News -- June 2013
6/18 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Redskins Roster Construction: Where the Final Spots Go : Yesterday I broke down the minimum spots needed at each position. That left the Redskins with essentially nine open roster spots ...
6/18 Sports Out West: 5 Reasons 49ers vs. Seahawks will be must-see TV in 2013 : As two of the premier franchises in the NFL, the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks both have high expectations for 2013. ...
6/17 FanSided: NFL GM Says Johnny Manziel Better Than RGIII, Andrew Luck and More : Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel apparently has a drunk friend in an NFL front office. According to a report from Mike ...
6/17 paullebowitz.com: The Costas Factor : I’ll preface this by saying I agree with Bob Costas’s premise that the overt celebrations in baseball when there’s a walkoff ...
6/14 EDSFootball: Fantasy Football Mock Draft Per Day (6/14/13): 10 Teams, No. 7 Pick, PPR Scoring : Last preseason, we conducted one fantasy football mock draft per day using a mock draft simulator powered by FantasyPros.
Having ...
6/12 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Thoughts On Mike Shanahan's Press Conference: : On Robert Griffin III’s rehab timeline: ...
6/11 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Who will have a bounce back season on offense? : Every year there are players who exceed expectations, while others fall well short. Whether due to injury or just a drop in production, ...
6/11 EDSFootball: Fantasy Football Mock Draft Per Day (6/11/13): 16 Teams, No. 6 Pick, PPR Scoring : Last preseason, we conducted one fantasy football mock draft per day using a mock draft simulator powered by FantasyPros.
Having ...
6/10 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Pierre Garcon Vs Alfred Morris: Who would you choose? : To go along with Robert Griffin III, the Redskins have two young offensive skill position stars in WR Pierre Garcon and RB Alfred ...
6/9 EDSFootball: 2013 Fantasy Football Profile and Projection: Seahawks QB Russell Wilson : All 32 NFL teams passed on him (at least, twice) in the 2013 NFL Draft. If teams were allowed to re-draft, he would certainly ...
6/8 NFL Jerks: Most and Least Clutch Players of 2012 : It’s the offseason, and it’s the time of the year for lists. Bleacher Report is ranking the top players at various positions. ...
6/8 The Pewter Plank: Fantasy Football: Can Josh Freeman Be a Breakout Fantasy Star in 2013? : Despite all of the drama and frustration surrounding Josh Freeman following the 2012 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ quarterback ...
6/6 NFL Jerks: Fantasy Football Perspective: Getting to Know the Running Quarterbacks : In 2011, Cam Newton changed the landscape of how quarterback is played in both real and fantasy football. Newton, the first ...
6/6 EDSFootball: Fantasy Football Mock Draft Per Day (6/6/13): 14 Teams, No. 4 Pick, PPR Scoring : Last preseason, we conducted one fantasy football mock draft per day using a mock draft simulator powered by FantasyPros.
Starting ...
6/4 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Redskins Plan B: Do they have the depth to replace injured starters? : Currently the Redskins have seven of their 22 starters recovering from injuries and while some players should recover fully and ...
6/2 NFL Jerks: Fantasy Football Draft Preparation: Top 30 Average QB Draft Positions In 2-QB Leagues : The last installment of the ‘Top 30 ADP in 2-QB Leagues’ was right after the conclusion of last month’s NFL ...
6/1 EDSFootball: Fantasy Football Mock Draft Per Day (6/1/13): 12 Teams, No. 8 Pick, Standard Scoring : Last preseason, we conducted one fantasy football mock draft per day using a mock draft simulator powered by FantasyPros.
Starting ...
News -- May 2013
5/31 NFL Jerks: Robert Griffin’s Knee: Is it Time to Breath Easy? : We’ve spent enough time looking at the quarterback situation at the bottom of the league; why not look at the top? We’re already ...
5/31 FootballPerspective.com: What does Norv Turner mean for Josh Gordon? : With Norv Turner, you know what you’re going to get. Turner was fired in San Diego after the Chargers failed to make the ...
5/29 NFL Jerks: Let’s Make a Deal! Pick Your Raiders Quarterback: Matt Flynn, Tyler Wilson, Terrelle Pryor : If the New York Jets quarterback battle has been the equivalent of Deal or No Deal – the slow whittling away of subpar boxes, ...
5/28 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Redskins Injury Recap and Look Ahead : Though much of the talk and discussion surrounds the recovery and prognosis of star Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, their ...
5/24 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Quick Thoughts From Mike Shanahan's Press Conference After OTA's: : On if Griffin III could play in the season opener without playing in the preseason: “It’s hard to say. Probably not…. Do ...
5/24 FootballPerspective.com: What Should Be Expected From Geno Smith’s Career? : As Jason Lisk has pointed out, quarterbacks drafted first overall tend to be much more successful than other quarterbacks, even ...
5/22 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Ranking the Redskins Offensive Players by Importance: : After reading a post on Hogs Haven I came up with the idea to rank the Redskins offensive players in order of importance. My ...
5/20 EDSFootball: 2014 NFL Draft Big Board: Top 25 Draft-Eligible Prospects : The 2013 NFL Draft class lacked the kind of excitement at the top that we saw back in 2012 with Stanford's Andrew Luck and Baylor's ...
