News -- May 2013
5/12 EDSFootball: Fantasy Football Dynasty Mock Draft: Round 4 Complete : 4.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Aaron Hernandez, TE, New England Patriots
Through three seasons, Hernandez, who turns 24 in ...
5/2 Sports Out West: NFL rumors: Could Tim Tebow join Manti Te’o in San Diego? : Former New York Jets quarterback and current NFL free agent Tim Tebow needs a new football home, if a team will have him. ...
5/1 FootballPerspective.com: Where Does Tim Tebow Rank in the Pantheon of Great Quarterbacks : With the Jets releasing Tim Tebow, it appears that his NFL career may be over. If that’s the case, it’s time to reflect ...
News -- April 2013
4/29 FootballPerspective.com: My Thoughts on the 2013 Draft : Over the last three days, I analyzed the trades from the first round, rounds 2 and 3, and the final four rounds. Today, I wanted ...
4/25 FootballPerspective.com: Eric Fisher Would Become First #1 Pick from a MAC School A recap of every #1 pick in NFL and AFL Draft History, along with their conference affiliations: Tweet...
4/22 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of April 20, 2003 : Strength of early picks in question Next weekend’s draft marks the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest drafts of all ...
4/16 FootballPerspective.com: Do NFL teams properly value age when drafting quarterbacks? : For the most part, age is rarely discussed when talking about college quarterbacks. Outside of the Brandon Weedens and Chris Weinkes ...
4/15 SideLion Report: Matthew Stafford is the New Sheriff in Town : The Detroit Lions started their offseason workouts today, and if they came out of the tunnel all at once like they do at a game, ...
4/13 FootballPerspective.com: Fourth Quarter/Overtime Game-Winning Passing Touchdowns : Yesterday, I looked at the career leaders in 4th quarter (and overtime) game-winning touchdowns from scrimmage. Today I will do ...
News -- March 2013
3/16 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of March 16, 2003 : Kordell Stewart, Brian Griese and Jake Plummer are the latest examples of wildly fluctuating QB stock. The discomfort between ...
3/14 NFL Jerks: Wes Welker to the Denver Broncos: Fantasy Implications : How good can Wes Welker, the veritable and aptly named Slot Machine, be in the Denver Broncos’ well-oiled offense? Let’s begin ...
3/13 NFL Jerks: Wes Welker to the Denver Broncos: Fantasy Implications : How good can Wes Welker, the veritable and aptly named Slot Machine, be in the Denver Broncos’ well-oiled offense? Let’s begin ...
3/12 KC Kingdom: Roundup: Chiefs Sign Three; Dorsey, Hillis Take Visits : Andy Reid and John Dorseygot off to a fast start to free agency by signing three free agents within the first three hours of the ...
3/9 FootballPerspective.com: Is Ray Lewis the Best Player to Retire after winning the Super Bowl? : Today’s title gives a pretty good hint as to what today’s post is about. The table below shows the career Approximate ...
3/3 FootballPerspective.com: Jimmy Smith is one of the best wide receivers in NFL history : Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith was first eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was cut early in the process, failing to ...
3/1 FootballPerspective.com: Can you name the last non-first ballot HOF Quarterback? : Kurt Warner will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2 years, making him a potential member of the Class of 2015. Warner is an ...
News -- February 2013
2/22 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, February 23rd : Last year, Stanford’s David DeCastro was considered one of the safest picks in the draft. But despite being a dominant player ...
2/15 NFL Spin Zone: Kaepernick and Griffin III: Will the Option be an Option in the NFL : Will the option be an option in the NFL? In towns like Norman, Oklahoma, old men gathered to watch NFL games this year, and smiled ...
2/13 FootballPerspective.com: Happy Valentine’s Day to The Quarterback in Your Life : There have been 35 quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for at least 30,000 yards. Given enough time, you could probably guess ...
2/11 StoopSports.com: The Comeback Season : Ricky Guerra- One of the NFL’s best and former Indianapolis Colt quarterback regained old form with ease after neck problems. ...
2/11 SideLion Report: Hiring the X-man Starts the Detroit Lions’ Offseason Off Right : That awful stench that was the Detroit Lions’ 2012 season is starting to fade away now that the playoffs are over. In the ...
2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them : The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting ...
2/4 FootballPerspective.com: Are the Super Bowl-Winning QBs Getting Worse? : Now that we live in a world where Joe Flacco and Eli Manning have quarterbacked 3 of the last 6 Super Bowl-winning teams, you ...
News -- January 2013
1/27 FootballPerspective.com: How Super Bowl XLVII could impact the HOF chances of certain Ravens : Being a Super Bowl champion is a pretty nice bullet to place on your Hall of Fame resume. For players like Jerry Rice or Peyton ...
1/22 FootballPerspective.com: The Manning Index (and The Brady Effect) : Eight years ago — almost to the day — our old PFR colleague Doug Drinen wrote a Sabernomics post about “The ...
1/21 FootballPerspective.com: Is Joe Flacco elite? : Just a guess, but I think that question will be asked quite a few times over the next couple of weeks. While the inanity of the ...
1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Super Bowl History : Now that the Super Bowl matchup is set, I thought I’d start the two-week period with some Super Bow history. The table below ...
