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Interesting nugget from Pompei, suggesting that Chris Givens and Stephen Hill might be highly underrated. I totally agree that conventional metrics are almost useless when evaluating WRs, so I'm definitely buying into this. NFP Sunday Blitz | National Football Post

Just did some quick math on strength of schedule, which is the first tiebreaker for draft order. The Raiders had a pretty easy schedule, so they "win" the tiebreaker against everyone except the Rams and Jags. Thus, here are the best and worst case scenarios: Best Case: Raiders lose to KC...

Mike Reiss has a breakdown of the team's penalties so far in the year. Penalty watch: TEs pick up flags - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston I think the nature of most of the penalties is very indicative of the way the team has played so far this year - dumb. Of the 16...

With all the bandwagon jumping going on with the Jets of late, I've done some research on the NyJetsCap.com page and a couple of other places and basically come to the conclusion that the Jets are operating in a 1 year window - 2 years tops. There are 3 factors that contribute to this...

There are 6 USC prospects that could go in the first 3 rounds this year - Mays, Griffen, Brown, McCoy, McNight, D. Williams. Based on BB's history, I'm wondering whether we can cross them off the list before the draft even starts. BB has drafted 2 players out of USC since he's been here...

Per Reiss. NFL combine, Day 2 - Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston I guess that's the worst case scenario in terms of where the Pat's draft slots will be.

After reviewing last night's game, it's pretty evident what the game plan was against the Bills. The Pats played 2 deep - man under almost the entire game, taking away TO and Evans and any deep passes. They were hoping the front 7 would be able to stop the run and cover the underneath stuff to...

I was re-watching the Redskins game and Burgess was primarily in on passing downs, doing next to nothing. Then, in the 3rd quarter, I saw a series where Burgess was lining up as the LDE in the 3-4, again doing nothing. Now I know that it's only preseason and BB likes to try out players in...

Another good one on ESPN As Tom Brady's injury showed last year, every NFL team needs a good backup plan at quarterback - ESPN Here's a blurb: The Patriots actually ensured that Cassel remained focused through a different method: trial under fire. Every so often, during the middle of...

Since half the threads on this board - like the Alex Smith trade - get converted into Peppers threads, I just wanted to point out (again, for the hundredth time) what a bunch of nonsense Vic Carucci writes, what a joker this guy is, and why it's complete lunacy to believe anything he says. Here...

Just thought I'd throw this out there. He's going out on a limb and says that guy can play in any system. Interesting... NFL Video Galleries

Interesting. Sounds like Mayock likes Mathews the best out of the 3. NFL Video Galleries

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I was just rewatching the Falcons game and noticed what a good run blocker Dave Thomas is. He made a large number of real good blocks - including probably THE main block on the Cobbs TD. He did have some problems with his pass blocking, but I have to...

I'm sure this has been posted here already at some point, but it's just too funy every time I see it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95O-lwAMHRc

The Pats seem to have a hole at punt returner right now. Granted, it's not a major hole, but sometimes a big punt retrun (not necessarily for a TD) can change a game. It's been a number of years since the Pats had a really dangerous punt returner. Tim Dwight did a nice job last year, but...

I know we do this every so often, but haven't seen it recently. Every year, it gets easier to judge a previous draft class. Just curious as to how people on this board would rank the previous drafts. I did not include the UDFAs because (1) I don't remember all of them from each year and (2)...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=2439793 This article is nothing special, but it brings up 2 interesting thoughts: 1) This explains why so many teams are putting an emphasis on TEs and running 2 TE offenses. The TEs have a better chance of getting a...

If this were for real, it would make me puke. But t's SO stupid, it just makes me laugh. 1) Antonio Cromartie, DC, Florida State 2) Abdul Hodge, ILB, Iowa 3a) Travis Wilson, WR, Oklahoma 3b) Montavious Stanley, DT, Louisville 4a) Leon Washington, RB, Florida State 4b) Omar Jacobs...

I think Pat Kirwan is one of the most knowledgeable Insiders out there. This, I think, is a real good mock draft (at least the first round) along with good explanations and some interesting rumors. http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9392296

21) Chad Greenway - I doubt he will drop, but I think he's the most LB in this year's draft in terms of playing the run, coverage, and blitzing. 52) Anthony Fasano, TE, ND - A faster, stronger version of Fauria. Could be an improvement over Graham in 2007. 75) Jason Avant, WR, Mich - Despite...