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Andy Benoit, NFL football analyst: Born to watch the game — and write about it

Benoit watches more football in the offseason — February, March, April — than he does during regular season. That’s when he does film breakdowns, watching each player in each play, again and again, critiquing and taking notes. “It’s like 15 of your favorite movies that come out each week,” he says, “with 53 players and coaches and stories. It’s all brand-new, all the time — if you appreciate football.”

Andy Benoit never really set out to start his own business. It grew out of other interests.“I think everybody is an accidental entrepreneur in some way — if you’re doing what you want to do,” said the 25-year-old Boise native, majority owner of the website NFLTouchdown.com.

He’s got five TVs in his living room to help him with his work: analyzing NFL football teams and players. In addition to his website, he writes for CBSSports.com and The New York Times’ “Fifth Down Blog.”[0x0b]

Watching football is work and pleasure, and it’s a solitary pursuit for Benoit.

“I don’t watch with anybody, even the playoff games,” says Benoit, who records audio notes of what he finds notable during live games. “I’m the only one in the room ... I need to dial in and focus.”

Benoit studied business at the College of Idaho because he’d done a lot of extracurricular writing as a kid and wanted something to round out his education.

He was 10 or 11 when he started writing seriously. His chosen topic: pro football.

“He’s been talking about football from the time he could first talk,” says his mother, Janet Benoit. His family has video of him doing a football broadcast at age 5›.

The writing was born of necessity.

“We were on a family trip. I couldn’t sleep at night, and I couldn’t hold still in the car,” he recalls.

His parents encouraged him to write down his thoughts about NFL players and teams. His mother later typed up his notes and created a season-preview book.

The next summer, he wrote another preview and published it from the family computer. Benoit gave copies to family and friends. The feedback kept him going, year after year. At one point, he sent one to Hall of Fame coach and legendary football commentator John Madden.

The hobby was time-consuming. Just when he was feeling burned out and ready to give up, he got a nice response from Madden.

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