1/20 Stripe Hype: NFL History: Is Tom Brady the Greatest Quarterback of All Time? : It’s the golden age of the quarterback. Elite passers across the league have continued to put up big numbers this season. ...
1/10 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of January 10, 2003 : The first handpicked successor to John Elway, the only quarterback the Denver Broncos selected in the first round of the NFL draft, ...
1/9 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing Matt Ryan to the previous Mayors of Chokesville : For the second time in three years, the Atlanta Falcons are the NFC’s number one seed. Just like in 2010, the Falcons started ...
1/4 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career passing stats in wins and losses : Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses; today I will do the same but for quarterbacks. I looked at ...
News -- December 2012
12/30 paullebowitz.com: An RG III Win for the Redskins Renders Rob Parker an Irrelevant Footnote : Rob Parker’s ridiculous query as to whether Robert Griffin III was a “cornball brother” is evidence of the inherent stupidity ...
12/29 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losses : Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He’s also averaging ...
12/12 SideLion Report: Matthew Stafford Can Be Elite the Brett Favre Way : There is no shortage of culprits, real or imaged, in the midst of a tough season. That holds true with the 2012 Detroit Lions ...
News -- November 2012
11/28 FootballPerspective.com: Week 12 Power Rankings : The contenders have emerged in both conferences. The numbers say that the Broncos, Patriots, 49ers, and Texans are legit, while ...
11/17 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: QB Playoff Wins by College : Watching Matt Barkley today against UCLA, I tweeted that Mark Sanchez is responsible for 4 of the 9 playoff wins by USC quarterbacks. ...
11/12 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of November 12, 2002 : Those comparisons by Mike Shanahan between Brian Griese and Joe Montana? The Broncos can only wish Griese were as good as Rich ...
News -- October 2012
10/31 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 8 : My post for the New York Times this week takes a look at the triumvirate of Mike Tannenbaum, Rex Ryan, and Mark Sanchez. Rex Ryan ...
10/27 FootballPerspective.com: Wins with quarterbacks drafted by that team : Good stat today by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who notes that Kansas City has gone 25 years without winning a game with a quarterback ...
10/26 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 26, 2002 : In 1971, a man named Don Smith was flying over Kansas, naturally, when he came up with the basic formula for the passer rating. ...
10/18 FootballPerspective.com: When should the Jaguars give up on Blaine Gabbert? : One of the most difficult decisions an organization has to make is when to admit its mistakes. The Jaguars drafted Blaine Gabbert ...
10/13 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 13, 2002 : Tim Couch doesn’t understand that there’s no crying in football. No whining, either. Not if you want to remain a starting ...
10/4 FootballPerspective.com: Quarter-by-Quarter Team Win Probability Added : A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a method of calculating a team’s win probability at the end of any given quarter, given ...
News -- September 2012
9/24 FootballPerspective.com: Interceptions per Incompletion (or POPIP) : I leave the baseball analysis to my brothers at baseball-reference.com, but I know enough to be dangerous. There’s a stat ...
News -- August 2012
8/31 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest QB of All-Time IV, Part III: Playoff Results : On Wednesday, I explained the methodology for grading each quarterback in each season. Yesterday, I came up with an all-time career ...
8/24 FootballPerspective.com: The best fantasy football players since 1950 : Bill Simmons wrote about LaDainian Tomlinson last month and called him the best fantasy football player of all-time. “Greatest ...
8/16 FootballPerspective.com: Joe Namath has become football’s most misunderstood quarterback : A couple of years ago, my colleague Jason Lisk explained why Joe Namath is a legitimate Hall of Famer. With each passing year, ...
News -- July 2012
7/22 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Sunday, July 22nd : With a 3-4 record, there were a lot of things wrong with the 2008 Colts. Well, at least that’s what people thought. The ...
7/18 FootballPerspective.com: Quarterback wins over Pythagoras : No, this article isn’t an article about quarterbacks squaring off against ancient Greek mathematicians. Today, we’re ...
7/4 FootballPerspective.com: Franchise leaders — passing stats : Happy 4th of July! Before you head to your barbecue, I’d recommend you take a look at the incredible document our founders ...
News -- April 2012
4/24 Money in the Banana Stand: The Potential Peyton Problem : The Denver Broncos signed Peyton Manning to a 5-year, $96 million contract on Tuesday. Most NFL prognosticators believe the Broncos ...
4/12 Money in the Banana Stand: The Potential Peyton Problem : The Denver Broncos signed Peyton Manning to a 5-year, $96 million contract on Tuesday. Most NFL prognosticators believe the Broncos ...
News -- January 2012
1/20 qbinskirts.com: A Look up the Skirts of the QBs in the Conference Championship Games : The NFL season is just about finished. All we have left is the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl. For me Championship ...
News -- November 2011
11/18 Fact-Based Football: Why Elway Should Like Tebow...at Least for Now... : So we all should know that it is way too early to judge Tim Tebow, especially on the throwing part of his quarterbacking. That ...
News -- January 2011
1/18 NFL Mocks: Draft Strategy: Denver Broncos : The Denver Broncos are a team going through a pretty big transition as the leadership and hierarchy of the team and front office ...
1/11 WhoDatDish.com: Saints DC Gregg Williams Declines Interview With Broncos : It looks like the Saints have dodged a rather big bullet as defensive coordinator Gregg Williams has chosen not to interview with ...