Quarterbacks get all the love (see this page for some talk about them), but teams that run the ball well tend to have sustained success, particularly in the playoffs and in games played in cold weather. With that in mind, I thought it would be nice to compile a list of the top 10 RBs…
Hope springs eternal before the games are actually played. Each person thinks that their team is this season’s turnaround story or that their QB will take the leap to elite status. But obviously everyone can’t be right. So let’s inject a little reality into the situation. I’ve already discussed how I think teams’ rookies will…
Now that the draft is behind us, it’s time to look forward. What better way to do that than to look at the players just selected and try to guess which of them will take home hardware at the next NFL Honors? I’m going to do my best to project the upcoming rookies of the…
Every year, hundreds of players who hoped to hear their names called go undrafted. This is not the end of their journey, however. Many of these players will be signed by NFL teams and given a chance to make their rosters; many of them will do just that. As Field Yates of ESPN recently pointed…
Now is a good time to take a step back, look at what happened over the weekend, and evaluate how we think each team did in the draft. Such analyses may prove silly within months; players drafted highly might struggle, and “project” players who were selected late could prove to be hidden gems. The teams…
And with that, the 2022 NFL Draft is complete! For these rounds, I like to look at the team picks holistically. The last 4 rounds are about teams filling holes on their roster with solid starters/backups or players with upside that they can develop. All of the players in this part of the draft have…
Rounds 2 and 3 of the NFL Draft are now in the rear-view mirror. Lots of trades took place, and 3 quarterbacks were taken, but none in the second round. There were some surprising slides and some egregious reaches, but that’s what the draft is all about: different teams judge and value various players in…
The first round of the 2022 NFL draft is officially in the books! The first two picks went according to plan, a few mild surprises were observed in the remainder of the top 10, and then chaos ensued. The 11th, 12th, and 13th picks were all traded, with 6 other subsequent trades. These 9 trades…
The NFL Draft is only a day away. 32 players will hear their names called on opening night, and we will all learn where they will play as rookies. This year, however, is more mysterious than most. The top-level talent in this class is not the strongest; in fact, many analysts agree that the 2022…