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Running backs
July 4, 2016
I used the last four years for this group, and I’m listing only running backs with at least 15 touchdowns...
Tight ends
July 3, 2016
I used stats for the last five years, and I’m including all tight ends with at least 15 touchdowns in that span.
Jared Cook comes in at No. 1, with his average touchdown coming from over 25 yards...
Wide receivers
July 2, 2016
If you’re more interested in receivers who tend to work inside the red zone, then perhaps Eric Decker, Randall Cobb, Brandon Marshall and Larry Fitzgerald.
During the last four years, 28 wide rece...
Rookie tight ends
July 2, 2016
Henry put up 739 receiving yards at Arkansas last season. Since 2000, only 11 tight ends drafted in the first three rounds had more in their final years of college...
Rookie wideouts
June 30, 2016
It's tough for rookie wideouts to have truly noteworthy seasons, but there have been far more of them in recent years...
Anquan Boldin II
June 27, 2016
Boldin has some ability to post up and operated like kind of a tight end, but I don’t know that anybody’s looking for that kind of a wide receiver...
Rookie running backs
June 26, 2016
There were only four running backs selected in the first three rounds: Ezekiel Elliott in the first, Derrick Henry in the second, and Kenyan Drake and C.J. Prosise in the third...
Running back 40 times
June 25, 2016
The table below shows 40 times from running backs selected in the first three rounds over the past 10 years. The vast majority of them are official NFL combine times...
Ryan Fitzpatrick
June 21, 2016
That’s got to be annoying and frustrating for Fitzpatrick...
Karlos Williams
June 19, 2016
And it serves as a reminder that a big rookie season doesn’t guarantee a player will come in and rip it up or take the next step in Year No. 2...
Two-point conversions
June 19, 2016
"I think especially with Aaron being our quarterback, I would have zero issue as an offensive coach going for it every single time," says McCarthy.
Roethlisberger can talk big, considering Pittsbu...
Derrick Henry / Final year of college rushing
June 17, 2016
Over the last 10 years, there have been 50 other running backs drafted in the first two rounds...
Punt return touchdowns
June 14, 2016
Over the last three years, there have been exactly 13 punt return touchdowns each season. There were at least 15 in five of the seven years prior to that; an average of 16 over that span...
Wide receivers
June 13, 2016
I have long subscribed to the theory that good running backs tend to come from good teams...
Wide receivers: Final year of college
June 13, 2016
The recent track record of first-round picks who went over 1,000 yards in their final year of college is favorable. Very few of those players have busted...
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