Admin | May 26, 2010
Five notes before we begin: 1. Thank you times a thousand to Brian Burke. His site is crazy good. It’s my ambition not to destroy it. 2. Below are previews of two upcoming games: Thursday night’s between Minnesota and New Orleans and the Monday game between San Diego and Kansas City. These previews aren’t intended [...]
Admin | May 21, 2010
There’s no question Sam Bradford is the leader of the Rams, and his demeanor has made it easier for the coaching staff to put everything on his shoulders. NFL.com Blogs
Admin | May 20, 2010
Marshall Faulk, Charles Davis and Warren Sapp discuss whether they’re on the Mark Sanchez bandwagon after back to back impressive performances. NFL.com Blogs
Admin | May 17, 2010
The 2010 season starts tonight, and Advanced NFL Stats returns in mid-season form. I’m going into a contract year, and I’m in the best shape of my career. I had a great off-season working out at the team facilities. I’ve finally put my messy personal problems and last year’s four-game suspension behind me, and my [...]
Admin | May 16, 2010
I received a few requests to analyze MIN’s final drive from last night. With a little over 5 min left, down by 5 points, they faced a 4th and 11 from the NO 44. MIN punted, and NO was able to convert 3 first downs and seal the game. Should MIN have gone for it? [...]
Admin | May 15, 2010
POSITIONS LONG SNAPPER – A player in the center position that specializes in snapping the ball to the holder on field goal attempts and to the punter on punts. HOLDER – The player who catches the snap from the long snapper and places it down for the place kicker. PLACE KICKER – The player who [...]
Admin | May 14, 2010
I’m hoping not to turn this site into 4thDownAnalysis.com, but I did get several requests to look at another controversial 4th down decision. (And I’ll always be happy to take requests.) Down 14-13 to DET, CHI faced a 4th and goal from the 1 with about 9 minutes left in the 4th quarter. A FG [...]
Admin | May 13, 2010
The Kurt Warner-less Cardinals had to rely on a missed Sebastian Janikowski field goal to eek out a 24-23 win Sunday over the Oakland Raiders. On Monday night, Warner scored three points less than his former team. But that was enough to make his second week of “Dancing with the Stars” a success. NFL.com Blogs
Admin | May 11, 2010
This image is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License POSITIONS HEAD COACHOFFENSIVE COORDINATOROFFENSIVE LINE COACHRUNNING BACK COACHWIDE RECEIVER COACHQUARTERBACK COACHDEFENSIVE LINE COACHLINEBACKER COACHSECONDARY COACHSPECIAL TEAMS COACH QUESTIONS 1. Best college football head coach of all times?2. Best NFL head coach of all times?3. Best head coach in college football 2008?4. Best head coach in [...]
Admin | May 9, 2010
A quick programming note to pass along: The four Week 3 replay games on NFL Network have been set. NFL.com Blogs