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Continue reading →: Atlanta Falcons 2024 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Falcons had a very stable quarterback situation from 2008-2021, with Matt Ryan consistently playing at an above average level, while only missing three total games due to injury across 14 seasons. The Falcons never quite got the supporting cast around him right, so they only made one Super…
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Continue reading →: New Orleans Saints 2024 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback When long-time Saints quarterback and future Hall of Famer Drew Brees retired following the 2020 season, the Saints were left in a tough situation. They had consistently borrowed future cap space to keep as much talent around Brees as possible in his later years, leading to a league best…
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Continue reading →: Carolina Panthers 2024 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback Last off-season, the Panthers made an aggressive trade up from the 9th pick to the 1st pick in the draft to select quarterback Bryce Young. In the previous five seasons, the Panthers finished between 5 wins and 7 wins every season, while starting eight different quarterbacks, so they clearly…
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Continue reading →: Kansas City Chiefs 2024 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback In the first five seasons of Patrick Mahomes’ tenure as the Chiefs’ starting quarterback from 2018-2022, the Chiefs finished in the top-3 in offensive DVOA in all five seasons. In 2023, the Chiefs fell to 8th in DVOA and Mahomes had the lowest QB rating of his career at…
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Continue reading →: Las Vegas Raiders 2024 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Raiders were a mediocre team in 2023, finishing 8-9 with a -0.29 yards per play differential and a -1.46% first down rate differential. They did go 5-4 under interim head coach Antonio Pierce, who is now officially the head coach, but they weren’t that much better with Pierce,…
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Continue reading →: Los Angeles Chargers 2024 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Chargers transitioned perfectly at the quarterback position, going from 14 years of a future Hall of Fame quarterback Philip Rivers as their starter (2006-2019) to Justin Herbert, the 6th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, who looks like he’s on a similar career track. The Chargers never…
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Continue reading →: Denver Broncos 2024 NFL Season Preview
Quarterbacks The Broncos won the Super Bowl at the end of the 2015 season, but they haven’t made the playoffs since, the second longest streak of missing the post-season in the league. The quarterback position has been a big part of the problem. Peyton Manning retired after that Super Bowl…
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Continue reading →: New York Jets 2024 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Jets have by far the NFL’s longest playoff drought, not having made the post-season since the 2010 season, with every other team having made it since 2016 and all but four teams having made it since 2020. The quarterback position has been a huge part of the reason…
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Continue reading →: Buffalo Bills 2024 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback A common team building strategy is to draft a young, cheap quarterback, surround him with talent while he’s young and cheap, even at the expense of future cap space, and then by the team the team needs to cut salary around the quarterback, hopefully the quarterback is good enough…
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Continue reading →: New England Patriots 2024 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Patriots went 4-13 last season, tied for the second worst record in the league, but there were some reasons for optimism going into the off-season. While their offense struggled mightily, ranking 29th in DVOA, their defense was good, ranking 9th, and, as a result, many of their losses…
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