5/19 EDSFootball: Fantasy Football Poll: Which 2nd-Year QB Will Have Most Fantasy Points in 2013? : Last year was an unprecedented year of success for rookie quarterbacks. Five different rookies were their respective team's opening ...
5/18 EDSFootball: Fantasy Football Dynasty Mock Draft: Round 6 Complete : We have now completed half of our new 2013 fantasy football dynasty mock draft.
Here are the picks from Round 6:
6.01 - ...
5/17 Fanspeak.com Redskins: 5 Other Offensive Players to Watch For this Season: : Though Leonard Hankerson may rank as the Redskins top offensive sleeper this year, there are plenty of other guys to watch for ...
5/17 NFL Jerks: Quarterback Contract Wars: Who Should Be Paid the Most? : This offseason has been a bonanza for quarterback contracts. Aaron Rodgers and Joe Flacco both received NFL-record contracts ...
5/15 FootballPerspective.com: Quarterbacks Were Healthier Than Ever in 2012 : Twenty quarterbacks started all sixteen games last season: Eli Manning Tony Romo Andrew Luck Russell Wilson Peyton Manning Matthew ...
5/14 CW Sports Blog: NFL Draft Trends: Quarterbacks : It’s easy to miss how good a draft really is when there’s a “can’t-miss prospect” involved. Last ...
5/14 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Four Things to Watch Until Training Camp Starts in Richmond : By Staff Writer John Manuel: 1. Health of Robert Griffin III: No surprise as always but it is the health of Robert Griffin III. ...
5/13 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Which Rookie Should Have the Best Season? : Typically a question like this is kind of a formality as it is typically the teams' first round pick, and if it's not ...
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 ...
5/8 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Offensive and Defensive Area The Redskins Need to Improve the Most : The Washington Redskins went 10-6 last year and won the NFC East, but they needed an improbable 7-0 run to close out the season, ...
5/8 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Early Offseason Roster Prediction: Offense : Based on the number of spots per position in my Offensive Roster Construction (with an addendum here) here are my predictions ...
5/8 EDSFootball: Dynasty Fantasy Football Rankings Updated : Since the 2013 NFL Draft, we have updated our re-draft fantasy football rankings for the 2013 season for both standard-scoring ...
5/7 Fanspeak.com Redskins: What Can We Expect From the Second Year Players? : We all know what Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris mean to the Washington Redskins, but how about the rest of the 2012 draft ...
5/6 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Predicting the Redskins Stat Leaders for 2013 : In the offseason down time I thought it would be fun to make predictions on who will be the Redskins statistical leaders in the ...
5/6 FootballPerspective.com: Game Scripts – The Best Teams of 2012 : Last year, I introduced the concepts of Game Scripts. There are 3600 seconds in every game: the Game Script is the average score ...
5/3 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Redskins Offensive Position Battles: : Though the Redskins are returning nearly all of their starters and much of the roster that won the NFC East last season they will ...
5/2 NFL Jerks: 2013 NFL Rookie QB Values in 2-QB Fantasy Football Leagues : Regardless of the position, when ranking NFL rookie draft picks freshly after an NFL Draft has completed, you have two factors ...
5/1 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Can the Redskins Keep Four Tight Ends? : Two weeks ago I looked at the possible Roster Construction of the Redskins Offense, and concluded that three tight ends were ...
News -- April 2013
4/30 FootballPerspective.com: Football Perspective’s Thoughts on the Jets Draft : Yesterday, I discussed some of my general reactions to the NFL Draft. Today, my thoughts on the Jets draft in particular. Round ...
4/28 NFL Jerks: Post NFL Draft Tiered QB Rankings for 2-QB Leagues : Three days, 254 picks later, and the 2013 NFL Draft is finally over. Questions have been answered and quarterbacks have been chosen. ...
4/28 EDSFootball: 2013 Fantasy Football Rankings: Top 12 Rookie Quarterbacks (Re-Draft Leagues) : Last year was an unprecented year for success of rookie quarterbacks. Five different rookies were their respective team's opening ...
4/26 Musket Fire: Buffalo Bills did indeed always want E.J. Manuel : The Buffalo Bills made the surprise move of the 2013 NFL Draft when they decided to take Florida State Seminoles signal-caller ...
4/25 EDSFootball: Report: Chiefs will select CMU's Eric Fisher : This year's draft may lack the appeal of having a franchise quarterback at the top of the draft like last year with both Andrew ...
4/25 FootballPerspective.com: Football Perspective Mock Draft : Before we get to my mock draft, here’s a recap of some of my previous articles on the NFL draft: The numbers behind Football ...
4/24 KC Kingdom: Kansas City Chiefs 2013 NFL Draft Profile: Shariff Floyd : The Kansas City Chiefs are on the clock. It has been almost a foregone conclusion the Chiefs will select one of the top left tackles, ...
4/24 NFL Jerks: Pre NFL Draft Tiered QB Rankings for 2-QB Leagues : With the 2013 NFL Draft scheduled for Thursday, now seemed like a good time to put together tiered fantasy football quarterback ...
4/24 KC Kingdom: Kansas City Chiefs 2013 NFL Draft Profile: Sharrif Floyd : The Kansas City Chiefs are on the clock. It has been almost a foregone conclusion the Chiefs will select one of the top left tackles, ...
