NFL teams spend two to three months straight after the season evaluating college prospects for the upcoming draft and still, half of the 32 players taken in the first round won’t live up to their potential. A team may spend seven selections on players and be fortunate to walk away with one solid starter and two capable depth pieces. I looked at every team’s last five draft classes (not including…

  It’s a pass-happy league, and no position dominated the NFL over the last decade more than the quarterback. As a result, a full 10 of my 50 best players to qualify for this list were quarterbacks. Your usual end-of-the-year awards weighed heavily in making this ranking – Pro Bowl selections, All-Pro nominations, and MVP awards. I also valued durability and consistency, as well as length of career throughout the…

  What a typically wild NFL season this was. We may, or may not, have seen the end of Tom Brady in New England. We saw a historic quarterback season that nobody, and I mean nobody, saw coming. We had one of the greatest seasons ever by a running back and a historic season by a wide receiver. And now we’re down to the fun part of the season. 256…

Even the best experts who dedicate their lives to grading and evaluating collegiate players still make draft day mistakes. For every first round Hall of Famer, there are numerous busts. It’s much easier to look back 18 months later and re-evaluate the draft. And then it’s even more fun to do it again a few years later and see where the players stand. For this sake, every team keeps their…

It’s easy to overreact to Week 1. Last year, Ryan Fitzpatrick led Tampa Bay to 48 points in the opener, then was benched a month later. And Dallas put up just a measly eight points against the Carolina Panthers, then won the NFC East. But you’ll often see some truths. When Kansas City put up 38 points and Patrick Mahomes threw for four touchdowns, we kind of suspected he was…

This is the ninth year I’ve done my bold NFL predictions, but I decided to mix it up a little. Rather than doing 50 bold predictions in all, I’ve done three for each team. You’ll find my complete list of NFL award winners and playoff predictions at the end.   AFC EAST New England Patriots Tom Brady will make his NFL-record setting 15th Pro Bowl this year, throwing for 4,286…

Not every team has one player with even the slimmest of Hall of Fame chances (see: Miami), while others have multiple players with over a 50% chance. It’s an inexact science to project future Hall of Famers, especially for players that are still on their rookie contract. But that’s what makes it fun.   Buffalo Bills: RB Frank Gore If one 30-plus year-old running back isn’t enough, the Buffalo Bills…

The National Football League has had a 16-game schedule since 1978, but reportedly, the team owners are pushing for an 18-game schedule as part of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that will start in 2021. Most remarkably, players would only be able to suit up for 16 of their team’s 18 games. If this isn’t the worst idea I’ve ever heard, it’s right up there. The potential issues arising…