Category: Stories of the Season
Stories of the Season: Replacing Andre Carter
Wouldn’t you know, just days after I get the order from the brass at Pro Football Focus to write a piece on defensive end Andre Carter’s bounce-back season, he tears his quad to end his 2011 campaign. So while we’ll examine his impact on the New England Patriots this year, it’s time to take a [...]
Stories of the Season: Dominant Pass Rush Displays
Earlier in the week you may have seen our Pass Rushing Productivity feature that looked at the success pass rushers were having relative to how often they were rushing the passer. It revealed that there simply isn’t a more productive pass rusher in the league than Carlos Dunlap right now, and added evidence to just [...]
Stories of the Season: Miller Much More Than the ROY
It’s time to start thinking of Von Miller in a new light. The Broncos rookie is running away with our rookie of the year poll, but that doesn’t come close to doing him justice. Miller has been arguably the biggest reason behind the defensive resurgence in Denver, and he really should have the rookie awards [...]
Stories of the Season: Missed Tackles
“Football is only two things – blocking and tackling.” You don’t need me to tell you who uttered those words, but in this age of spread offenses and option quarterbacks it’s easily forgotten. Maybe it’s something we’ve all neglected in the past, but given the changes to practices that were part of the new CBA [...]
Stories of the Season: It’s Time to Know Daryl Smith
It’s not easy being an NFL fan. Up to 16 games a week with over a thousand players taking over a thousand snaps. How are you meant to know when a player in a small market team is playing lights-out, especially when there are no gaudy stats that stick out to prove it? Watching every [...]
Stories of the Season: Front Office Success
While the lockout hurt football in many ways, it did create an interesting dynamic with regard to the offseason. With the draft before free agency, teams sought more so than ever to fill immediate needs. Certain organizations did so better than others and, while it’s obviously too early to analyze the class as a whole, [...]
Stories of the Season: Texans Turn to Leinart
“It’s a big one for him and his career.” These words speak of the now high expectations by Gary Kubiak in reference to Matt Leinart. Words that no Texans fan has really wanted to hear. This means that something has gone seriously wrong with Matt Schaub suddenly. According to Adam Schefter, that something is a [...]
Stories of the Season: Defensive Turnarounds
Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of being a football fan is watching a completely inept defense on your favorite team. With every third down conversion and time-consuming drive, you sit and hope for just one big stop to get the offense back on the field. As the NFL continues to evolve into a passing league, [...]
Stories of the Season: Ike Taylor – Revis Rival or Statistical Deception?
Darrelle Revis is having a stellar season, dominating receivers in his role at cornerback for the New York Jets. His numbers in coverage this year have been nothing short of ridiculous. Ike Taylor has similar numbers in a variety of areas, and some people are claiming that he is having almost as good a season [...]
Stories of the Season: The Eagles Spending Spree, ReFocused
Just a few months after the Eagles ‘won’ the free agent signing period, we’re now more-or-less half way through the season and we’ve got seven games in the bank to judge how successful that series of moves was. We get to dissect whether or not the Eagles really did win free agency now that we’ve [...]
