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Boldin trade and free agency analysis

March 7, 2010

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With the league entering its first uncapped year since 1993 there was a lot of uncertainty as to what teams would do with regards to free agency.
Would the one or two head scratcher, big money deals we see every offseason get consummated? Would most teams continue to operate as [...]

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Teams building through the draft

February 28, 2010

This time of year general managers and team executives all sound as if they’ve graduated from the Captain Obvious school of team management. Through the many interviews given to the press assembled for the combine, they invariably drag out the same old, tired cliches to describe their approach to the offseason.
Of all the sound [...]

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2009 Active Roster Undrafted Percentage

February 27, 2010

Last week, as part of the Around the Draft series, we posted break downs for each of the AFC East teams. In those profiles we not only referenced the active roster draft batting averages, but a calculated active roster undrafted percentage, which is another element to the way in which we hope to find [...]

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Our collective bargaining solution

February 16, 2010

We have been giving some thought to the current NFL labor negotiations and the absurdity of it all when you consider how wildly successful the league has been. Unfortunately its foolish to think that the people representing the union and the league will act in reasonable and rationale manor.
The average human can not easily separate [...]

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First Pick 2010: Do the Rams take Suh?

February 13, 2010

While the 2009 season was largely forgettable for Coach Spags in his first season as grand pubah of the Rams, as the team finished with the worst record in franchise history. Despite the difficult season, as a defensive minded coach, he has to be licking his chops at his good fortune with not one, [...]

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2009 Active Roster Draft Batting Average

February 11, 2010

In the last few columns we’ve made mention of a draft batting average for both the Saints and Colts. We hadn’t really explored the concept of what this means, so we figured we’d present our data for the entire league since this is something that we plan on monitoring.
One of the questions we posed [...]

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The Saints offseason: Will they keep Reggie Bush?

February 10, 2010

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Fresh off their Super Bowl victory the Saints, their players and fans are probably still living it up in the Big Easy, and deservedly so. However, the NFL is a what have you done for me lately business and the cold realities of the off season will soon rear [...]

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What’s next for Manning and the Colts?

February 10, 2010

During the Manning era the Colts have been very good at creating continuity by retaining their own players. The teams boasts 28 players on their active roster that were drafted by the team, a draft batting average of .528, which is good for fifth in the league based on 2009 regular season rosters.
From Manning [...]

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Free agency, an uncapped year and the final eight plan

February 10, 2010

Over the past two days we’ve been busy dissecting the Saints Super Bowl XLIV victory and now it is only natural to turn our attention to wondering what is next for both Super Bowl participants. However, before we can begin our analysis we felt that it was important to understand how the landscape of [...]

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Dissecting the Saints victory: Coaching vs. talent

February 9, 2010

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Stemming from our analysis of the New Orleans Saints roster one of the questions that reverberated with us was whether the dramatic improvement was the result of coaching or improved talent. Since the offensive unit was largely unchanged from the teams’ 2008 squad that finished the season 8-8 and [...]

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