4/22 NFL Jerks: Fantasy Football: Top 30 ADP in 2-QB Leagues : In the poker community, when debating who is the best poker player, the debate tends to gravitate towards recent tournament/event ...
4/19 The Packer Perspective: Out of the Gate : The NFL released its 2013 season schedule on Thursday, and everybody’s doing their best to figure out how their team will ...
4/17 EDSFootball: 2013 NFL Mock Draft Update - Round 5 Added : The 2013 NFL Draft is only one week from tomorrow and I have made an update to my current mock draft by adding Round 5 to it.
Over ...
4/17 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Roster Construction Offense : The Redskins 90 man offseason roster will really take shape with next weeks draft and undrafted free agent signings. Currently ...
4/16 NFL Jerks: Fantasy Football ADPs Sure To Rise : Matt Ryan was your quarterback value de jour in mock drafts last April, with an average draft position (ADP) in the late-seventh ...
4/16 The High Phive: History of the Eagles and the 4th Overall Pick in the NFL Draft : Well believe it or not, it is almost time for the NFL draft again. Our beloved Philadelphia Eagles are sitting pretty with the ...
4/10 EDSFootball: 2013 NFL Draft Poll: How many QBs will be selected in Round 1? : Two weeks from tomorrow night will be Round 1 of the 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall in the city so nice they named it ...
4/6 FootballPerspective.com: From the gut: My thoughts on NFC teams : It’s April, so most of these points will probably look silly in 9 months, but the NFC should be the class of the NFL in ...
4/5 StoopSports.com: Desperate for a Quarterback : Alex Ward- The key to being a successful NFL team begins and ends at quarterback. Unless you have a truly historic defense (i.e. ...
4/5 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Washington Redskins Skill Position Snap Breakdown: : One question surrounding the Washington Redskins is what will be the position make-up of the Redskins offense. We know of course ...
4/3 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing Geno Smith to other Leach-Holgorsen quarterbacks : What does it mean that Geno Smith comes from a long line of Mike Leach/Dana Holgorsen star quarterbacks? I don’t know. At ...
4/2 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Ranking the Washington Redskins Running backs and Fullbacks : Currently the Washington Redskins have four running backs with experience and a fullback, they will keep at least four backfield ...
4/2 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Ranking the Washington Redskins Quarterbacks : Rankings: Offensive Tackles | Interior Offensive Linemen | Quarterbacks | Running/Fullbacks | Tight ...
4/2 Fanspeak.com Redskins: Washington Redskins Free Agent Plan: Bargain Shopping : Due to their salary cap issues the Redskins aren't expected to be major players in free agency. Depending on how much they ...
4/2 NFL Jerks: Fantasy Football: Ben Roethlisberger is a QB1 Being Drafted as a QB2 : For whatever reason Ben Roethlisberger isn’t being mentioned with the elite fantasy football signal callers this off-season. ...
4/1 FootballPerspective.com: How to determine the appropriate salary cap values for veterans: Part I : How much money *should* Tom Brady be paid? What are the appropriate cap figures for Tony Romo and Darrelle Revis? This series ...
News -- March 2013
3/31 EDSFootball: 2013 NFL Mock Draft Updated: Joeckel to Chiefs, Jordan to Jaguars : As we are about to enter the month of April, we are a little more than three weeks away from the 2013 NFL Draft, which will be ...
3/30 EDSFootball: 2013 Fantasy Football Rankings: Top 25 Quarterbacks : The quarterback position is as deep as ever in fantasy football, but the top three quarterbacks are still in a tier of their own ...
3/30 NFL Jerks: A Quarterback Test: Pass Happy, Efficient and Reasonable ADP : Relying on a glut of pass attempts is by no means a rock solid strategy in selecting your fantasy signal caller. It’s an unstable ...
3/29 StoopSports.com: NFL Power Rankings : Alex Ward- NFL Power Rankings based on last season and off season moves. As of the week of March 25th. 1. Broncos – Offseason ...
3/28 Money in the Banana Stand: Colin Kaepernick, Tactlenecks, and QB Predictiveness : ...
3/24 EDSFootball: 2013 NFL Mock Draft: Luke Joeckel to Chiefs, Dion Jordan to Jaguars : One week closer to the 2013 NFL Draft from my last update, the No. 1 overall pick remains the same, but the top five is shaken ...
3/20 SideLion Report: No Current Detroit Lions Player will be on the Next Madden Cover : The first round of voting that will determine who will grace the cover of Madden 25 is over and the Detroit Lions are already ...
3/20 EDSFootball: 2013 NFL Mock Draft: First Post-Free Agency Update : Now that we are a few days into the free-agency period and the new official NFL league year, it is time to make an update to my ...
3/19 Lombardi Ave: Does Dom Capers think the read-option is the ‘flavor of the month?’ : Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin paid a nice insult to Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers by ...
3/18 FootballPerspective.com: How can teams best take advantage of the rookie salary cap? : [Special thanks goes out to my Footballguys.com co-writer Maurile Tremblay for his help in co-authoring this piece with me. Any ...
3/12 StoopSports.com: Lowering Value of NFL Veterans : Alex Ward- Entering the NFL free agent period, the value of proven veterans is at an all-time low. More and more teams are willing ...
3/11 NFL Jerks: Wide Receivers for Free : It’s a passing league and all that. I’d rather not rehash 10,000 real and fantasy football articles on how the NFL is trending ...
