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Continue reading →: Carolina Panthers 2016 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Panthers finished the 2014 season at 7-8-1, winning the division and making the playoffs purely because of how bad the rest of the division was. Last pre-season, the Panthers lost #1 wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin for the season with a torn ACL. Their outlook wasn’t looking great ahead…
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Continue reading →: Los Angeles Rams 2016 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Rams’ offense finished the 2015 season dead last in rate of moving the chains and by a pretty significant margin. They finished at 62.47%, while the 49ers, who finished 2nd worst, finished at 64.40%. The running game wasn’t really the problem, as their 4.56 yards per carry average…
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Continue reading →: San Francisco 49ers 2016 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s career got off to a good start. The 2011 2nd round pick didn’t play much as a rookie, but took over as the starter midway through the 2012 season when Alex Smith got hurt and led a very talented 49ers team to the Super Bowl, finishing 15th…
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Continue reading →: Seattle Seahawks 2016 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback In the past 4 seasons, the Seahawks have gone 26-6 in the final 8 games of the regular season, as opposed to 20-12 in the first 8 games. It makes sense that an organization that is as well run from top to bottom as the Seahawks’ organization is would…
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Continue reading →: Arizona Cardinals 2016 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback Many thought Cardinals’ quarterback Carson Palmer was done at this point last year. He had graded out above average in each of the last 6 seasons, but was coming off of the 2nd torn ACL of his career and going into his age 36 season, so the odds were…
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Continue reading →: Minnesota Vikings 2016 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Minnesota Vikings finished the 2013 season 5-10-1 and among the worst teams in the NFL. However, it’s been a steady climb for them over the past 2 seasons, culminating with a 2015 NFC North title, on the strength of an 11-5 record. Easily the two biggest reasons for…
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Continue reading →: Detroit Lions 2016 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback It was a tale of two seasons for the Lions in 2015. Following a 1-7 start and a 45-10 loss to the Chiefs in London week 8, the Lions won 6 of their final 8 games after the bye. It was too late for them to make the playoffs…
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Continue reading →: Green Bay Packers 2016 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was on top of the quarterback world following the 2014 season, as Rodgers completed 65.6% of his passes for an average of 8.43 YPA, 38 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions, en route to his 2nd career MVP award. Rodgers finished the season #1 among quarterbacks on Pro Football…
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Continue reading →: Chicago Bears 2016 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback Jay Cutler takes a lot of criticism, but he’s actually graded out above average in 5 of the last 6 seasons. He got a massive 7-year, 126.7 million dollar extension two off-seasons ago and promptly had the worst season of his career in 2014, finishing 32nd among 39 eligible…
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Continue reading →: 2016 NFL Re-Mock (2nd and 3rd rounds)
32. Cleveland Browns – RB Derrick Henry (Alabama) 33. Tennessee Titans – CB Mackenzie Alexander (Clemson) 34. Dallas Cowboys – DE Noah Spence (Eastern Kentucky) 35. San Diego Chargers – S Vonn Bell (Ohio State) 36. Baltimore Ravens – OLB Kevin Dodd (Clemson) 37. Kansas City Chiefs – G Cody…