Kirk Cousins Archives

Grading Every Minnesota Vikings Position Group Going into 2022

June 19, 2022 4 min read

Grading Every Minnesota Vikings Position Group Going into 2022

The Vikings enter 2022 with a new GM and new coaching staff in place. The Vikings have talent across their roster and all eyes will be on them to see if they can take that next step and be contenders for the NFC North. Kevin O’Connell comes in from LA and it will be interesting […]

Paul Domowitch

June 13, 2022 7 min read

Are Fully Guaranteed Contracts Changing the NFL Forever?

Fully guaranteed contracts are a way of life in the NBA and Major League Baseball. But they have been almost non-existent in the NFL. Kirk Cousins and his agent Mike McCartney used leverage from the franchise tag and free agency to coax a three-year, $84 million fully guaranteed deal from the Minnesota Vikings in 2018. […]

The 33rd Team

June 1, 2022 10 min read

Study by Jamie Kelly The start of a new league year is a time we all get excited for. While mostly ceremonious for operators within the NFL walls, for most of us it signals the dawn of NFL free agency, a time when vast sums of money will be spent on star players to improve […]

Luke Carr

May 25, 2022 7 min read

How Much Do Splashy Free Agent Signings Make an Impact?

The NFL off-season is the point at which every team tries to improve their team for the coming season. There are multiple ways to approach Free Agency and the NFL Draft, and the purpose of this article is to discover how effective the expensive Free Agents are with their new team. Roster evaluation, Free Agency […]

Mike TannenbaumFormer NFL Executive, Founder of The 33rd Team

May 23, 2022 3 min read

Tiering the Starting QBs in the NFL 2022

With OTAs and mandatory minicamp on the horizon, here we stack the starting QBs in the NFL into 7 different tiers from Tier 1 to Tier 7. The order within the tiers are not set, as each are all in a tier together. These are essentially the 2022 starting NFL QB “stacks.” Tier 1: Tier […]

Darren O'Donoghue

April 24, 2022 6 min read

The Hidden Reality of Draft Value: Part 4 — High Performing Positions per Round

The previous articles have informed us of the market inefficiencies with the draft pick pay scale and how the guaranteed money does not decrease in an evenly negative distribution. This may lead to teams to trade out of the position they currently pick into positions with less guaranteed money than they should have. In the […]

Stephen Dranoff

February 21, 2022 5 min read

Exploring The Successes and Failures Of The Franchise Tag

Tuesday, February 22 is the first day that NFL teams are allowed to use the franchise tag on an impending unrestricted free agent. This period extends for two weeks until March 8th at 4 pm ET. Some fans know the general idea of the franchise tag — the player is obligated to stay on the […]

Mike TannenbaumFormer NFL Executive, Founder of The 33rd Team

February 21, 2022 2 min read

Onto The Next: Why Right Now Is A Crucial Time In NFL Team Building

While there was no on-field action this week, this is a very significant week for clubs as they prepare for the upcoming League Year to begin. Teams are assembling their offseason plan during the month of February and it’s tightened up as the Franchise Window opens on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Specifically, teams are looking at […]

David Mendelson

December 30, 2021 11 min read

Fantasy Football Week 17 Starts and Sits

NOTE: If you enjoy these articles, make sure to follow me on Twitter @DMendy02 and check out all the great work from other authors at The33rdteam.com It’s time for our Week 16 Starts and Sits! Remember, we’ll do our best to predict outcomes based on what’s given to us. That’s diving into the numbers, digging through […]

Peter Engler

November 19, 2021 7 min read

Mid-Season Quarterback Awards and CPM Check-In

After introducing Comprehensive Passing Metric (CPM) at the beginning of the season, 150 games (of the regular season’s 272) have passed, allowing us to hand out some midseason QB awards as well as evaluate how well the statistic has done. So far, the QB with the better CPM has won 85.33% of games this season, […]