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Continue reading →: Washington Redskins 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback In 2012, the Redskins mortgaged the future to move up 4 spots in the draft to select Baylor quarterback and Heisman winner Robert Griffin, sending picks #6 and #39, along with future first rounders in 2013 and 2014, to the Rams for #2. Griffin won Offensive Rookie of the…
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Continue reading →: Dallas Cowboys 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Cowboys’ season looked over in the pre-season, when quarterback Tony Romo went down with a back injury. The Cowboys had gone just 1-11 without Romo the previous season, finishing 4-12 overall, and were counting on a healthy Romo to take them back to the post-season. It looked like…
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Continue reading →: Philadelphia Eagles 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Eagles made an aggressive move up the draft board to grab a quarterback in 2016, sending useful defenders Kiko Alonso and Byron Maxwell to the Dolphins to move up from 13 to 8 and then sending #8, #77, #100, a 2017 1st rounder, and a 2018 2nd rounder…
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Continue reading →: New York Giants 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Giants made the playoffs in 2016, for the first time since the 2011 season, but had their worst offensive season in a while, moving the chains at a mere 31.53% rate, 29th in the NFL. They won 11 games and made the playoffs on the strength of a…
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Continue reading →: Green Bay Packers 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Packers started last season a very disappointing 4-6, leading to Aaron Rodgers famously saying after their 6th loss that he thought they could run the table. Rodgers wasn’t quite right, but they gave it a good run, winning their next 8 games, including 2 playoff games, before falling…
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Continue reading →: Minnesota Vikings 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback After the 2015 season, things looked bright for the Vikings. Even though they lost their home playoff game to the Seahawks on a missed field goal, it was still an impressive season for the Vikings who went 11-5 in just the second season of new head coach Mike Zimmer…
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Continue reading →: Detroit Lions 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Lions made the playoffs last season, but they were arguably the worst team to make the playoffs. Their 9-7 record was tied for the worst among playoff teams (with Houston) and they were the only team to make the playoffs that didn’t defeat another playoff team, going 0-5…
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Continue reading →: Chicago Bears 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback At the end of last season, the Chicago Bears were on my list of teams that I expected to be significantly improved in 2017 in terms of wins. The Bears won just 3 games in 2016, but finished the season with 2 more first downs than their opponents and…
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Continue reading →: 2017 NFL Mock Draft (Day 2)
*=player has had private visit/workout with team Green Bay Packers – G Forest Lamp (Western Kentucky) Seattle Seahawks – CB Kevin King (Washington) Jacksonville Jaguars – QB Davis Webb (California) Chicago Bears – CB Chidobe Awuzie (Colorado) Los Angeles Rams – WR Isaiah Jones (East Carolina) Los Angeles Chargers –…
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Continue reading →: 2017 NFL Mock Draft
Updated: 4/27/17 *=player has had private visit/workout with team 1. Cleveland Browns – DE Myles Garrett (Texas A&M)* Typically, the top pick in the draft is a quarterback, as a non-quarterback has gone #1 overall just 5 times in the last 19 drafts. In 3 off those instances, the team drafting…
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