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How 3 Teams Can Navigate Upcoming Cap Challenges

February 15, 2022 4 min read

How 3 Teams Can Navigate Upcoming Cap Challenges

Every offseason teams are faced with different challenges due to their cap structure and roster management from the previous years. The salary cap is a balancing act that some front office’s are better at than others. Some leverage their future for immediate success and others have long term plans in place. Here we look at […]

Ben Kotwica

January 26, 2022 2 min read

Special Teams Wins Championships? A Look At The Importance Of The Third Unit

During the course of the 2021 season, we have highlighted key special teams plays that have impacted games in order to demonstrate the importance of this phase of the game. As we get closer to The Big Game, the margin of victory becomes smaller and smaller and the difference that is often overlooked is the […]

Jared Hammond

January 25, 2022 3 min read

Close, But No Cigar: How The 4 Divisional Round Losers Can Improve Next Season

After a crazy Divisional Playoff round that saw all four games end at the very last second, we take a look at what each eliminated team’s greatest needs are. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Top Need: Wide Receiver Secondary Needs: Cornerback, Defensive End, Interior Defensive Line, Running Back In addition to Antonio Brown and his self-induced departure, […]

The No. 1 Seed Is Still Pivotal — Tennessee and Green Bay Simply Did Not Take Advantage

Joe BannerGrant Reiter

January 23, 2022 4 min read

The No. 1 Seed Is Still Pivotal — Tennessee and Green Bay Simply Did Not Take Advantage

The decision to increase the number of teams in the playoffs and the length of the regular season resulted in reducing the number of Wild Card byes to just the top seed in each conference. Many correctly interpreted this change to be an even greater advantage for the teams that earned the week of rest […]

Brian Friedland

January 12, 2022 3 min read

Las Vegas Raiders Finish 2021 As NFL’s Most Undisciplined Team

In the final Discipline Index of the 2021 NFL Season, the Green Bay Packers finish on top after a strong campaign. The Packers managed to only turn the ball over 13 times throughout the course of the season (tied for the least amount of turnovers in the league) and committed only 69 penalties for 678 […]

Paul DomowitchSenior Writer

January 10, 2022 8 min read

Heading into the 2022 NFL playoffs, Hall of Fame selector Paul Domowitch shares his power rankings of the 14-team field. The biggest riser from this week is the AFC’s No. 1-seeded Titans, going from No. 11 to No. 6. Meanwhile, the biggest faller was the Los Angeles Rams, who dropped from No. 2 all the […]

Ben Kotwica

January 7, 2022 3 min read

Kotwica’s End of Season Special Teams Report

With the NFL regular season coming to a close, we wanted to once again take a deep dive into Special Teams play and provide an objective analysis on those units that are helping their teams win games and those whose lack of production is hindering their team’s ability to reach their goals. While the performance […]

Brian Friedland

January 5, 2022 3 min read

Green Bay Packers Are Still the NFL’s Most Disciplined Team

Barring a horrific discipline performance in Week 18, the Green Bay Packers have clinched the top spot in The 33rd Team’s Discipline Index after a Week 17 performance that saw the Packers only commit one penalty for five yards and not turn the ball over once en route to a 37-10 victory over the Minnesota […]

Paul DomowitchSenior Writer

January 4, 2022 5 min read

Domo’s Week 17 NFL Power Rankings: Raiders and Chargers Rise Ahead of Pivotal Matchup

1) Packers (13-3) Previous: 1 Last week: W37-10MIN This week: at 2-13-1 Lions Good news: Packers have clinched the NFC No. 1 seed for the second year in a row, which means the road to the Super Bowl once again goes through frigid Green Bay. Bad news: None that I can see without a microscope. 2) Rams (12-4) […]

Brian Friedland

December 30, 2021 3 min read

Discipline Index: Get Ready For Penalty Festival When Arizona Faces Dallas This Week

As the 2021 regular season comes closer and closer to its end, the Green Bay Packers find themselves pulling away from other teams in the 33rd Team’s Discipline Index. The Packers were able to force 4 interceptions of Browns QB Baker Mayfield on top of not committing many penalties—Green Bay only committed 3 penalties for […]

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