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Is Tua really No. 2?

April 2, 2020
A year ago, there was no thought that Burrow would go No. 1. Teams were viewed as "Tanking for Tua: at the time...
NFL Draft Tua Tagovailoa Joe Burrow

Short-yardage rushing

April 1, 2020
These are numbers we track during the season, extracting all of the 3rd-and-1 and 4th-and-1 plays for each team, as well as all the plays from the goal line...
Austin Ekeler Duke Johnson

Bucs tight ends

March 31, 2020
With Howard, you’ve got a guy who can really get downfield. I think back to those post routes Rob Gronkowski used to run, with Brady dropping it in to that big body...
O.J. Howard Cameron Brate

Kirk Cousins

March 30, 2020
Yet, there it is. Cousins didn’t pass as much last year, and he wasn’t much of a factor as a runner. Eighteen other quarterbacks finished with better numbers (using standard scoring)...
Kirk Cousins Drew Brees

Second-round wide receivers

March 30, 2020
Last year's draft produced three very impressive wide receivers from that round: A.J. Brown, DK Metcalf and Deebo Samuel...
Parris Campbell JJ Arcega-Whiteside Andy Isabella

Passing trend

March 29, 2020
In the last 20 years, 24 teams have completed at least 68 percent of their passes in a season...
Drew Brees

Joe Mixon

March 28, 2020
Even last year, they started to figure things out as the year progressed, moving to more of a run-oriented offense. In the first half of last year, the Bengals were trying to pass too much, and th...
Joe Mixon

Second-year tight ends

March 27, 2020
As luck would have it, there are two other tight ends fitting the same profile as Oliver...
Josh Oliver Jace Sternberger Kahale Warring

First-round wideouts

March 27, 2020
Think back to 2014; that was a nice year...

Breshad Perriman

March 25, 2020
From a fantasy standpoint, there's not a lot of reason to get excited about either landing spot...
Breshad Perriman

Sanders, part 2

March 23, 2020
I don’t love the signing. He’s 33. I’m not sure how much he has left. He made a few plays last year, I guess...
Emmanuel Sanders TreQuan Smith Michael Thomas

Patriots sans Brady

March 22, 2020
Four different analysts with some access to the franchise say probably not...
Jarrett Stidham Tom Brady Matt Cassel Jacoby Brissett

Philip Rivers

March 12, 2020
Rivers has slipped, with his lack of mobility and declining arm strength leading to too many turnovers...
Philip Rivers

Dawson Knox

March 10, 2020
The measurables are there. He ran a 4.54 prior to being picked in the third round, and he’s got a 34-inch vertical jump...
Dawson Knox

Wide Receivers

March 9, 2020
Bigger guys are bigger targets, making them easier to hit on those deep passes downfield...
DeVante Parker Mike Evans Kenny Golladay

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