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Fumble recoveries

12 May , 2017
The defenses run by a pair of respected minds, Bill Belichick and Ron Rivera, have been better at it over the last five seasons than any other team...
Fantasy Defenses

Cincinnati Bengals

10 May , 2017
Dalton has had some clunker years – throwing only 18 TDs last year, for example. And he’s come up small in the postseason...
Andy Dalton

Wide receivers in top 10 picks

9 May , 2017
Over the last 30 years, there have been 38 other wideouts selected in the top 10 picks of the NFL Draft. In their rookie seasons, only 11 (29 percent) have put up 800 receiving yards...
Corey Davis John Ross Mike Williams

Powerhouse offenses

8 May , 2017
Since the league moved to a 16-game schedule in 1978, 57 teams have scored at least 50 touchdowns in a season...

Green Bay Packers

7 May , 2017
Such success is also hard to duplicate. Of previous 18 instances, only three times have said receivers come back and both caught double-digit touchdowns again...
Jordy Nelson Davante Adams

Skill positions in top 10

7 May , 2017
There were two quarterbacks (Mitchell Trubisky, Patrick Mahomes), two running backs (Leonard Fournette, Christian McCaffrey) and three wide receivers (Corey Davis, Mike Williams, John Ross) taken i...
NFL Draft

New England Patriots

6 May , 2017
New England’s offense, at least in recent years, has made heavy use of tight ends and running backs. Tom Brady tends to spread things around...
Brandin Cooks Julian Edelman Chris Hogan Malcolm Mitchell

Rookie tight ends

5 May , 2017
Tight end is a tough, complex position, and it’s rare to see rookies come in and kick butt right away...
O.J. Howard Evan Engram David Njoku

Wide receivers: final year of college

5 May , 2017
Looking at the other first-round wide receivers, a lot of the more prolific scorers turned out pretty well. Top of the list is Larry Fitzgerald (22 TDs his final season), and he's great...
Corey Davis John Ross Mike Williams

Rookie running backs

4 May , 2017
Five running backs were chosen in the sixth round this year. But before we talk ourselves into anything foolish, let’s check the lay of the land with previous drafts. In this century (since 2000)...
Alfred Morris Mike Anderson

Detroit Lions

3 May , 2017
When a tight end is catching a healthy number of balls, should we treat the one touchdown as an outlier number? It seems like it would be easy for such a player to move up to 5-6 touchdowns with no...
Eric Ebron

Slower running backs

3 May , 2017
Kansas City used a third-round pick to select Kareem Hunt over the weekend. Hunt (who played for the Toledo Rockets, interestingly enough) ran a 4.62 40 at the combine...
Kareem Hunt

Carolina Panthers

2 May , 2017
That was the reasoning behind Carolina selecting Christian McCaffrey, who seems to be really good as a pass catcher...
Christian McCaffrey Cam Newton Mike Shula

Cincinnati Bengals

1 May , 2017
I am particularly intrigued by Mixon’s ability in the passing game. He caught 65 passes for 894 yards and 9 TDs his last two years at Oklahoma...
Joe Mixon

First-round receivers

28 Apr , 2017
With Corey Davis in Tennessee, he looks fine. He’s just got to put in the work and emerge, though. The Titans have Rishard Matthews, and he was really good in the second half of last year...
John Ross Mike Williams Corey Davis

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