Big games in Week 7 include Chargers/Jets, Lions/Falcons and Bucs/Bears, while the Rams will look to get off the winless board against Dallas. Read more »
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Football Meteorology For Week 7
Top NFL Performers From The First Six Weeks
Aaron Rodgers and Calvin Johnson have had MVP seasons, while A.J. Green, Cam Newton, Aldon Smith and Von Miller have been outstanding rookies. Read more »
2011 NCAA Football Team Rankings After Week 7 (Oct. 19)
With dominating victories on Saturday, Wisconsin and Alabama both moved up to #1 and #2 respectively in the Top 30 for the first time this year. Read more »
How To Improve: Bears Offensive Line
The problem of the Chicago offensive line is that most of their abilities contrast what Mike Martz likes to do on offense, which is throw the ball. Read more »
2011 NFL Power Rankings After Week 6
The truth on the Saints, Eagles rise and what the Trench Counter says about the decision by the Raiders to go all-in on 2011 season with the Carson Palmer trade. Read more »
Rules of Thumb, Trade Deadline Edition
On the Carson Palmer trade, the excellent future of the Bengals the unfortunate future of Jason Campbell, Brandon Lloyd and the anatomy of an ESPN rumor. Read more »
$.10 After Week 6
The Giants are the best team in New York, Philly wakes up, New Orleans and Detroit lay eggs, so does Jason Garrett, enough of the non-Lambeau leaps, and other various rantings. Read more »
Football Meteorology For Week 6
Big games this week between Eagles/Redskins, Lions/49ers, Giants/Bills, Ravens/Texans and Patriots/Cowboys. Read more »
2011 NCAA Football Team Rankings After Week 6 (Oct. 13)
Headlined by the Red River Rivalry, Week 6 of the College Football season was full of conference matchups that continue to light the path to the National Championship. Read more »
2011 NFL Power Rankings After Week 5
With their complete domination of the Buccaneers, the 49ers have moved into the top-three behind the Ravens and Packers. Read more »
$.10 After Week 5
The loss of Al Davis and an emotional win, love for the Bills, Aaron Rodgers may already be the MVP and the Colts have issues beyond missing Peyton Manning. Read more »
How To Improve: Bills Linebackers
Even though the Bills defense has improved with its opportunistic plays, they still have issue of depth, their 3-4 hybrid scheme, pressuring the quarterback and at cornerback. However, linebacker is Buffalo’s biggest weakness. Read more »
Football Meteorology For Week 5
Either Alex Smith or Josh Freeman will be QB of a 4-1 team after Week 5, while Jets/Pats, Steelers/Titans and Lions/Bears serve as compelling matchups. Read more »
Every Chance To Be The Guy
The Browns believe Colt McCoy can be their franchise quarterback, a luxury they have not enjoyed since the days of Bernie Kosar from 1985 to 1993. Will the West Coast offense get him there? Read more »
2011 NCAA Football Team Rankings After Week 5 (Oct. 4)
The National Championship picture became a bit clearer in Week 5 with numerous matchups between ranked opponents. In two of the biggest games, Wisconsin and Alabama won handily over ranked conference opponents, Nebraska and Florida respectively. Read more »
2011 NFL Power Rankings After Week 4
We are down to two remaining undefeated teams, the No. 2 Packers and No. 4 Lions. Both teams have been buoyed by winning the giveaway/takeaway battle with a +1.5 and +2.0 per game respectively and of course by strong quarterback play. Read more »
A Brief History Of The Dallas Running Game
The Cowboys love drafting running backs, but their system emphasizes the passing game and is setup to make the likes of Felix Jones, Marion Barber and DeMarco Murry seem small in the shadow of Emmitt Smith. Read more »
Early Notes From The Scouting Trail
I got the opportunity to attend the Oklahoma State/Texas A&M game in, a contest packed with future NFL talent. While I was there I chatted with some scouts and talent evaluators and picked their brains. Read more »
Football Meteorology For Week 4
The AFC features big matchups between the Jets/Ravens and Raiders/Patriots, while the Lions face a road test at Dallas. Read more »
2011 NFL Power Rankings After Week 3
The NFL has three undefeated teams remaining and they are firmly in our top-four. Meanwhile, the Bengals, Browns, Buccaneers, Dolphins and Vikings may be deceiving us if we just looked at their record. Read more »
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