3/10 The Pewter Plank: Jekyll and Hyde: Why the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Linebackers Were the Best (and Worst) Part of the 2012 Defense : The 2012 Tampa Bay Buccaneer defense was the one of the most unique defenses in the history of the league, with such dominant ...
3/9 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Insurance Policy at Safety aka Will Allen Paid Dividends in 2012 - What Comes Next? : The Steelers secondary finished 2009 as a shell shocked unit unable to stop or make a big play. When something similar happened ...
3/8 Sports Out West: Terrelle Pryor says he’s almost as fast as Michael Vick : Oakland Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor knows he brings a large skill set to the table, and he’s not shy about vocalizing ...
3/7 North and South of Royal Brougham: Thoughts on the Richard Sherman and Skip Bayless Quarrel of Words :
Today Richard Sherman went on First Take on ESPN and took to beating down Skip Bayless verbally, a growing pastime among high-profile ...
3/7 NFL Jerks: Early Fantasy Football 2013 Tiered Rankings : Specificity will come later. For now, I’ve pieced together tiered rankings for each of the four fantasy skill positions. The ...
3/6 StoopSports.com: NFC East Needs : Today we continue our segment breaking down each teams’ needs and what they need to do in Free Agency. The NFC East dropped ...
3/4 NFL Spin Zone: Matt Schaub Says Mobile Quarterbacks Are Trend, Not The Future : As the new mobile quarterback and read-option emerge in the NFL behind youngsters Russell Wilson, Robert Griffin III and Cam Newton, ...
3/2 The Pewter Plank: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Season in Review: Defensive Line : “Watch the pressure, as the pocket collapsed around Rivers. He can’t step up… The pressure in the face of the ...
News -- February 2013
2/28 Money in the Banana Stand: Alex Smith Superstar : Now that an Alex Smith trade to Kansas City appears a fait accompli, long-suffering Chiefs fans are wondering what to make of ...
2/27 FootballPerspective.com: The origin of the name ‘Redskins’ : The debate concerning whether the Washington Redskins should change its name has resurfaced in recent weeks. I have my opinion ...
2/25 KC Kingdom: The Quarterback The Chiefs Should Acquire : There is a quarterback the Chiefs should acquire. He would be cheap on the market right now. He might even get cut by this weekend ...
2/24 FootballPerspective.com: Projecting Trent Richardson and Alfred Morris, a year later : In the pre-season, I wrote three pieces on Cleveland Browns rookie Trent Richardson. As part of a thought experiment, I wondered ...
2/24 NFL Jerks: 2013 2-QB Fantasy Football League Draft Strategy : In a piece by JJ Zachariason from for Rotoworld, JJ had the following to say about quarterback draft strategy: “Traditionally, ...
2/22 KC Kingdom: What We Learned Yesterday About Chiefs QB Situation : At the NFL Combine, Andy Reid talked to reporters and gave us some great insight as to what the future of the Kansas City Chiefs ...
2/20 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing rookie quarterbacks to their team’s prior year’s stats : Since 1990, there have been 48 rookie quarterbacks that threw at least 224 pass attempts, the necessary amount to qualify for ...
2/20 NFL Spin Zone: The 2013 NFL Draft: QB or not QB : QB or not QB, that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of JaMarcus Russell Or to ...
2/18 paullebowitz.com: The Phantom Link Between Strasburg and RG III : The connection between what the Nationals did with Stephen Strasburg in shutting him down at a preplanned innings limit and what ...
2/17 NFL Jerks: 2-QB Leagues are the Future of Fantasy Football : When it comes to my fantasy football draft strategy the thoughts that usually run through my mind revolve around the quarterback ...
2/17 NFL Spin Zone: The 2013 NFL Draft: The Boom or Bust Players : Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III were easy, no brainers. The NFL draft is must see TV because of the boom or bust guys. You ...
2/15 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, February 16th : It’s hard not to be amazed by the seasons that Colin Kaepernick, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson had as first-year ...
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 NFL Jerks: Michael Vick Contract Could Signal Trouble for Eagles : Many teams figured to be in the Michael Vick sweepstakes as the spring wore on, but as it turns out, the Philadelphia Eagles aren’t ...
2/12 FootballPerspective.com: The History of Black Quarterbacks in the NFL : Five years ago, I wrote a five part series detailing the history of the black quarterback. With February being Black History Month ...
2/11 FootballPerspective.com: Analyzing the leaders in targets in 2012 : Reggie Wayne led the NFL in targets last year, but that’s a little misleading since the Colts ranked 6th in pass attempts. ...
2/4 NFL Jerks: NFL Awards: Adrian Peterson Correctly Named MVP : Adrian Peterson had to battle back from a torn ACL, and he had to face more eight and nine-man fronts this year than we have... ...
2/2 Stripe Hype: Will Washington Redskins QB RG3 Ever be Same After Knee Surgeries? : In the playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks, Robert Griffin III, more po**** known as RG3, re-injured his ACL from 2009 at ...
News -- January 2013
1/27 FootballPerspective.com: Is good luck driving the low interception rates of Joe Flacco and Colin Kaepernick? : In September, I started a post by asking you to make this assumption: Assume that it is within a quarterback’s control as to ...
