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Here's a look at our game charting data
for defensive backs through Week 13. Which team's cornerbacks
might be a lot better than we realized? Which Pro Bowl selection was a lifetime achievement award for a player having unexpected struggles in 2007? ...
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You love them when your team is high!
You hate them when your team is low! Celebrate
National Jump to Conclusions Week with the first DVOA and DAVE ratings for 2007.
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Vince Young is in the shotgun. Will he
handoff? Rollout? Run? Throw? Norm Chow doesn't want you
to know. Today's play is a fake option pass that would look right at home in Mack Brown or Urban Meyer's playbook.
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Here are the 2007 DVOA projections, including 10,000
simulations of the 2007 season to give each team's
chances of making the playoffs or winning the division. Learn which teams have seen their projections change since the book, why some teams have ...
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The historic dominance of the Colts and Patriots
continues, but two 53-yard field goals can't keep the
Cowboys from falling off the pace -- and into fourth place behind Pittsburgh.
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The Patriots have officially slipped the bonds of
reality, the first team ever to have a DVOA
over 70% later than Week 5. The Colts are the best team of the past dozen years other than the Patriots. Maybe the hype is warranted this time? Plus: San ...
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Our statement regarding the article published on April
26 by NFL.com.
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Aaron Schatz goes back into the 2006 game
charting data to take a closer look at incomplete
passes. Learn which quarterbacks had the most underthrown or overthrown passes, the surprising difference between Byron Leftwich and David Garrard, and why a ...
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True to form, the first FO mock draft
flirts with the unusual. As six FO staffers write
up the first two rounds, a virtual Herm pontificates and a mock Matt Millen stops by to nuke GI Joes. Surprises abound!
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The Colts have offense. The Bears have defense.
But an NFL game is never that simple. Chicago's
defense was trending downwards, the Indianapolis defense trending upwards -- until both reverted to form two weeks ago. Is Rex Grossman actually Trent...
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David Lewin, creator of the college quarterback projection
system, is back with a look at this year's
two big passing prospects: JaMarcus Russell and Brady Quinn. Oakland fans may not like what he has to say.
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The FO staff gives its predictions on the
2007 season, guaranteed to be wrong in one way
or another for every single staff member. But, hey, we're a football site, and the season's starting, so it's prediction time.
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In today’s Washington Post there’s speculation the Redskins
might take LSU safety LaRon Landry with the sixth-overall
pick in this weekend’s draft. Landry fills an obvious need in the secondary, but some scouts think he’s too ...
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All weekend long, we'll hear from the draft
analysts. When you go back years later to look,
does it turn out that they knew what they were talking about? Guest columnist David Cohen takes a microscope to the performance of Mel Kiper, everyone's ...
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Summer is here, and the time is right
to start installing new plays. Over the next few
weeks, Football Outsiders will take you on a tour of some of the NFL's most interesting plays, from rollout options to end arounds. In this introductory column, ...
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More FO writers means more FO audibles: Jason
David gets a burn notice, Jason Elam shows his
sprinter's speed, the Seahawks turn the corner after a sloppy start, LaDainian Tomlinson exceeds his KUBIAK projection in Week 1, and Bill Barnwell generates ...
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Shhh... don't tell anyone, but there are 13
other games this week. Mike Tanier empties his TDZ
notebook, examining blitz packages that work and zones that don't. No Pats or Colts here, but you will find out how Joey Galloway goes deep, how the ...
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And then, there was only one. With the
Colts hit by injuries, the Pats stand head and
shoulders above the rest of the NFL. On the other side, one team has forced us to ponder the worst DVOA ratings ever. Plus: The long-awaited "squib to Hester" analysis.
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I hope nobody minds if I share some
thoughts on tonight's Patriots-Ravens game... (Click link to read
more.)
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The 2008 draft is deep in offensive tackles,
but scouting reports generally put them each in one
of two categories: muscular road-grader, or agile pass-blocker. Can anybody become an elite tackle who excels in both areas? Vanderbilt's Chris Williams ...
Charting Defensive Backs 2007