The great thing about the NFL is that there are so many positions that every year, there is almost always at least one player who has a breakout year on every team, no matter how good or bad the team is. This is one part in a 32 part segment detailing one potential breakout player [...]
Don’t pay too much attention to the order. It’s in no way my final season predictions. It’s mostly chalk with a few of my surprise predictions for the 2013 NFL season. 1. Jacksonville Jaguars- QB Teddy Bridgewater (Louisville) The Jaguars ignored the quarterback position in the 2013 NFL Draft, which could prove to be a [...]
Before the draft, I posted a mock draft labeled FINAL on Wednesday Night, but that wasn’t my true final mock. I participate in Huddle’s Mock Draft contest, which requires me to submit a final mock draft on Wednesday Night and label it as such on my site. However, I did a final final mock draft [...]
The draft is over, but teams with needs still have hope. The end of the draft usually kicks off a 2nd wave of free agency featuring players that teams were waiting until after the draft to sign. This game, more than any recent year, that group is loaded and has many players who could be [...]
33. Jacksonville Jaguars- CB Johnthan Banks (Mississippi State) 34. San Francisco 49ers- TE Zach Ertz (Stanford) 35. Philadelphia Eagles- QB Geno Smith (West Virginia) 36. Detroit Lions- OT Menelik Watson (Florida State) 37. Cincinnati Bengals- RB Eddie Lacy (Alabama) 38. Arizona Cardinals- MLB Arthur Brown (Kansas State) 39. New York Jets- QB Ryan Nassib (Syracuse) [...]
This is my final mock draft. It’s only the first round. For my final 7 round mock draft (with a different 1st round, but whatever) from Sunday Night, click here. *=Player has worked out privately with team drafting him 1. Kansas City Chiefs- OT Luke Joeckel* (Texas A&M) When I started this mock, a bunch [...]
*=Player has worked out privately with team drafting him 1. Kansas City Chiefs- OT Luke Joeckel* (Texas A&M) The Chiefs cutting Eric Winston is probably a sign that the Chiefs will go offensive tackle at the top of the draft. Winston was a fine player for the Chiefs last year, reasonably priced, and cutting him [...]
Rules Prospects from 2012 and 2013 are eligible This is based on how players were seen as prospects. We know Russell Wilson is awesome now, but he went in the 3rd round so he won’t go in the 1st round here. 2013 needs and current rosters are taken into account. A team cannot draft a [...]
Quarterbacks Jason Campbell (Arizona): 1 year, 2 million Of all the quarterback needy teams, the Cardinals might be the neediest. Campbell is the best available quarterback on a weak quarterback market and he’d be a potential stopgap option for the Cardinals ahead of a rookie quarterback. Matt Cassel and Carson Palmer are also options for [...]
By Benjamin Collins The new NFL season doesn’t begin until September of this year, but already the odds and futures betting for the new season have started, which reflects the popularity of betting on the NFL amongst fans of both the sport and gambling. However, although it can be hard to resist getting in on [...]
Top-10 best contracts in the NFL 1. QB Russell Wilson (Seattle): 3 years, 1.987 million remaining You could make a case for Colin Kaepernick, Andrew Luck, and Robert Griffin here, but Luck and Griffin are making 3 times as much money as Wilson and Wilson has still two more years left on his deal before [...]
The reasons for not trading Darrelle Revis are obvious. When healthy, this guy is not only the Jets’ best player, but probably the best defensive back in the entire NFL and maybe even the best overall defensive player in the NFL. Including this year, when he played just 1 ½ games thanks to injury, Revis [...]
4-3 to 3-4 Atlanta Falcons This one isn’t confirmed, but Falcons’ defensive coordinator Mike Nolan is a 3-4 guy. He did a great job in his first season with the Falcons, coaching them to a top-5 scoring defense, despite having to run a 4-3, because he wisely realized they didn’t have the personnel for an [...]