1/16 FootballPerspective.com: Previewing the NFC Championship Game: San Francisco at Atlanta : A couple of interesting notes, courtesy of Mike Sando on ESPN.com. The first is a good bit of trivia: Jim Harbaugh joins George ...
1/15 SideLion Report: Detroit Lions to Have Player in Pro Bowl After All : News broke earlier in the day that Calvin Johnson would not be playing in this year’s Pro Bowl. Vincent Jackson took his ...
1/14 KC Kingdom: Playoff Games Give Chiefs Hope for QB Situation : If you had to choose between the following quarterbacks to lead your team, who would you choose? Peyton Manning / Aaron Rodgers ...
1/14 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Pro-Football-Reference.com releases 2012 AV : It’s Christmas in January. Once the 2012 All-Pro teams were announced (my thoughts here), my buddies Mike Kania and Neil ...
1/13 FootballPerspective.com: Reviewing the Divisional Round of the Playoffs : The Best Weekend of the Year lived up to its re**** this weekend, as the divisional round of the playoffs gave us three outstanding ...
1/13 Stripe Hype: Week in Review: Is Andy Dalton the Quarterback of the Future? : After the Cincinnati Bengals lost against the Houston Texans, I did what every other Bengals football fan probably did. ...
1/12 The Pewter Plank: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Shut Out of NFL All-Pro Team : When a player is third in the NFL in yards from scrimmage, and sixth in touchdowns scored from scrimmage, you’d venture to say ...
1/12 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: 2012 All-Pro Teams Announced by the Associated Press : Here are the selections: First Team QB: Peyton Manning, Broncos. RB: Adrian Peterson, Vikings (unanimous), Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks. ...
1/11 NFL Jerks: Creating The Fantasy Quarterback Frankenstein : We don’t own Drew Brees, we don’t own Tom Brady or Robert Griffin III or Peyton Manning. No elite fake football signal caller ...
1/10 paullebowitz.com: The Hall of Fame of Apathy : It’s a byproduct of the times we live in that not only does the vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame have to be counted, but we ...
1/9 North and South of Royal Brougham: Steven Hauschka to IR; Ryan Longwell signed : Ryan Longwell takes over for Steven Hauschka, who and labored through last week with a calf injury.
The Seahawks have made roster ...
1/9 Stripe Hype: Bengals 2012 Review: Is Andy Dalton the Quarterback of the Future? : After the Cincinnati Bengals lost against the Houston Texans, I did what every other Bengals football fan probably did. ...
1/8 FootballPerspective.com: Season in review: AFC and NFC West : AFC East and NFC East Season in review AFC North and NFC North Season in review AFC North and NFC South Season in review In the ...
1/8 Stripe Hype: Bengals 2012 Review: Is Andy Dalton the Quarterback of the Future? : After the Cincinnati Bengals lost against the Houston Texans, I did what every other Bengals football fan probably did. ...
1/7 The High Phive: 2013 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings: QB : From now until the NFL Draft, I will be watching tape and analyzing each and every player on these rankings. Expect a list of ...
1/6 Stripe Hype: Wild Card Recap: Seahawks Overcome Redskins’ Fast Start, Rally to 24-14 Victory : An injured and hobbling Robert Griffin III tossed touchdowns as the Washington Redskins jumped out to a 14-0 lead, but ...
1/6 SideLion Report: RGIII Injured, Matthew Stafford Now Headed to Pro Bowl? : Robert Griffin III gave his best effort in the Washington Redskins’ loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Unfortunately for Griffing, ...
1/5 Musket Fire: New England Patriots Final Season Grades: Pass Offense : Each week after a New England Patriots game, I hand out grades for pass offense, run offense, pass defense, and run defense. Now, ...
1/5 North and South of Royal Brougham: Seahawks-Redskins Playoff Preview: A Game of Strengths vs. Weakness, Like Every Other Game That Has Ever Been Played :
Sometimes these kinds of things start intentionally cryptic and annoying. They start with a poorly **** metaphor that sounds ...
1/4 NFL Jerks: Wildcard Weekend’s Best Fantasy Plays: WRs, TEs and Defenses : Ranking quarterbacks and running backs for Wildcard Weekend was a fairly simple task, with elite options facing appealing matchups ...
1/4 NFL Jerks: Fantasy Football Keeper Watch: Quarterbacks to Consider for 2013 and Beyond : When keeping a fantasy quarterback, the decision can be easier at some times than others. The four most consistent players are ...
1/3 We Talk Fantasy Sports: NFL Pro Bowl Snubs : There are so many dynamics to evaluating an NFL defense, that debating who deserves their Pro Bowl selection and who got the short ...
1/3 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Best Matchups for Fantasy Football Playoffs Week 16 : If you are playing in Week 16, you are playing for all the marbles, so congratulations to you! After drafting ...
1/3 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Worst Matchups for Fantasy Football Playoffs Week 16 : If you are playing in Week 16, you are playing for all the marbles, so congratulations to you! After drafting ...
News -- December 2012
12/31 FootballPerspective.com: Examining the seasons of Calvin Johnson and Brandon Marshall in a different light : Three weeks ago, I set forth the argument that perhaps Calvin Johnson was not even the most productive receiver in his own division. ...
12/31 NFL Jerks: 2013 NFL Playoffs Schedule : The 2013 NFL playoffs schedule and NFL playoff bracket are set, as there are just 12 teams that are left remaining in the fight ...
