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AFC West

Oakland Raiders to ever regain continuity?

March 18, 2010

Since their devasting loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, the Oakland Raiders have been a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Over the past nine years the team has had five different head coaches, interim or otherwise, and has been a franchise that has shown little in the way of stability.
The [...]

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Kansas City Chiefs rebuilding continues under Pioli

March 17, 2010

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The good news for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2009 is that they doubled their win total from 2008. Unfortunately, double the wins still meant a 4-12 season. New general manager Scott Pioli and head coach Todd Haley had their work cut out for them with one of the worst rosters [...]

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San Diego Chargers to experience talent drain?

March 16, 2010

The first major move of the 2010 offseason was for the San Diego Chargers to part ways with perennial Pro Bowl running back LaDainian Tomlinson. The Chargers now find themselves dangerously thin at running back after letting Michael Turner depart in free agency in 2008 without compensation and 2009 franchise player Darren Sproles yet [...]

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Denver Broncos to progress under McDaniels?

March 15, 2010

The first year of rookie head coach Josh McDaniels started out well, but finished poorly. After trading Jay Cutler to the Bears and dealing with internal strife with WR Brandon Marshall and TE Tony Scheffler, the Denver Broncos sprung out of the gates to a 6-0 start before finishing the season at 8-8 yet [...]

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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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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 Analysis: Kansas City Chiefs (#5 & #15)

April 27, 2008

Kansas City Chiefs
Coming off the trade of their standout DE Jared Allen to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for three draft picks, including Minnesota’s #17 in the first round, the Chiefs were looking to make a major upgrade to their defensive line. When the stars aligned for them and Glenn Dorsey, DT, LSU fell to [...]

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OTC: San Diego (#27)

April 27, 2008

San Diego Chargers
2007 Record: 11-5
2008 1st Round Selection:
Antoine Cason, DB, Arizona
Last Five 1st Round Picks:
2007 – Craig Davis (WR / #30)
2006 – Antonio Cromartie (CB / #19)
2005 – Luis Castillo (DE / #28)
2005 – Shawne Merriman (OLB / #12)
2004 – Eli Manning (QB / #1)
Other DB 1st Round Selections (Last 20 Years):
2006 – Antonio Cromartie [...]

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OTC: Detroit (#17 from Kansas City via Minnesota)

April 27, 2008

Detroit Lions
2007 Record: 7-9
2008 1st Round Selection:
Gosder Cherilus, OT, Boston College
Last Five 1st Round Picks:
2007 – Calvin Johnson (WR / #2)
2006 – Ernie Sims (OLB / #9)
2005 – Mike Williams (WR / #10)
2004 – Kevin Jones (RB / #30)
2004 – Roy Williams (WR / #7)
Other OL 1st Round Selections (Last 20 Years):
2001 – Jeff Backus [...]

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OTC: Kansas City (#15 from Detroit)

April 27, 2008

Kansas City Chiefs
2007 Record: 4-12
2008 1st Round Selection:
Branden Albert, OG, Virginia
Last Five 1st Round Picks:
2007 – Dwayne Bowe (WR / #23)
2006 – Tamba Hali (DE / #20)
2005 – Derrick Johnson (OLB / #15)
2003 – Larry Johnson (RB / #27)
2002 – Ryan Sims (DT / #6)
Other OL 1st Round Selections (Last 20 Years):
1999 – John Tait [...]

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