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Mike Williams / touchdown receivers

March 20, 2019
There have been a lot of these kind of receivers over the year - guys who don’t catch a lot of passes but get in the end zone a lot...
Mike Williams Philip Rivers

Sophomore quarterbacks

March 19, 2019
I am leaving Baker Mayfield out of this conversation. I think he’s a different kind of prospect...
Sam Darnold Josh Allen Lamar Jackson Baker Mayfield

Bucs defense

March 9, 2019
On almost four out of every five red zone possessions, Tampa Bay’s defense allowed opponents to successfully get the ball into the end zone...
Bruce Arians Todd Bowles red zone defense

Kelvin Benjamin

March 6, 2019
Benjamin is a former first-round pick. He’s huge. He was listed at 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds last year. He’s occasionally used that size to win on contested throws...
Kelvin Benjamin

Bumbling Arizona

March 5, 2019
Arizona scored the fewest points in the league last year. It also finished with the fewest rushing yards. It also finished with the fewest passing yards. That’s an unusual trifecta of futility...
Josh Rosen Larry Fitzgerald Kliff Kingsbury

D.K. Metcalf

March 4, 2019
Metcalf ran a 4.33 in Indianapolis, and he’s a huge, chiseled specimen – 6-foot-3 and 228 pounds...
D.K. Metcalf Julio Jones

2019 rookie running backs

March 4, 2019
Jacobs didn't run at Indianapolis, apparently dealing with a strained groin. Or maybe he figured he'd put up a much better number at Alabama's Pro Day...
Rookie running backs

John Ross

March 3, 2019
Since being selected with a top-10 pick (just before Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson – ugh) Ross missed most of his rookie season, then wasn’t much of a factor in his second year...
John Ross Zay Jones

Aging pass rushers

February 28, 2019
Since 2012, there have 50 players who have had more than 12 sacks in a season. Three of the very best seasons in that time frame have been turned in by Houston (22.0), Quinn (19.0) and Wake (15.0)...
Justin Houston Cameron Wake Robert Quinn

Patriots takeaways

February 23, 2019
Tom Brady isn’t as flashy as some of the other uber-elite quarterbacks, but he’s always been very good at not giving it away on fumbles and interceptions...
Tom Brady

Defensive takeaways

February 20, 2019
One area that Sutton's defenses were very good in was takeaways -- statistically the best in the league over the past four seasons, in fact...
Fantasy Defenses

Transplanted receivers

February 18, 2019
Every year, big-name wide receivers switch teams (most often through free agency). And every year a couple of those players are selected early in fantasy drafts...
Antonio Brown Odell Beckham

Tevin Coleman

February 17, 2019
At 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds, Coleman is taller and leaner than the typical tailback – built more like a wide receiver...
Tevin Coleman Devonta Freeman

Demaryius Thomas

February 17, 2019
In 2017, Thomas finished under 90 receptions and under 1,000 yards for his first year since becoming a full-time starter, back in 2012...
Demaryius Thomas

Antonio Brown

February 16, 2019
Brown is probably still one of the top 5 wide receivers in the game (maybe top 3). But he’s not as dynamic and explosive as he was four years ago...
Antonio Brown Ben Roethlisberger

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