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Mike Tannenbaum’s Week 1 Takeaways

September 13, 2021 3 min read

Football is back! As we’ll do every Monday at the 33rd Team, here are my top five takeaways from Week 1: 1) NFC West dominates The best division in football went 4-0 on Sunday with the Cardinals, Seahawks and 49ers winning on the road in the early slate. Matthew Stafford and the Rams then welcomed […]

Brandon Tamres

September 2, 2021 6 min read

The NFL’s Most Underappreciated Players: NFC South

With such a large roster size in the NFL, it can be easy for the public to overlook some contributing players throughout the league. Not everybody can be Patrick Mahomes or Aaron Donald. In a league filled with so many incredible players, fans can sometimes get too caught up in stats and numbers when acknowledging […]

Aadit Mehta

August 30, 2021 5 min read

Mid-Round Picks in Position Battles for Roster Spots

As the NFL preseason comes to a close and kickoff draws nigh, positional battles become of the utmost importance. While rookie quarterbacks and highly drafted skill position players receive the most attention in training camp and preseason games, the strength of a roster is often determined by the players that don’t grab the headlines. In […]

Ethan Useloff

August 30, 2021 3 min read

New Orleans Saints Play Salary Cap Gymnastics

The NFL’s salary cap is simple in nature, but contract restructures and other strategies must be implemented in order to excel in roster creation. A prime example of this is how the New Orleans Saints have somehow managed to stay under the salary cap for this upcoming season. Entering the offseason, Saints general manager Mickey […]

Darren Rizzi

August 4, 2021 4 min read

Why Special Teams Coordinators Make Good Head Coach Candidates

Darren Rizzi is entering his third season as special teams coordinator for the New Orleans Saints and holding the same position with the Miami Dolphins for nine seasons (two in which he was also associate head coach). Rizzi wrote the following story for the 33rd Team: When owners and general managers are looking to hire […]

Joe BannerFormer NFL Executive

July 22, 2021 5 min read

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 […]

Kevin Ivers

July 19, 2021 4 min read

Coming off a Super Bowl victory, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers understandably focused on bringing as many players back as they could afford, while the other three teams in the NFC South focused on retooling in an effort to challenge the Bucs for divisional supremacy. Tom Brady and Matt Ryan are the two returning QBs in […]

Mike TannenbaumFormer NFL Executive

July 12, 2021 2 min read

Jameis Winston Ready for Breakout Season With the Saints

The comparisons are pretty clear. Vinny Testaverde was the first overall pick in the 1987 draft and Jameis Winston was the first overall pick in the 2015 draft, both taken by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Both had up-and-down careers in Tampa before moving elsewhere. Testaverde went to Cleveland and then Baltimore, where he was let […]

Jared Hammond

June 21, 2021 3 min read

Which 10-Win Teams From 2020 Will Fail to Get There in 2021?

Finding success in the NFL is challenging. Finding prolonged success is even more challenging. Winning 10 or more games in a season can certainly be considered a success. So how do teams fare the year after a 10-win season? Between 2010 and 2019, there were 110 10-win teams in the NFL. Here’s a closer look […]

Ben Elsner

June 7, 2021 5 min read

Projecting 2021 Playoff Teams: Who’s In? Cowboys. Who’s Out? Saints

Since 2015, an average of six teams that missed the playoffs one year made it the next. Last season, the Steelers, Browns, Colts, Football Team, Buccaneers and Bears were the 2019 non-playoff teams that reached the postseason (granted, they did expand the playoffs to fit in two additional teams). So far, we’ve highlighted three teams […]

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