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Cordarrelle Patterson

11 Sep , 2014
Checking in one last time on that Cordarrelle Patterson game before we move on to Week 2 stuff. He ran for 102 yards in the win at St...

Wide receivers on the run

10 Sep , 2014
It’s early, but I notice that wide receivers might be used as runners more often this year. Especially the two guys involved in a trade prior to last year...

Undefeated in the preseason

4 Sep , 2014
Here’s the sister Factoid to the blurb on winless preseason teams. For this one, the correlation has been a little stronger. In the last 20 years, 33 teams have run the table in the preseason...

Winless Preseason

4 Sep , 2014
The Cowboys and Colts finished winless in the preseason. Should that be cause for concern? Both of these teams have concerns, of course. The Cowboys might have the worst defense in the league...

Stagnant run games

2 Sep , 2014
When putting together forecasts for Week 1, we need to keep in mind that running games tend to need a little time to get dialed in...

Buffalo quarterbacks

1 Sep , 2014
I thought it was interesting that Buffalo would sign Kyle Orton. Maybe desperate...

Next Great Quarterbacks?

31 Aug , 2014
I notice that two of the marquee rookie quarterbacks put up good preseason numbers. Blake Bortles in particular, connecting on a lot of downfield throws...

Kelvin Benjamin / Rookie wideouts

30 Aug , 2014
Back in May we figured either Sammy Watkins or Mike Evans would be the rookie wide receivers to make an immediate impact...

Logan Mankins trade

27 Aug , 2014
That was an interesting throw-in in the Logan Mankins trade. Patriots pick up Tim Wright. The Bucs were going to cut him; he doesn’t fit their scheme...

Rams wide receivers

19 Aug , 2014
The Rams have a wide receiving corps that can best be described as unsettled. Kenny Britt, Brian Quick and Tavon Austin have been the top three wideouts in the exhibitions...

Preseason production

18 Aug , 2014
How much should we be paying attention to preseason performance? Specifically, if a player puts up big numbers in these practice games, is that meaningful evidence that he’s going do anything in th...

Johnny Football

17 Aug , 2014
I’m not ready to draft him yet, but I find myself being just a little more interested in Johnny Football nowadays...

Defensive return touchdowns

17 Aug , 2014
Yesterday I posted a table showing team takeaways over the past three seasons. A reader, Pat Mathiesen from California, asked if we knew how many of those have been returned for touchdowns...

Bill Belichick taketh away

16 Aug , 2014
You can't trust anything Bill Belichick says or does, but it seems you can trust his defenses...

Norv Turner

14 Aug , 2014
I have some interest in Minnesota’s passing game. Norv Turner is running that offense now, and I think that will help...

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