Admin | May 2, 2012
Episode #65 features an extended visit the Face of the NFL Network, Rich Eisen, who just returned with Shek from the NFL Draft in Manhattan. The fellas break down which teams succeeded and failed, and also debate the folly of attempting to determine “winners” and “losers” in the speculative exercise of drafting. Rank and Shek [...]
Admin | April 30, 2012
Star Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald didn’t play a role in the team’s selection of Notre Dame wideout Michael Floyd with the No. 13 pick in the NFL Draft, coach Ken Whisenhunt told NFL Network’s Andrew Siciliano. NFL.com Blogs
Admin | April 30, 2012
With the 2012 NFL Draft now a thing of the past, it’s time for the football world to look to the future, when the games will actually be played. How will the highly touted rookies perform when they stop being prospects and start being rookies? NFL.com Blogs
Admin | April 29, 2012
Patriots second-round NFL draft pick Tavon Wilson has good genes. Wilson’s great-great grandmother Edith Williams is 112 years old and lives in Washington D.C. NFL.com Blogs
Admin | April 28, 2012
You gotta hand it to Patriots coach Bill Belichick. One day after joking about how he doesn’t care much for draft analysts, Belichick really makes them scratch their head. But for those who know them well, this is just classic. With the 197th overall pick, the Patriots selected someone named Nate Ebner. He’s allegedly a safety [...]
Admin | April 27, 2012
Wide receiver Jerome Simpson‘s one-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings is worth a total of million, according to a source with knowledge of the deal. NFL.com Blogs
Admin | April 25, 2012
Ex-Patriots normally don’t take too kindly to behavior that potentially detracts from team goals (see: Tedy Bruschi and Chad Ochocinco, 2011). So you can imagine what NFL Network analyst Willie McGinest thinks of Patriots WR Wes Welker‘s statement Tuesday that he’s “probably not” going to attend the team’s mandatory June 12-14 minicamp unless he receives [...]
Admin | April 20, 2012
NFL draft connoisseurs, mark your calendars or set that DVR. On Saturday night, NFL Network will air three consecutive draft-related episodes of “NFL’s Top 10″ starting at 8 p.m. ET. NFL.com Blogs
Admin | April 19, 2012
A few years ago I looked at how well teams from various climates types played when visiting other climate types. The most remarkable result was that dome teams win only about 20% of the time when playing in the cold. But that study was limited in several ways. Instead of actual temperature data, I used [...]
Admin | April 18, 2012
Weekly game probabilities are available now at the nytimes.com Fifth Down. Again, this week I share some statistical tidbits on all four of the match-ups. Advanced NFL Stats