Jeff Risdon - Football Analysis

The NFL is finally starting to resemble other sports, where trading for players is one of the primary ways to improve your team and not some rare occurrence. Read more »

Their faulty secondary and iffy running game is a bad combo for both holding leads and winning close games against quality opponents, but they are sneaking closer into the playoff picture. Read more »

This 49ers appear to have improved but the QB issue is a major problem for an offense highly dependent on great QB play. The defense will be better, but it?s still not a unit that will produce enough QB pressure or turnovers for the team to make a big leap forward. Read more »

So long as Delhomme is back to his old self and the defensive back seven can make plays, this team has a great chance to win the NFC South. Read more »

The Browns are clearly improved, but the non-divisional schedule is brutal, and this team still has some questions. Read more »

The NBA and NHL are done, and training camps are about to fire up. Team season previews are on the way, but to whet the appetite here are 20 questions about the upcoming NFL season. Read more »

Thumbs up to the Raiders and Strahan, thumbs down to the owners and veterans, thumbs twiddling to Matt Ryan, a sucking thumb for Benson and the preseason NCAA rankings. Read more »

It may be early but Jeff Risdon was highly accurate with his projections this time last year. Who will be drafted in the first round next April? Read more »

With May being a slow month in the world of football, Jeff muses on the top 10 picks of the 2009 draft, Cedric Benson, the USC/OSU game and why the Chargers could be in trouble. Read more »

Thumbs up to the Chiefs and Sirius with thumbs twiddling to the Panthers, the new draft format, and much, much more. Read more »

It?s almost draft time, and this will be the final revision. We already know Jake Long is going to Miami, but will he be followed by Chris Long, Glenn Dorsey and Darren McFadden? Read more »

In this column, Jeff Risdon answers the question he most often receives; Who is horribly overrated and destined for NFL failure, and has real under-the-radar value? Read more »

Tweaked to reflect a couple of recent developments, including a very lengthy conversation with a long-time NFL front office scouting type. Read more »

Take Jake Long out of the #2 slot and insert Vernon Gholston who has been rising up the draft boards. Also, how far will Glenn Dorsey and Matt Ryan drop? Read more »

In his latest edition, Jeff talks about Chad Johnson, draft sleepers, Pacman Jones, former South Carolina RB Cory Boyd, and why QB situations aren't always as dire as they seem. Read more »

The NFLPA has the option to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) this November, and if that happens the NFL as we know it will likely cease to exist. Read more »

Some changes spawned by free agency and also some more info gleaned from various reliable sources. As always, this does not necessarily represent what Jeff Risdon would do, but rather what he believe will happen. Read more »

Thumbs up to the Seahawks and Browns, down to the Raiders and Bears, while twiddling thumbs go to Tampa Bay and Minnesota. Best and last of all are the sucking thumbs of the Jets and Lance Briggs. Read more »

Teams are still sorting out their draft boards and developing contingency draft plans. Combined with the remaining free agents still looking to sign, that means there is still some fluidity--what you see today might change quite a bit over the next 7 weeks. Read more »

There is an abundance of movement from the last list, primarily as a result of interviews, workouts, and more in-depth information from front offices and scouts I gathered while in Indy. Read more »