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Colts WR
16 Apr
, 2021
But Wentz in the first five years of his career hasn’t had much success throwing to wide receivers. He has not, in fact, ever had a 900-yard wide receiver...
Rookie running backs
16 Apr
, 2021
First-rounders typically have the most talent, and they also get advantages as far as opportunity and commitment...
Justin Jefferson
15 Apr
, 2021
Guys need to stay healthy, and many probably have to adjust to defenses making them more of a priority – and perhaps having a better feel for how to defend them.
Whatever the combination of reason...
Long-range touchdown runs
14 Apr
, 2021
I was putting together some thoughts on Derrick Henry yesterday when I noticed that he’d scored multiple touchdowns from 50-plus yards four years in a row...
Matt Ryan
14 Apr
, 2021
I've been surprised by speculation that Atlanta will draft a quarterback. The team restructured Matt Ryan's contract last month to create some cap room for 2021...
Coming up short
13 Apr
, 2021
The Saints went 13-3 in both 2018 and 2019, yet fell short of appearing in the Super Bowl in either of those seasons (losing home playoff games against the Rams and Vikings).
With the Packers, the...
Robert Tonyan
12 Apr
, 2021
Tonyan was a wide receiver at Indiana State, so he’s used to catching the ball...
Joshua Kelley
11 Apr
, 2021
The Chargers selected Kelley (out of UCLA) in fourth round, and they tried to get him going as a second back...
Rookie WRs
10 Apr
, 2021
The hit rate on receivers in the top 10, in fact, has been remarkably low. In the last 15 years, 18 wide receivers have been chosen in the top 10. Five have proven to be very good selections...
Rookie QBs
9 Apr
, 2021
In each of the last three years, two rookie quarterbacks have started at least half the season and finished with top-15 per-game numbers. Justin Herbert and Joe Burrow last year...
Washington receivers
7 Apr
, 2021
Fitzpatrick has had his moments in the past, putting up big numbers at times in recent years with the Jets, Bucs and Dolphins...
Panther receivers
6 Apr
, 2021
DJ Moore (pictured), Robby Anderson and Curtis Samuel all caught a ton of passes last year, but very few of them ended up in touchdowns.
Usually when a receiver goes over 1,000 yards, there is als...
Unheralded receivers
4 Apr
, 2021
I thought it might be interesting to look into a little bit...
Jimmy Graham, Part II
4 Apr
, 2021
As Ian pointed out in the comments, Graham caught 8 touchdowns last season, and another one in Chicago's playoff loss to his original team, the Saints...
Carson Wentz
3 Apr
, 2021
Wentz is effective on those plays. He ran for 5 TDs last year. And Frank Reich (now his coach) has a track record of using quarterbacks in that capacity...
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