12/31 NFL Jerks: NFL Playoffs Preview: Seattle Seahawks at Washington Redskins : In what will surely amount to be one of the most interesting games to watch in the first round of the NFL playoffs, the Seattle... ...
12/30 FootballPerspective.com: Season in review: AFC and NFC East : This season, I published power rankings after each week where I stated my updated projected number of wins for each team. The ...
12/30 NFL Jerks: Terrelle Pryor is a Fantasy Football Nightmare : We know it. It has to be tempting to use QB Terrelle Pryor if you’re a fantasy football fanatic. Pryor is going to be the... ...
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 NFL Jerks: Terrelle Pryor is a Fantasy Football Nightmare : We know it. It has to be tempting to use QB Terrelle Pryor if you’re a fantasy football fanatic. Pryor is going to be the... ...
12/28 NFL Jerks: FanDuel Week 17 Daily Fantasy Football Picks : Here at Sports Jerks, we’re always on the lookout for the best ways to help you out with fantasy football. Today, we’ll ...
12/25 FootballPerspective.com: Who should win Coach of the Year in the NFL? : Let’s get this out of the way. Bruce Arians, or an Arians/Pagano ballot, is going to win Coach of the Year. Period. But ...
12/25 North and South of Royal Brougham: Seahawks thump 49ers and are Playoff Bound : Pete Carroll and his Seattle Seahawks gave the 12th Man Faithful an early Christmas present last night. A playoff berth. Nobody ...
12/23 FootballPerspective.com: Playoff Picture: Who needs what in week 17 : With week 16 in the books, it’s time to take a look at the playoff picture. In the AFC, it’s simple: we know the six ...
12/22 NFL Jerks: Fantasy Football Injury Report : We will be updating our injury report from resources across the league to help you make your last second fantasy football decisions. ...
12/22 SideLion Report: Could Calvin Johnson be on a Second-Consecutive Madden Cover? : It won’t be long before EA Sports starts the process of looking for a cover athlete for Madden 14. With Calvin Johnson‘s ...
12/22 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt “FIP” for Quarterbacks : I’ve been on a major QB kick lately, and there’s no reason to stop now. Today, I want to look at a method that might ...
12/22 Stripe Hype: Robert Griffin, Roddy White, Justin Smith Highlight Week 16 Injury Report : Washington Redskins quarterback for the first time since 1999 practiced fully all week and will start Sunday’s ...
12/21 NFL Jerks: Fantasy Football Keeper Watch: Running Backs to Consider for 2013 and Beyond : 2013 is coming fast. In redraft leagues, it’s never too soon to begin preparing your upcoming big board. And if you play in ...
12/21 paullebowitz.com: ESPN’s Rob Parker is “Sincerely Sorry,” and “Completely Understands” : On Twitter, ESPN’s Rob Parker apologized for his comments about Redskins’ quarterback Robert Griffin III. He expressed ...
12/20 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Quarterback Yards Above Bench (QBYAB) : After posting about SRS-style quarterback ratings on Monday, I was thinking about other things we can do with game-by-game data ...
12/19 FootballPerspective.com: Week 15 Power Rankings : With only two weeks left in the regular season, it’s time to change the format of my projected standings. At this point, ...
12/18 NFL Jerks: Week 16 NFL Fantasy Football Fact or Fiction : Here at Sports Jerks, it’s time for another version of Fact or Fiction, as we look at some of the most pressing questions ...
12/18 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 15 : A double post at the New York Times this week. Did you know that Alex Smith is seven attempts away from qualifying for eligibility ...
12/17 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: SRS-Style Quarterback Ratings : Here’s a quick set of quarterback ratings I was messing around with, based on Doug’s Simple Rating System. The basic ...
12/16 NFL Jerks: Robert Griffin III Out Highlighting Week 15 Injury Report : It’s fantasy football playoff time in most of your leagues, and here at Sports Jerks, we’re going to be taking a look ...
12/16 Money in the Banana Stand: Stupidity, Custer, and Peyton Manning as MVP : “For outright stupidity, the whole f—— trial goes shoulder to shoulder with that c——— Custer’s ...
12/14 paullebowitz.com: ESPN Is To Blame For Rob Parker : Rob Parker is a symptom, not the disease. In spite of ESPN’s decision to suspend him for his absurd comments about Robert Griffin ...
12/12 FootballPerspective.com: Week 14 Power Rankings : It’s time to take Seattle seriously. On Sunday, the Seahawks had a “name your score” game, the type of matchup ...
12/8 FootballPerspective.com: Week 15 College Football SRS Ratings : I didn’t publish my college football SRS ratings last week, but with the conclusion of yesterday’s Army-Navy game, ...
12/5 FootballPerspective.com: Week 13 Power Rankings : We’re 75% of the way through the regular season. We know the Patriots, Broncos, and Texans are elite teams in the AFC, the ...
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 ...
11/26 FootballPerspective.com: Game Scripts, Part II: Analyzing team seasons : Yesterday, I rolled out Game Scripts, a way to measure the flow of every game since 1940. The sum of each team’s Game Script ...
11/21 FootballPerspective.com: Week 11 Power Rankings – Happy Thanksgiving from Football Perspective : The majority of power rankings out there have the Broncos, Texans, Patriots, Falcons, Packers, and 49ers in their top six. Each ...
