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Continue reading →: Baltimore Ravens 2018 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback Joe Flacco led the Ravens to a Super Bowl victory in 2012 and the Ravens have been paying for it ever since. Flacco had arguably the best 4-game stretch of his career during that playoff run, completing 57.9% of his passes for an average of 9.05 YPA, 11 touchdowns,…
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Continue reading →: Pittsburgh Steelers 2018 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Steelers finished last season 13-3, tied for the best record in the NFL, but they lost at home in the divisional round to the Jacksonville Jaguars, after their first round bye. They had a strong season, but they were not as good as their record suggested, as they…
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Continue reading →: Cincinnati Bengals 2018 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The 2017 Bengals got off to about as bad of an offensive start to the season as you can have, not scoring a single offensive touchdown in their first 2 games of the season. They faced a pair of tough defenses, Baltimore and Houston, but that was obviously not…
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Continue reading →: Cleveland Browns 2018 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback A year after narrowly winning a week 16 game over the Chargers to finish 1-15, the Browns finished the 2nd 0-16 regular season in NFL history in 2017. Despite that, they actually finished 27th in first down rate differential at -3.45%. That’s obviously not good, but that’s not as…
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Continue reading →: Los Angeles Rams 2018 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback In 2016, the Rams had the fewest points in the league with 224. In 2017, they scored 478 points, most in the league, the first time in NFL history a team had gone from worst to first in points. You can’t give the offense all of the credit, as…
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Continue reading →: Seattle Seahawks 2018 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback When the Seahawks drafted Russell Wilson in the 3rd round in 2012, most did not think much of it. However, Wilson won the week 1 starting job as a rookie and has made every start since, leading the Seahawks to a 65-30-1 regular season record (2nd best in the…
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Continue reading →: San Francisco 49ers 2018 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback When John Lynch took over as GM of the San Francisco 49ers, his first order of business was to poach offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan from the Atlanta Falcons to be his head coach. Shanahan had just coordinated the league’s #1 offense and had 9 years of offensive coordinator experience…
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Continue reading →: Arizona Cardinals 2018 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback In 2015, the Cardinals were one of the best teams in the league. They finished 1st in first down rate, 9th in first down rate allowed, and 1st in first down rate differential at +8.45%. in 2016, they were not all that much worse, finishing 6th in first down…
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Continue reading →: New England Patriots 2018 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback Figuring out how to approach the end of a legendary quarterback’s career is a tough task. Some teams have lucked out and had clear replacements ready to go at the right time. The Packers had Aaron Rodgers fall to them at 24th overall in the 2005 NFL Draft and…
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Continue reading →: Miami Dolphins 2018 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Dolphins went 6-10 last season and were even worse than their record suggested. They went 5-2 in games decided by a touchdown or less. Their 6 wins came by a combined 47 points, while their 10 losses came by a combined 159 points, giving them a point differential…