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Wide receivers in poor passing games
8 Aug
, 2023
Some of the highly regarded wide receivers we're relatively cool on include Michael Pittman (pictured), Chris Godwin and Mike Evans. They're No...
No. 2 pick quarterbacks
4 Aug
, 2023
The Jets gave up a mint to bring in 39-year-old Aaron Rodgers, which essentially suggests they've turned the page on Wilson...
Et tu Atwell?
31 Jul
, 2023
Picking through the numbers, I see that a number of other wide receivers have been able to get things going (at least somewhat) after lackluster starts to their careers.
Neither Adam Thielen nor W...
Rookie receivers
28 Jul
, 2023
I think it’s through some combination of them getting more pass-catching reps at the high school and college levels, along with coaches doing a better job of utilizing them. As outlined in S.C...
Three's a crowd
27 Jul
, 2023
That said, it’s going to be tough for Smith-Njigba to make a big impact right away...
High-priced wide receivers
26 Jul
, 2023
Different ways to do this, but what I went with was using spotrac.com to look at the highest-paid wide receivers in the league (based on average annual salary) and see how they fared the season aft...
Running back ages, part 2
24 Jul
, 2023
We’ve been kicking around some ideas on running backs and aging, in part because players at that position aren’t getting paid. I posted a short blurb on yards-per-carry averages and ages yesterday...
Aging running backs
23 Jul
, 2023
Shaun Alexander, Todd Gurley and Ezekiel Elliott flopped after signing big deals...
DeAndre Hopkins
22 Jul
, 2023
The Titans have brought on Julio Jones, Robert Woods, Eric Decker and Adam Humphries with optimistic hopes in recent years, and all punched well below expectations...
Older running backs
21 Jul
, 2023
It didn't use to be that way, but now it's fair to say that 28 is the new 30...
Best running backs, last five years
17 Jul
, 2023
There was a question as to whether any other team had a less impactful running back the past five years than Buffalo, whose top performer was Devin Singletary...
Rookie tight ends
14 Jul
, 2023
For this one, I’m going to focus on the second and third rounds. So let’s put Dalton Kincaid to the side; when a tight end is selected in the first round – like Kyle Pitts or T.J...
Gerald Everett
11 Jul
, 2023
He’s short for a tight end (6-foot-3), making it harder for him to be anything special at coming down with passes in contested situations...
Alexander Mattison
10 Jul
, 2023
Mattison doesn’t have the same kind of speed or elusiveness. In each of the last three years, he’s averaged at least a half yard less per carry than Cook...
Las Vegas Raiders
8 Jul
, 2023
To clarify up front, I’m not suggesting Garoppolo is a better short-yardage runner than Jalen Hurts or Josh Allen...