11/19 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Vick’s Masterpiece vs. RGIII’s Payback Game : On November 15, 2010, Michael Vick humiliated the Washington Redskins before a national television audience on Monday Night Football. ...
11/18 Stripe Hype: Chiefs – Bengals: Keys to the Game : The Bengals will be looking to avoid a letdown on Sunday as they head to Kansas City to take on the Chiefs, and here are the keys ...
11/15 paullebowitz.com: The Marlins-Blue Jays Trade, Part III—Sidelights : Let’s look at the the Marlins-Blue Jays trade from the perspective of those affected by it, positively or negatively, and those ...
11/15 FootballPerspective.com: Chip Kelly is as likely to be the next great coach as anyone else : I’m a big fan of Mike Tanier, an excellent writer formerly of Football Outsiders and now with Sports on Earth. Yesterday, ...
11/15 FootballPerspective.com: Week 10 Power Rankings : Jason Lisk put the Texans on top of his power rankings. Both Aaron Schatz and Brian Burke loves the Broncos. The Patriots offense ...
11/8 FootballPerspective.com: Ranking NFL quarterbacks by how much ‘it’ they have : 2) Tom Brady, New England Patriots. Until further notice, nobody has more ‘it’ than Tom Brady, who has been overflowing ...
11/3 Stripe Hype: 2012 Playoffs: Who Wins It All? : Well, we made it past the halfway point in the 2012 NFL season, and what a season it has been so far!! Replacement refs ...
11/3 Stripe Hype: 2012 Playoffs: Who Wins It All? : Well, we made it past the halfway point in the 2012 NFL season, and what a season it has been so far!! Replacement refs ...
11/1 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Report Card vs. Redskins @ Heinz Field : Taken from the grade book of a teacher whose now seen his star pupil live up to expectations two weeks in a row, here goes the ...
11/1 Steel Curtain Rising: Análisis de Los Steelers Contra Washington : Análisis del partido WAS 12 @ PIT 27Roethlisberger Ganó con 3 anotacionesPor la 8va jornada de la temporada 2012 de la NFL, ...
11/1 FantasyDaddy.com: Fantasy Football Week 9: QB Rankings : Robert Griffin and Cam Newton square off against each other this weekend and both find themselves inside my top 5 QB plays of ...
News -- October 2012
10/29 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game 7 Recap - Steelers 27, Washington 12 : Coming into the game you really didn't know what to expect with this game. We didn't really know what this team was really about. ...
10/27 Steel Curtain Rising: NFL Semana 8: Previo en español de Steelers-Redskins : Manaña, domigo 28 de octubre, los Pittsburgh Steelers (3 - 3) enfrentarán en Heinz Field, a los Washington Redskins (3 ...
10/26 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game Day 7 Preview - vs. Washington Redskins : The Steelers are coming back home for the first time in what seems like forever. They have been on the road for much of the past ...
10/26 The NFL Injury Report: Redskins Injury Report: Pierre Garcon Has Torn Ligament in Foot :
While the Washington Redskins may have the best player in the NFL in Robert Griffin III, they still need a supporting ...
10/26 Money in the Banana Stand: The Reality Rankings: QB : These are mid-season 2012 rankings meant to reflect where the quarterback is right now. They are the result of deep analysis of ...
10/26 FootballPerspective.com: Cam Newton is having an interesting year : I don’t care about any of the nonsense with Cam Newton. Instead, take a look at his 2011 and 2012 stat lines: Year GS QBrec ...
10/25 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Josh Freeman is three parts Steve Grogan, one part Eli Manning : Have you taken a look at a passing leaderboard lately? Here’s the PFR passing leaderboard sorted by ANY/A; as always, all ...
10/24 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 7 : A couple of weeks ago, I wrote the differing rookie seasons of Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III. The numbers still hold — ...
10/22 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game 6 Recap - Steelers 24, Bengals 17 : If you were listening to sports talk radio today (I was) or reading about the Steelers and Bengals game online (I did) then you ...
10/20 The NFL Injury Report: Redskins, Bills Fined Over Injury Reporting :
The NFL has fined the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills for violating the league's injury reporting policy. Both ...
10/18 FootballPerspective.com: Week 6 Power Rankings : Jason Lisk and the wisdom of crowds say the Giants are the best team in the league; Aaron Schatz’ DVOA numbers agree. The ...
10/16 FantasyDaddy.com: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: Week 6 : Week 6 brought plenty of big time performances and underachievers in fantasyland. In this week’s edition of The Good, The bad ...
10/16 FootballPerspective.com: Joe Philbin chose to coach, did so successfully, no one cares : While most coaches act like they’re on autopilot when it comes down to crucial 4th down decisions, let’s credit a ...
10/13 Stripe Hype: Will Michael Johnson Continue to Increase His Asking Price against Joe Thomas? : One of the most interesting match-ups for tomorrow’s Battle of Ohio will be defensive end Michael Johnson against Browns’ ...
10/12 FootballPerspective.com: Extreme Outliers: Rookie Edition : Both Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III have been very successful this year. Griffin ranks 2nd in Y/A, 2nd in AY/A, 4th in NY/A, ...