Unlike with several college football awards, I don’t actually get a say in these NFL awards, but I like to make my opinion known on them. These picks are who deserves to win the awards, not who will. None of these awards take into account post-season performance. MVP: RB Adrian Peterson (Minnesota) I was meaning [...]
Definitely Not* Bill Belichick Joe Philbin Mike Tomlin John Harbaugh Marvin Lewis Gary Kubiak Chuck Pagano/Bruce Arians John Fox Tom Coughlin Mike Shanahan Mike McCarthy Leslie Frazier Sean Payton** Mike Smith Greg Schiano Jim Harbaugh Pete Carroll Jeff Fisher Probably Not Dennis Allen Jason Garrett Lovie Smith Jim Schwartz Maybe Not Rex Ryan Mike Munchak [...]
On Twitter (@stevenlourie), I tweeted “It’s the most infuriating day of the year. Time to read this year’s Pro-Bowl rosters.” And I’m not referring to the stupidity of a game that none of the players care about anyway (my solution: make it like All-American teams, announce the teams, but never play the game. It’s still [...]
Not a lot of people know who Kraig Urbik is, but he’s a starting right guard for the Buffalo Bills and he’s actually quite good. A 2 year starter, Urbik graded out as ProFootballFocus 18th ranked guard in 8 starts in 2011 and ranks 24th this season in 11 starts, making him an above average [...]
AFC Quarterbacks Tom Brady (NE), Peyton Manning (DEN), Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) Brady and Manning are obvious choices and will probably finish 1-2 in MVP voting, in some order. Roethlisberger beats out Schaub for the underwhelming 3rd spot, even though he missed 3 games. Roethlisberger carried a team that has had so many injuries this year [...]
As I’m sure you’ve already heard, Jovan Belcher, a starting middle linebacker on the Kansas City Chiefs, committed a murder/suicide this weekend, shocking the football world and changing many lives for the worse. I’m not here to talk about the specific incident. There’s nothing really to say that you haven’t heard a million times. What [...]
Probable WR Brandon Banks (Hip) WR Pierre Garcon (Foot) CB DeAngelo Hall (Illness) WR Aldrick Robinson (Head) OT Trent Williams (Knee) Questionable, likely to play Questionable, game time decision RB Evan Royster (Knee) Doubtful/Out CB Cedric Griffin (Hamstring) S Brandon Meriweather (Knee)
Probable DT Jonathan Babineaux (Groin) WR Julio Jones (Hand) OLB Stephen Nicholas (Thigh) CB Christopher Owens (Head) RB Antone Smith (Hamstring) Questionable, likely to play N/A Questionable, game time decision C Todd McClure (Pectoral) S William Moore (Hip) RB Lousaka Polite (Hamstring) Doubtful/Out TE Michael Palmer (Shoulder)
Under .500 for the first time since 2003 and heading into a crucial divisional away game in Buffalo, where the Bills lead the division right now, the Patriots are less than 100% injury wise and missing critical players. Everyone knows about the Aaron Hernandez injury. He’ll be out another week and probably won’t be back [...]
The Cincinnati Bengals rank 28th against the pass this year, allowing 8.5 YPA, and have been torched by every quarterback they’ve faced, including Brandon Weeden, who completed 26 of 37 for 322 yards and 2 scores against them, which represents by far his best statistical game of the season. Injuries have been a huge part [...]
Austin Collie suffered a concussion this preseason, his 4th in the last 21 months, but it was a minor one and it looked like he would be back for week 1. He practiced before week 1, but was not cleared and the same thing happened week 2. It’s very likely he just did not get [...]
Darrelle Revis missed last week against the Steelers with a concussion and he was really missed as the Steelers beat the Jets 27-10 on the strength of a very strong performance from Ben Roethlisberger (24 of 31 for 275 yards and 2 touchdowns) that probably would not have happened if Revis were in the lineup. [...]