Leonard Floyd
As teams head to training camp and the NFL season approaches, The 33rd Team asks its experts to preview every team’s outlook for the 2023 season. In this installment, Matt Cassel takes a deep dive into the Buffalo Bills. >> READ: Bills Fantasy Football Preview Bills Team Preview What To Know: Offense The Bills’ biggest […]
Buffalo Bills Beef Up Defensive Front, Break Ground on Stadium
The Buffalo Bills are busy working on their short-term and long-term futures. The team recently signed defensive tackle Ed Oliver to a four-year extension. The Bills then added pass rusher Leonard Floyd to pair with former Los Angeles Rams teammate Von Miller. The franchise also broke ground for a new stadium that is scheduled for […]
Perfect Landing Spots for Top Remaining 2023 Free Agents
We’re now in the post-draft phase of free agency when NFL teams seek to fortify potential weak spots on their rosters that have not been adequately filled thus far in 2023. Many players can be signed and contribute in a big way, as was the case with cornerback James Bradberry last year when the Philadelphia […]
Best Fits For Top Remaining NFL Free Agents After 2023 Draft
The 2023 NFL Draft is over, but there’s still plenty of work for teams that have been through the first wave of the free-agent market. Some second-tier free agents signed after the initial start of free agency, but there are always players who can help a team left over after the first couple waves of […]
Rams-Cowboys Week 5 Scouting Report: Grades and Key Matchups
The Scouting Report for Sunday’s Rams-Cowboys game is produced by The 33rd Team’s Scouting Department, which is led by former Eagles, Cardinals and Ravens personnel executive T.J. McCreight and assisted by scouts Justin Casey, Kevin Cohn and Evan Pritt. Matthew Stafford vs. Cooper Rush Stafford leads the league with six interceptions and is tied for […]
Using Pressure-to-Sack Conversion Rates to Predict Sack Risers and Fallers
As analytics rapidly get integrated into mainstream football analysis and thinking, it has become clear that defensive pressures are significantly better indicators of future defensive success than sacks. By using a defender’s pressure statistics to analyze how many sacks above or below average they produced, we can ascertain which players are prime to either improve […]