10/11 FantasyDaddy.com: Fantasy Football: Week 6 TE Rankings : Jimmy Graham rolled his ankle in week 5 and put up a dud as a direct result, the Saints are on BYE this week which may be enough ...
10/11 FantasyDaddy.com: Fantasy Football Week 6: QB Rankings : Hard to believe we’re going into week 6 already. Looking at the matchups this week I think Matt Ryan is in for a field day ...
10/10 The NFL Injury Report: Redskins Injury Report: RGIII Cleared to Practice :
After suffering a mild concussion in Sunday's loss to the Atlanta Falcons, it was unclear whether Robert Griffin III would ...
10/9 The NFL Injury Report: Redskins Injury Report: Robert Griffin III, Brandon Meriweather, Jammal Brown :
Following the nasty hit he took during Sunday’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons, it appeared Washington Redskins quarterback ...
10/8 The NFL Injury Report: Robert Griffin III Injury: Redskins' QB Out Knocked Out With a Concussion :
The phenom, RGIII (Robert Griffin III), plays the game hard and leaves himself exposed. That style of play finally ...
10/7 Stripe Hype: Morning Sports News: Reds Win Game 1, & NFL week 5 Headlines : Highlighted by 2B Brandon Phillips’s third-inning two-run homer, the Cincinnati Reds took game 1 of the National ...
10/7 Stripe Hype: Morning NFL week 5 Headlines : Bills safety Jairus Byrd (hip) is questionable to play today vs. the 49ers. As Colts Head Coach Chuck Pagano ...
10/6 FantasyDaddy.com: Fantasy Football Week 5: QB Rankings : The top quarterbacks finally lit up the fantasy score boards last week as Newton, Brees, Brady and Rodgers were all top 5 QB plays ...
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
9/27 Money in the Banana Stand: Kill! Kill! Kill! – Week 3 : . . . where we watch every game and reserve the right to change the commentary at the line of scrimmage. 13 Throwaways for Thursday ...
9/27 FootballPerspective.com: Week 3 Power Rankings : Some additions to the weekly power rankings table. After the team name, I have listed each team’s record in column two and ...
9/25 Stripe Hype: Earning their Stripes: Michael Johnson Giving Bengals Much-Needed Pass-Rush : Its time for this weeks’ edition of Earning their Stripes, a segment dedicated to Bengals players who have stepped ...
9/25 Stripe Hype: Upon Further Review: Andy Dalton Cast from Jay Gruden’s Mold : After a seesaw of a game against the Washington Redskins, Bengals fans across the nation simultaneously celebrate Cincinnati’s ...
9/24 Stripe Hype: Called Out: Week 3 Bengals at Redskins : This edition of ‘Called Out’ is coming from a live perspective from FedEx Field. First off, a bit thank you goes out to Washington ...
9/24 Stripe Hype: Bengals Almost Lost as a Result of Replacement Ref Blunders : The replacement referee situation has gotten out of hand as the NFL continues to low-ball their normal refs as ...
9/24 Stripe Hype: Bengals Defense Improving, yet Still has 0 Interceptions : After going into yesterday’s game with the 30th-ranked NFL defense, a solid performance by an undermanned unit ...
9/24 Stripe Hype: Redskins – Bengals Notable Stats and Records Set : It was a wild day of NFL action, and an even wilder victory the Bengals managed to escape D.D> with, and here ...
9/23 Stripe Hype: Game Recap: Bengals 38 Redskins 31 : The Cincinnati Bengals escaped a wild game with the Washington Redskins with a 2-1 record and some momentum on offense. ...
9/23 Stripe Hype: Bengals – Redskins First-Half Recap : The Bengals stunned everyone by lining up WR Mohamed Sanu in the as a wildcat-QB on the first snap of the game. He took the shotgun ...
9/23 Stripe Hype: Bengals – Redskins Notes, Facts to Know, & Projected Depth Charts : Washington is seeking its’ first home win vs. Cincinnati since 1985. The Redskins are also seeking their sixth ...
9/23 Stripe Hype: Bengals – Redskins Injury Report: Leon Hall a late Scratch, & Pierre Garcon Ruled Out : On the Bengals injury front, Leon Hall, the teams’ top defensive-back, is inactive for today’s game ...
9/23 Stripe Hype: Week in Review: Bengals vs Redskins: Andrew Hawkins Will Slice Up Swiss Cheese D : The Bengals square off against the Redskins on Sunday, and while much of the focus will rightfully be on slowing down rookie sensation ...
9/23 Money in the Banana Stand: The Oracle – Week 3 : Combining Power Rankings, Start/Sit advice,* and game predictions, the Oracle is a Sunday morning smorgasbord out of the spread ...
9/21 FootballPerspective.com: Week 2 Power Rankings : With week 2 in the books, it’s time to present updated win projections for each team. I kept half of the league’s ...
9/21 Money in the Banana Stand: Kill! Kill! Kill! – Week 2 : . . . where we watch every NFL game and reserve the right to change the commentary at the line of scrimmage. 20 Takeaways for ...
News -- August 2012
8/27 FootballPerspective.com: Russell Wilson continues the NFL’s rookie movement at quarterback : Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III were drafted as franchise saviors, and have been expected to start on opening day for months; ...
News -- July 2012
7/29 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Sunday, July 29th : Yesterday’s question focused on which leading wide receiver led the NFL in yards per reception. Today, we’ll look ...