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NFL Draft Tracker 2013: Picks, Trades and Updated Analysis
The NFL Draft takes place in Radio City Music Hall, New York. The Kansas City Chiefs, Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, Eric Fisher, Dion Jordan, Luke Joeckel and many many more. We know the...
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NFL Draft: Winners and Losers From Round One
Was the Rams’ trade for Tavon Austin really worth it? As everyone expected, there were predictable picks, shocking picks, aggressive picks, cautious picks and trades on day one of the 2013 NFL Draft....
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Arizona Cardinals: Jonathan Cooper is the Guard of Bruce Arians’ Dreams
Jonathan Cooper has landed with the perfect Head Coach in Arizona. The defining moment of Super Bowl XL remains that touchdown pass that Antwaan Randle El threw to fellow wide receiver Hines Ward....
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NFL Draft Scouting Report: Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater
Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is a man in demand for NFL franchises. I am an NFL writer first and foremost. I spend most of my time watching tape of NFL players because my job is to ignore...
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The Pittsburgh Steelers Need for a Big, Red Zone Receiver is a Myth
Jerricho Cotchery scored 10 red zone touchdowns in 2013. The Pittsburgh Steelers weren’t efficient in the red zone during the 2013 season because they have small receivers. This is a widely accepted...
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NFL Draft: Thoughts on Virginia Tech Cornerback Kyle Fuller
Kyle Fuller is hoping to be a first round pick in the NFL Draft. The success of the Seattle Seahawks is supposed to usher in a new era where teams focus on finding taller, rangier cornerbacks who can...
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The Houston Texans and Teddy Bridgewater: A Perfect Marriage That May Not Happen
Teddy Bridgewater isn’t the consensus top pick in the NFL draft. (Image courtesy of CBSSports) After a horrific 2013 season, the Houston Texans have a new head coach and a new outlook moving into the...
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Pre Snap Reads Mock Draft Version One
Johnny Manziel is expecting to be the first quarterback taken. (Image courtesy of Sports Illustrated) This is a mock draft where I made the selections for the teams. However, I also tried to be...
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NFL Draft Twitter List
Image courtesy of @SullyFootball Following the NFL offseason can be tough. That is primarily for two reasons: 1. It’s drawn out for months. 2. Some of the specific details of different moves, contracts...
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Ranking the Players I’ve Been Able To Watch
I don’t get a huge amount of time to commit to watching college players, but with the draft on tomorrow night, I thought it was a good time to get all my thoughts on players out for everyone to read....
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Jared Goff, Best Available Quarterback
Back in 2011, a film called The Artist won the Oscar for Best Picture. It wasn’t your typical victor. The Artist was a black-and-white, silent film set in the 1920s. Not the type of film that draws in...
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The Warts of Carson Wentz
What should we value in an NFL quarterback prospect? Every year quarterbacks cause the greatest rifts at draft time because of that question. Not only does everyone see different things when they...
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2016 NFL Draft: The Tennessee Titans’ Best Direction
21 teams have hired a new head coach since 2013. Eight of those teams have hired two coaches over that time period. The majority of those hires have been paired with new general managers. One of those...
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Developmental Quarterbacks: The NFL Draft’s Pyramid Scheme
15 quarterbacks were selected in the 2016 NFL Draft. Jared Goff and Carson Wentz went first and second overall, before Paxton Lynch and Christian Hackenberg followed in the first two rounds. After...
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Patrick Mahomes and the Allure of Upside
This is the time of year when you hear about what a player can be taught. You can’t teach speed, but you can teach route running. You can’t teach size, but you can teach hand placement. You can’t...
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DeShone Kizer and Diverging Traits
The draft is a repetitive entity. Every draft process is engulfed in narratives that parallel previous years while teams repeat terms and prospects fall into the same categories. It can become...
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Evaluating Quarterback Prospects, Mitchell Trubisky and DeShaun Watson
Evaluating prospects for the NFL draft should be a humbling undertaking. You are trying to predict something that by its very nature is unpredictable. You can get everything right in what you are...
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