Factoid
Top-5 running backs
28 Apr
, 2017
Over the last 20 years, there have been a dozen other running backs selected in the top 5 of the NFL draft...
New England Patriots
27 Apr
, 2017
Gillislee is their biggest back and has been a good short-yardage runner. That’s been established. But mostly it’s about the offense...
Joey Bosa
27 Apr
, 2017
Bosa's 10.5 sacks as a rookie led a better-than-expected Chargers pass rush (14th), also helping them finish 4th in takeaways...
New England Patriots
25 Apr
, 2017
With Buffalo’s backfield, they’ll need a new No. 2. They can’t go into the season thinking LeSean McCoy will do it all on his own...
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
23 Apr
, 2017
Martin is suspended for the first three games of the season, and I’m not confident he’ll even be on their team. He’s due $7 million, and he’s not worth that...
Jacksonville Jaguars
22 Apr
, 2017
Greg Olson, recall, began the year as the offensive coordinator. They kicked him to the curb after a midseason blowout loss at Tennessee...
Houston Texans
19 Apr
, 2017
But does this kind of stat translate? That is, should we all be trying to select kickers from offenses that last year produced 10 or 15 more field goals than touchdowns? Let’s take a moment and loo...
O.J. Howard
19 Apr
, 2017
Over the last 25 years, 26 other tight ends have been selected in the first round of the NFL draft...
Cleveland Browns
18 Apr
, 2017
Earlier in his career, Britt had multiple knee injuries and a lot of off-field incidents, but he seems healthier and more mature now...
New Orleans Saints
17 Apr
, 2017
But any decline hasn’t happened yet. Other than a brief spell where Brees was playing with a shoulder injury a few years back, I haven’t seen him have any problems making any throws...
New Orleans Saints
16 Apr
, 2017
Despite the advancing years, Ginn has speed. And Payton says h’s confident Ginn will be effective...
Miami Dolphins
15 Apr
, 2017
At a distance (without looking at it closely) I had figured the Dolphins had controlled things in a lot of their game, pounding away with Jay Ajayi...
Baltimore Ravens
14 Apr
, 2017
Woodhead’s role is the most secure. He’ll be a change-of-pace and third-down back.
With West, he should be the starter-type back for the first month of the season...
Mike Gillislee
14 Apr
, 2017
Gillislee was tendered at only the original pick level, a fifth-rounder. He had washed out quickly with the Dolphins, but he flashed some potential with Buffalo late in the 2015 season...
Improving running backs
13 Apr
, 2017
On this one, I’ve put together a list of the 32 running backs who carried the ball at least 50 times in the first half of the season (their first eight games) and also carried it at least 50 times ...