be for NFL teams or what kind of plays they should be running, etc...
I don't watch a lick of ESPN on the MNF run up, 8:15 the TV comes on

 

[menobrown]

Didn't she have a beef with the former Washington GM (or maybe his wife... or both)? Something about off the record info that she leaked?

The beef was apparently because she gave sexual favors for insider info to that drunk GM Scott McCloughlan.

That rumor had to be a long time ago, she's been married for a while, did this rumor pop up AFTER she was married?

-She has 2 small children and she will pick up the phone when they are misbehaving and call Santa to cancel their toys, I think that is hilarious
I also understand why some folks dislike her, I have a strong dislike for many that make their living in the booth during game time

It was while Snider owned the team. IIRC, there was a series of mean tweets from the GM's wife.

Redskins GM's wife apologizes for tweet about reporter

The wife of Washington Redskins general manager Scot McCloughan has apologized for "disparaging" and "unfounded" comments on her Twitter account about an ESPN reporter.

www.espn.com

She did apologize but I did not know any of this

Sad thing for her is this still follows her around, can see it in a lot of comments when she tweets something, especially if she tweets out something showing her in the presence of a male.

I have no idea if any of it was true, but even if so, people should let it go IMO. A little double standard, if we heard Shefter was banging chicks to get info he'd probably be applauded.

 

[fatness]

I think she's pretty good. She's been at it a long time and has noticeably improved in the last year or two.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

I think she's pretty good. She's been at it a long time and has noticeably improved in the last year or two.

Agreed, I didn't take to her in the beginning when she was trying to present herself as a real NFL insider but she definitely has improved and maybe she just got lucky on Sanders but nobody else was talking about him not being drafted in the first

 

[need2know]

Feel like she makes stuff up honestly

 

[fatness]

She was the first one I saw this evening reporting that Chip Kelly has been fired as Raiders OC.
https://bsky.app/profile/diannarussini.bsky.social/post/3m6dw273ix224

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

She was the first one I saw this evening reporting that Chip Kelly has been fired as Raiders OC.
https://bsky.app/profile/diannarussini.bsky.social/post/3m6dw273ix224

She scooped Schefty.

 

[Zeppelin]

Regardless of what people think of Russini, I don't think Schefter is all that good.