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5 Reasons You Should Keep Paying Attention to Deflategate

June 2, 2016

Oh no, not another Deflategate column. Just the presence of the word "Deflategate" in the headline may have given you the urge to throw your smartphone against the wall in disgust—or ...

Which NFL Players Will Generate the Most 2016 Summer Nonsense?

May 26, 2016

Memorial Day weekend marks the official end of the NFL news cycle and the start of the NFL nonsense cycle.  From now until the start of training camps in late July, ...

The Do’s and Don’ts of NFL OTAs

May 24, 2016

Robots. Grievances. Unexpected injuries. Quarterback controversies that will boil over before Memorial Day. OTAs aren't as easy for teams as they used to be.  Gone are the days when players lifted weights, ...

Which of the NFL’s ‘Dumbest’ Strategies Are Smarter Than You Think?

May 19, 2016

NFL coaches are stupid. OK, no, that's not even remotely true, no matter what midday sports-talk radio and TV want to tell you. But NFL coaches are old-fashioned, ultra-conservative and a little ...

Great Mediocrity! Springtime Predictions, Ranked by Silliness

May 17, 2016

There is no such thing as a pessimist at an NFL minicamp. Everyone's undefeated. The rookies all look "sharp" (other than Corey Coleman). Even the veterans who are rehabbing injuries or ...

Colts Should Act Now to Make Andrew Luck NFL’s Highest-Paid Player, Despite 2015

May 12, 2016

Andrew Luck ranked 92nd among active players on the NFL Network program The Top 100 Players of 2016 that started airing last week.  According to Bleacher Report's Jason Cole, the Colts ...

How Sam Bradford Wrecked His Reputation, and How He Can Fix It

May 10, 2016

If you want to make the entire football world hate you, here's a step-by-step guide:  Step 1. Have a lackluster season, the latest in a disappointing career. Step 2. Sign an eight-figure ...

Moneyball Is Changing the Way NFL Teams Assemble Their Rosters

May 5, 2016

Are you ready to "embrace analytics"? The phrase makes the marriage of research and scouting sound like a forbidden romance—a coach and a statistician locked in each other's arms on the ...

Hard Lessons and Surprising Trends from the 2016 NFL Draft

May 3, 2016

Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. And those who do not learn from past drafts are doomed to be the Browns.  With another dramatic, ...

2016 NFL Draft Grades: Full Day 3 Report Card

April 30, 2016

Richard Sherman. Antonio Brown. Brandon Marshall. Geno Atkins. Jared Allen. Marques Colston. Tom Brady. You know darn well what they all had in common: they were 4th-through-7th round draft picks. Maybe Connor ...

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