Factoid
Slow runners
8 May
, 2019
A pair of third-round picks lead the way...
Mike Gesicki
7 May
, 2019
We kicked that around some yesterday, with the Iowa tight ends selected in the first round...
Rookie tight ends
6 May
, 2019
There have been a few exceptions. Jeremy Shockey and Evan Engram, most notably, put up top-5 numbers in their first seasons...
Patrick Mahomes
5 May
, 2019
But the way things are shaping up in Kansas City, I now think it’s more likely Mahomes finishes with fewer than 40 touchdowns...
Multiple wideouts drafted by same team
5 May
, 2019
Over the last 20 years, there have been 19 instances of teams drafting a pair of wideouts in the first three rounds -- so, almost once a year...
Drew Lock
4 May
, 2019
We know that it happens. Russell Wilson was a third-round pick, probably because of the gradually fading height bias...
DeAndre Hopkins
3 May
, 2019
Hopkins comes off his best season, setting career highs in both catches (115) and yards (1,572) in his sixth NFL season...
Alabama running backs
30 Apr
, 2019
If you go off production, Harris is the better of these two backs...
Late first-round wideouts
30 Apr
, 2019
I pulled out the numbers for all wide receivers drafted late in the first round -- I chose picks 20-32, or 31 for a couple of those years -- since 2000...
D.K. Metcalf
29 Apr
, 2019
Metcalf is big and fast, but he's also green. He missed virtually all of one college season and half of another due to injury...
Hakeem Butler
28 Apr
, 2019
I was further surprised when it was the Cardinals who selected him...
Josh Jacobs
27 Apr
, 2019
Jacobs doesn’t have great measurables. He’s a 4.6 guy...
Campbell looks super
24 Apr
, 2019
Campbell ran a 4.31 at the combine...
Darrell Henderson
23 Apr
, 2019
High yards per carry doesn't always translate to NFL success. Maybe the back was running behind a dominant offensive line, or against crummy opposition...
Browns on the rise
22 Apr
, 2019
Cleveland, recall, fired Hue Jackson and Todd Haley halfway through last season. Haley himself is a seasoned, worthy play caller. Or seemed to be. He’s been doing it for a lot of years...