by Bill Lotter It’s a simple question. Does the combine actually matter? Or it is just an over-hyped meat market? In answering these questions, there’s two ways we could look at things: 1. Does performance at the...
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By Bill Lotter In case you haven’t heard, people have been scrutinizing a recent play call by Pete Carroll. Don’t worry, I’m not going to talk about that. But I thought it would be interesting to take a step back and...
By Carlos Pena-Lobel Seattle had 2nd and goal on the one yard line. People all across America were questioning if the Patriots were going to try to stop Marshawn Lynch, or play the matador defense like they did against Ahmad...
By John Acton Some of the most controversial analysis of Deflategate has focused on the Patriots’ fumble rate since 2007 (the year that the current rules about football handling were implemented, after Tom Brady circulated a...
By Harrison Chase For all of the 21st century, the New England Patriots have been a dominant force in the NFL. Since Coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady first joined forces in 2001, the duo has seen 12 playoff...
By Barrett Hansen Super Bowl XLIX is being billed as a matchup between two of the best postseason quarterbacks in the business: the prolific Tom Brady and the cool Russell Wilson. But, just as the two Super Bowl starters are...
By Austin Tymins After the Philadelphia Eagles close loss to the Arizona Cardinals a few weeks back, Eagles players and coaches blamed much of their failure on turning the ball over in the red zone. “You turn the ball over...
By Austin Tymins In the 94-year history of the National Football League over 14,000 games have been played. And in every game but two a punt has occurred (the recent Packers-Bears game in Week 4 was one of these rare...
By Harrison Chase and Kurt Bullard Around the middle of the season every year, speculation rises amongst disgruntled fan bases regarding whether the head coach of their beloved team will get the ax by the end of the season. For...
By Kurt Bullard In the early stages of the intra-division battle between Chicago and Green Bay last weekend, Aaron Rodgers was having his way with the Bears’ defense. The former Cal Bear led two straight touchdown drives to...