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…
Subpar wide receivers isn’t a new thing in Philadelphia. The 2000-2003 Philadelphia Eagles went to the playoffs four straight years but there’s a limit to how far a team can possibly go with James Thrash/Todd Pinkston/Freddie Mitchell catching passes, and we saw that on full display against Tampa Bay and Carolina in the NFC Championship Games. Over the years, we’ve seen the Eagles trot out Dorial Green-Beckham, late career Riley…
The best player of the 2010s is not just the one who accumulated the most WAR at his position for the calendar decade. While my articles tend to be sabermetrically-oriented, I looked at more than just wins above replacement, wins above average (WAA), or OPS+, which compares a hitter’s performance at the plate to that of an average hitter in an average stadium. Home runs are a big…