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Amon-Ra St. Brown

December 30, 2021
The Lions didn’t select St. Brown until the fourth round, and it’s rare for rookie receivers selected in that range to do much of anything in their first season...
Amon-Ra St. Brown

Short-range receivers

December 29, 2021
Brown has caught at least 5 passes eight games in a row, but he’s averaged fewer than 9 yards per catch in five of his last six games...
Marquise Brown Jaylen Waddle Rondale Moore

Davis Mills

December 27, 2021
I remember hearing a draft podcast with David Shaw, who coached Mills at Stanford...
Davis Mills

Allergic to the end zone

December 26, 2021
It seems to be happening more often this year. We’re 14 games in, and there are seven different players who’ve gained at least 400 rushing/receiving yards, but without scoring any touchdowns...
Miles Sanders Kenny Golladay

Dead cat bounce

December 19, 2021
Especially with James Robinson. He’s a good back, but there seemed to be some friction between him and Meyer...
James Robinson Darrell Bevell Urban Meyer

COVID-weakened Browns

December 15, 2021
I think specifically of Rashard Higgins...
Rashard Higgins David Njoku Case Keenum

Run-heavy Arizona

December 13, 2021
When Kliff Kingsbury was hired, I remember looking at the number of rushing touchdowns his teams scored at the college level and being surprised...
James Conner Kliff Kingsbury

Folk's lore

December 12, 2021
In the last 10 years, only 10 teams have scored more than 150 kicking points in a season...
Nick Folk Stephen Gostkowski

Passing stats

December 10, 2021
When you select a quarterback early in a fantasy draft, you’re looking for a difference maker. Not a quarterback who’ll be good, but a guy who’ll really shred it...
Tom Brady Patrick Mahomes Josh Allen

Tom Brady

December 7, 2021
The Bucs are playing Buffalo, and while the Bills have their flaws, they’ve been very good defensively, especially against the pass. No quarterback this year has really lit them up...
Tom Brady Sean McDermott

Matthew Stafford

December 1, 2021
Whether he does or not, Stafford is already high on the list in terms of frequency of throwing Pick Sixes...
Matthew Stafford

Cam Newton

November 28, 2021
Newton at Miami completed only 5 of 21 passes, and for only 92 yards, with 2 interceptions. Using the NFL’s complex passer rating system, that works out to an unusually bad 5.8...
Cam Newton

Amari Cooper

November 25, 2021
Dallas traded for Cooper during the 2018 season...
Amari Cooper

Bad rushing performances

November 23, 2021
This was highlighted by their performance against Tennessee last week -- despite somehow managing to win that game, on the road against one of the league's better teams...
David Johnson Rex Burkhead

Atlanta Falcons

November 22, 2021
In half of their last six games, they’ve passed for more than 335 yards (with 2 TD passes in each of those games)...
Matt Ryan

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