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With the 2022 draft class underwhelming at the quarterback position, the race for Offensive Rookie of the Year can be considered wide open. Like most NFL awards, the award has become one dominated by players who impact the passing game in the modern era. Since 2008, seven quarterbacks have won Offensive Rookie of the Year. […]
Statistical Analysis: Which Rookie Wide Receivers are Most Likely to Excel?
The 2022 NFL Draft saw several records broken, but the overwhelming story was the movement and investment at the wide receiver position. A record six WRs were selected in the first 20 selections, not to mention the A.J. Brown and Marquise Brown trades, and that trend continued throughout all three days. Eleven more receivers landed […]
Best NFL Draft Fits of Day 2
When it comes to prioritizing their boards, NFL teams focus on primarily two different player valuation thought processes. First teams look for players that have high end physical traits that would allow them to be molded and developed. The other piece of the puzzle is finding players that performed in a similar play style that […]
6 Players We Would Pound the Table For on Draft Night
In The 33rd Team war room, as we scouted the 320+ prospects in this class, we landed on a few players that we feel have immense potential who should provide good value. Often this can be a high ceiling player, or those with a very high floor. If we were in the war room, these […]
Former NFL Players and Executives Scout the Draft’s Top Wide Receivers
We are now only a few short days away from the NFL Draft, and The 33rd Team continued its build up to the draft in our most recent Wednesday Huddle with a breakdown of some of the top wide receivers available when the commissioner steps on stage Thursday. This week’s breakdown came courtesy of former […]
10 Future Franchise Players Who Will Be Drafted Outside Round 1
Year after year, the draft cycle focuses on projected first-round picks, many of whom end up disappointing. Going back only six years to the 2016 NFL Draft, a full six players drafted in the first round are already out of the league. That’s almost one out of every five players. However, 2016 was also the […]
2022 NFL Draft Preview: Ben Fennell’s Top Wide Receivers
This is the second part of our 11-part positional breakdown of the April 28-30 NFL draft. Today: the wide receivers. Click here for Part 1: Running Backs Ben Fennell is an Emmy award-winning producer, editor and analyst across several sports and media platforms. He has been involved in the production of the last eight drafts […]
Top 10 Wide Receivers of the 2022 NFL Draft
Last year’s draft class saw the likes of Ja’Marr Chase, Jaylen Waddle, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and DeVonta Smith among others take the league by storm. While many people speculated whether the Bengals would take Chase with the fifth overall selection or Oregon OT Penei Sewell, Cincinnati elected for the former LSU Tiger who helped to […]
NFL Combine Wrap Up: Who is Rising? Who Surprised? And Who Solidified Their Stock?
The NFL Combine is in the books, and it proved to be the fastest Combine in the books. After a year off due to the pandemic, the NFL hosted the Combine in prime time for the first time ever. Members of The 33rd Team were in attendance for the Combine all week, and we bring […]
The 33rd Team’s Key NFL Combine Takeaways: Day 1
The 33rd Team is reporting on the NFL Combine live from Indianapolis all week. We’ll be posting our takeaways from each day of the event, followed by a full-week wrap up once the ink dries and all results are final. Check out our other NFL Combine Features: Wolf & Polian: What NFL Teams Want Out […]