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4 Second-Year NFL Players Primed for Breakout Season
4 Second-Year NFL Players Primed for Breakout Season
Much will be expected from the top rookies in the NFL last season as they embark on their sophomore campaigns. There are always players that did not make a big impression as rookies who emerge in their second season to become valuable commodities. Here are four players primed for a breakout season in Year 2: […]
The Two Most Overrated NFL Teams Going Into Training Camp
The Two Most Overrated NFL Teams Going Into Training Camp
Last week, Joe Banner gave us his two most underrated teams heading into the 2021 NFL season. This week, Banner offers up his two most overrated NFL teams: Tennessee Titans There are a lot of people that think Tennessee is ready to make a jump to the Super Bowl, but I would be surprised if […]
The Friday Five: Trey Wingo
The Friday Five: Trey Wingo
After a 23-year run at ESPN in which he hosted NFL Live and the network’s draft coverage, Trey Wingo continues to be an active voice in sports media. Among other things, he hosts a weekly podcast, Half Forgotten History with Trey Wingo. We caught up with Wingo for this week’s Friday Five… Who is your […]
How We Exploited the Salary Cap to Create the Ideal NFL Roster
How We Exploited the Salary Cap to Create the Ideal NFL Roster
Last week, we brought you the popular “Building the Ultimate 2021 NFL Roster (Under the Cap).” An exercise you’ll see across the internet, our piece was no different in searching for the best bargain-bin superstars to put together a coherent roster. Here, we’ll give you a deep dive into the tactics that we used to […]
Building the Ultimate 2021 NFL Roster (Under the Cap, Of Course)
Building the Ultimate 2021 NFL Roster (Under the Cap, Of Course)
By Peter Engler, Ben Elsner and Robert Simpson Inspired by NFL.com’s “The best NFL team money can buy,” we have decided to fill a 53-man roster with the best accumulation of talent in the league while still remaining under the NFL’s $182.5 million salary cap. Think that’s too easy? We’re adjusting for bargain-bin rookie contracts […]
The 5 Most Impactful Players Returning From Injury
The 5 Most Impactful Players Returning From Injury
Over the course of the 2020 NFL season, many key players suffered season-ending injuries. These players have impacted their teams significantly in the past and their healthy presence in 2021 will affect their team’s potential to perform at a higher level. To quantify how much these injuries impacted each player’s team, we looked at Sports […]
10 Value Picks From the 2021 NFL Draft
10 Value Picks From the 2021 NFL Draft
The NFL Draft is an imperfect science. Every year, we see players that nobody expects to go high who end up going in the first round along with players who end up falling to Day 2 or Day 3 and sometimes out of the draft entirely after having been projected to go much higher. And […]
The 17-Game Schedule Creates Added Stress Points for Every NFL Team
The 17-Game Schedule Creates Added Stress Points for Every NFL Team
The NFL unveiled its 2021 schedule Wednesday – the league’s first-ever 17-game schedule. The 17th game creates more excitement for fans, but it also creates more work for the teams. With an extra game, teams must be laser-focused on their strengths and weaknesses. They must address any potential Stress Points that could be exacerbated by […]
Eagles Have the Most Picks (11) in 2021 NFL Draft; Seahawks (3) Have Fewest
Eagles Have the Most Picks (11) in 2021 NFL Draft; Seahawks (3) Have Fewest
As you follow the NFL Draft from its start on Thursday night through the end of Round 7 on Saturday, here’s a handy chart to keep track of how many picks each team has. When the Chiefs traded for Ravens OT Orlando Brown last week, they became the fourth team without a first-round pick (joining […]
The 33rd Team’s Official First-Round Mock Draft
The 33rd Team’s Official First-Round Mock Draft
Our first round mock draft links to each player’s individual scouting reports as well as some other content and pro analysis we’ve created for these prospects. We don’t expect the top 5 QBs to fall out of the top 10, but for the purpose of this mock did not include any trades, which caused some […]