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Tennessee Titans to win with Young?

March 11, 2010

Despite closing out their 13-3 2008 season with a divisional round loss to the Ravens, the Tennessee Titans seemed to be poised to return to the post season behind the arm of Kerry Collins and the legs of Chris Johnson. However, after an 0-6 start capped by an embarassing 59-0 loss to the Patriots, [...]

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Houston Texans preparing to make their ascent?

March 10, 2010

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In 2009 the Houston Texans posted the first winning season in the team’s eight year history on the arm of quarterback Matt Schaub and a young defense that is beginning to come into their own. The team enters the offseason in need of help at running back in draft that [...]

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Jacksonville to rise from mediocrity?

March 9, 2010

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The Jacksonville Jaguars are an unremarkable 57-55 under head coach Jack Del Rio who will be heading into his eighth season in 2010. Despite having one of the game’s best young talents at running back in Maurice Jones-Drew the team has not had consistent play from either the quarterback [...]

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Indianapolis to remain perennial contender?

March 8, 2010

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Coming off the loss to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV the Indianapolis Colts have their work cut out for them entering the offseason. Quarterback Peyton Manning will be entering the final year of his contract with the team in 2010, as the final two years have [...]

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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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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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2009 Playoff Teams and the Draft

January 10, 2010

As part of our continuing analysis of the impact of the draft on NFL rosters we have taken a look at the 2009 playoff teams. The graphic above shows the relation between the different teams, the average of their overall draft picks and the number of team drafted players on the current active roster [...]

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OTC: San Francisco (#29 from Indianapolis)

April 27, 2008

San Francisco 49ers
2007 Record: 5-11
2008 1st Round Selection:
Kentwan Balmer, DT, North Carolina (UNC)
Last Five 1st Round Picks:
2007 – Patrick Willis (ILB / #11)
2007 – Joe Staley (OT / #28)
2006 – Vernon Davis (TE / #6)
2006 – Manny Lawson (OLB / #22)
2005 – Alex Smith (QB / #1)
Other DL 1st Round Selections (Last 20 Years):
2001 – [...]

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OTC: Houston (#26 from Baltimore via Jacksonville)

April 27, 2008

Houston Texans
2007 Record: 8-8
2008 1st Round Selection:
Duane Brown, OT, Virginia Tech
Last Five 1st Round Picks:
2007 – Amobi Okoye (DT / #10)
2006 – Mario Williams (DE / #1)
2005 – Travis Johnson (DT / #16)
2004 – Jason Babin (OLB / #27)
2004 – Dunta Robinson (CB / #10)
Other OL 1st Round Selections (Last 20 Years):
No OLs Taken in [...]

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OTC: Tennessee (#24)

April 27, 2008

Tennessee Titans
2007 Record: 10-6
2008 1st Round Selection:
Chris Johnson, RB, ECU
Last Five 1st Round Picks:
2007 – Michael Griffin (FS / #19)
2006 – Vince Young (QB / #3)
2005 – Pacman Jones (CB / #6)
2003 – Andre Woolfolk (CB / #28)
2002 – Albert Haynesworth (DT / #15)
Other RB 1st Round Selections (Last 20 Years):
1996 – Eddie George (RB [...]

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