Factoid
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
Carolina Panthers
2 May
, 2017
That was the reasoning behind Carolina selecting Christian McCaffrey, who seems to be really good as a pass catcher...
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...
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...