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Injuries, suspensions, and system changes can affect fantasy value for players at any position. Bill Barnwell and Doug Farrar reveal who they'll be skipping when their picks come on draft day.
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This week’s ESPN piece discusses a particular preseason stat — yards per carry — which indicates first-year success for lesser-known (third-round or lower, or undrafted) rookie running backs. If you want to be ahead of the pack on the next Ahmad Bradshaw or Pierre Thomas, YPC over the average seems to be a good way [...]
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ESPN
Is it just redundant at this point to say that Chicago’s offense has taken another hit? Not in this case. First-round pick Chris Williams, a highly-regarded tackle from Vanderbilt, underwent surgery on Wednesday to repair a herniated disc in his lower back. ChicagoSports.com reports that the Bears are measuring Williams’s recovery time in “months, not [...]
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Chicago Bears
PFT is reporting that the NFL Network’s Adam Schefter (who haunts my dreams after playing Head Coach) is reporting that the Jets will cut Chad Pennington at 4:00 PM today.
I said that Pennington was a great fit for the Vikings, and have for a while now. His weaknesses (namely his arm strength) are mitigated [...]
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Chad Pennington
When news of the Brett Favre trade came down, the Football Outsiders staff started burning up the Internets just like everyone else. Here are our quick-hit thoughts about the deal that puts New York's "other" NFL team in the eye of the hurricane.
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Brett Favre
Here’s a link to the Preseason Week 1 open discussion thread on the open discussion board. Enjoy!
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ESPN
Do quarterbacks moving to new teams have good track records? Bill Barnwell explores. Click the title to find out more.
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Brett Favre
Scoop of the year for Jay Glazer, or just another wrong turn in a soap opera full of faints and fakes?
Update: Michael Smith is confirming. Oh boy.
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Brett Favre
New York Jets
The Titans and Rams tussled in a joint practice today, with multiple skirmishes. It’s not surprising that Cortland Finnegan was involved in one of them; Finnegan’s regarded by players as one of the most fervent and obnoxious trash talkers around.
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St. Louis Rams
Tennessee Titans
This year’s episode of HBO’s training camp diary, featuring the Dallas Cowboys, premieres tonight at 10:00 EST/7:00 PST. Take a break from Favreapalooza and experience a very interesting set of … characters.
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Dallas Cowboys
Seahawks guard Chris Gray has been forced to call it a day after 15 seasons in the NFL. Gray suffered a seemingly innocuous lower back strain while performing a sled drill, only to find that he’d suffered a spinal injury and risked paralysis if he played again.
Gray took it in stride. As Seahawks beat writer [...]
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Chris Gray
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Going through the worst running back seasons since
1995 brings up a big question: What makes NFL
head coaches lust after Ricky Williams so darn much?
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Take a trip with us back in time as we break down the whole rotten Brett Favre saga, one embarrassing quote at a time. If you, like us, have had enough of that story, there's also news on Steve Smith's punchiness, Tom Brady hugging other men, and, of course, Herm.
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Time for our annual call for game charting
volunteers. If you’ve read Pro Football Prospectus 2008, you
know just how valuable this information is. The more charters we have, the quicker we can turn around the data and use it during the season ...
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I was thinking this morning that the most perverse, PK-style thing PK could do on a day like today is to submit an MMQB column with barely a mention of That Guy. And whaddya know — that’s exactly what he’s done.
I hear you, readers. I heard you on the sidelines at Eagle camp Tuesday: “Hey [...]
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Brett Favre
Tony Romo
Click here to join our live blog of the Hall of Fame game between the Washington Redskins and the Indianapolis Colts.
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Hall of Fame
This week’s ESPN column is about the “dramastic” sack decline suffered by the 2007 Carolina Panthers, and the rebound indicators for other teams with large dips in Adjusted Sack Rate from one season to the next.
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Carolina Panthers
Note to all NFL players: Do not try to punch out a teammate on the practice field. After busting up cornerback Ken Lucas earlier this week, Smith was suspended by the Panthers for the first two games of the regular season. He’ll miss the opener at San Diego, where Carolina will be underdogs with or [...]
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Carolina Panthers
Did you miss football? Yeah, us too. To celebrate the return of remotely competitive, morally imprehensible professional pigskin, Football Outsiders is going to be conducting a live chat on our site this Sunday at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT/1 AM (Monday) GMT, during the game, using the Cover It Live technology. Stop by then!
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In my attempt to fuel my own Internet dominance, here’s a link to a feature on the Ten Worst QBs in Madden History.
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5th Anniversary Special: Worst RB Seasons, 95-07