Who has been the bigger bust: Sanchez or Heyward-Bey?
Due to a number of projections I’ve done that have adjusted for schedule, the Raiders and Jets both seem to be really good bets to finish in second place in their divisions this year. Now, normally...
View ArticleNFL Teams that are in trouble after three weeks
This is not going to be an examination of teams off to poor starts, record-wise. Rather, after looking at some game tape early this week, I am going to comment on teams that may have had some...
View ArticleWho is going to get the last playoff seed in the AFC? The Tennessee Titans
In Week 9, the Cincinnati Bengals went in to Nashville and beat the Tennessee Titans by a single score. It would have been fair at this point to write off the Titans entirely. The Houston Texans...
View ArticleThe Salary Cap still doesn’t act as a limiting factor on NFL teams
A thought exercise that I have been having with myself today: How would the NFL world be different if the 2011 CBA had not contained a salary cap. We just had, in the character-limited words of Evan...
View Article2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame Electorate: Instant Analysis
The 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame class isn’t going to be known as an all-time great class. It did not elect a first ballot player, though two players who were overlooked with last year’s class will...
View ArticleNFL Free Agency 2012: Winning!
I don’t have an objective system to grade free agency like I do the draft, but I take an objective approach to charting what happens during free agency, and that gives me a pretty good concept of who...
View ArticleDraft Reaction: New York Jets select DE Quenton Coples
One of my favorite matches in the early part of this draft is Quenton Coples to the New York Jets. Coples has zero experience playing a five technique in college. And fortuantely for him, it will...
View ArticleDraft Reaction: New York Jets select WR Stephen Hill
I like the approach that the Jets are taking this offseason, and this move falls right in line with their decision to pick Tim Tebow from the Denver Broncos in a trade: they’re building a ground-based...
View Article2012 NFL Season Awards Predictions
A listing of award predictions for the 2012 season plus a b0ttom line call on who will take it all in 2012. Offensive Rookie of the Year: Andrew Luck, Colts The offensive rookie of the 2012 NFL season...
View ArticleThe LiveBall Sports New York Jets Season Preview
Checking in on the 32 NFL teams, continuing from the bottom What we said about the Jets prior to the 2012 season You’ll have to think back to a time when trading a mid-round pick for Tim Tebow was not...
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