Buffalo Bills
January 23rd, 2022 – the agony of defeat was real for the Buffalo Bills. In what probably still feels like yesterday for Josh Allen and his teammates, the Bills fell in overtime to the Chiefs, ending Buffalo’s playoff run in last season’s divisional round. And they never had a chance to score. From my perspective, […]
NFL Insiders Tier the League’s Best Front-Sevens in 2022
With the NFL offseason calendar reaching its mid-way point, here the NFL Insiders of The 33rd Team take a moment to tier out each NFL team’s Front-Seven unit into separate tiers from Tier 1 to Tier 7. After tiering each NFL starting quarterback, their supporting weapons, and the league’s best offensive lines, we continue our […]
Study: The Impact of Close Games on Every Team’s Record in 2021
If you ask any Ravens fan what it was like watching the team play week-in and week-out in 2021, they’ll tell you how many years were taken off their life. In that season alone, the Ravens played 11 games that were either decided by three points or less or overtime, which is the most out […]
Which NFL Teams Are Primed for Sustainable Success?
While the goal for any franchise is to win the Super Bowl, the best way to achieve that is by building an organization that can have sustainable success. Being competitive year-in and year-out gives an organization the optimal chance to run into a championship when everything clicks for them in a season. Of course, even […]
One Burning Question for Every NFL Team
As teams across the NFL’s open minicamp and ramp up preparations for the new season, the league’s head coaches will each face persistent questions about the pressing issues on their respective rosters. No team in the NFL is without its flaws or holes and every team will have roster or contract problems to resolve as […]
Grading Every Buffalo Bills Position Group Going into 2022
The Buffalo Bills have been very close to making the Super Bowl in each of the last two seasons and will be looking to do so once again. They have added even more talent to their roster and filled some holes with veterans as well as rookies. Below, we will break down each position group […]
Top 5 NFL Front Offices
While everyone loves to debate which organizations are the best in football, it’s ultimately a (somewhat) subjective endeavor. Depending on the criteria used, knowledgeable people could easily come to different conclusions about the top NFL front offices. Putting that disclaimer aside, here are the criteria we used to determine the best front offices: sustained success, […]
Which NFL Teams Have Been Best at Drafting Over the Past 5 Years?
Drafting is an art form. For all we say about the quality of players coming through from college to the NFL each year, the average career length of a first round pick is just over six years. And this has been on a downward trajectory since 1995. It’s so difficult to find a group of […]
How Stefon Diggs’ Extension Could Hurt Buffalo Long-Term
On the morning of April 6th, the Buffalo Bills and Stefon Diggs reached an agreement on an additional 4-year extension that would keep him on the team until 2027. This contract came about due to the re-setting of the wide receiver market this offseason that began with Christian Kirk’s free agent deal and continued with […]
How Does 11 Personnel Usage Translate to Winning?
Lots of focus in today’s NFL is devoted to personnel groupings, often referred to with a two-digit number. The first digit identifies the number of running backs on the field, and the second digit identifies the number of tight ends on the field. For example, 12 personnel describes a personnel grouping with one running back […]