The Week In Quotes: February 3, 2012

Rivers McCown — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:48:44 -0500

In the season finale of The Week In Quotes, we look at the best of the Super Bowl media frenzy and National Signing Day.

Super Bowl XLVI Preview

Aaron Schatz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:51:06 -0500

Aaron Schatz pores over all the FO stats to break down Sunday's matchups. Do they agree with the oddsmakers and lean Patriots, or do they agree with the general public and lean Giants?

ESPN: The Future of New England's Pass Offense

Danny Tuccitto — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:14:58 -0500

The Patriots are in the Super Bowl after spending three years undoing Josh McDaniels' pass offense. How soon they get back depends in part on the degree to which he undoes the undoing. In this Insider piece, we use game charting data to chronicle the history of the former, and explore potential options regarding the latter.

Walkthrough: Super Diary

Mike Tanier — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:36:45 -0500

Walkthrough's dispatches from Indianapolis, featuring Under Armour and Rob Gronkowski's ankle injury.

Super Bowl XVLI Prop Bet Extravaganza!

Mike Kurtz and Tom Gower — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:40:54 -0500

It's that time of year! Grab on to your brain cells, grab a stash of fake cash, and join Mike and Tom in some of the most insane bets you'll ever pretend to make!

ESPN: Recruiting Versus Results

Brian Fremeau — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:32:10 -0500

Brian Fremeau compares five-year recruiting success with results on the field to indentify the most overachieving and underachieving programs.

FREE DOWNLOAD: Week 9 NYG-NE Game Chart

Aaron Schatz — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:06:37 -0500

As a special gift to readers, here's a free copy of our game chart from the Week 9 game that the Giants won 24-20 over the Patriots in Foxboro. Go ahead and download it, analyze it, and discuss it here while I'm busy putting together our full Super Bowl preview to run Friday morning. Please note this is "unedited," we haven't looked at whether these two charters have any particular biases that need adjusting or anything like that. Click here to download.

Word of Muth: Super Bowl Preview

Ben Muth — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:57:57 -0500

Word of Muth looks at the Super Bowl offensive lines and speculates that Nate Solder may need some help on Sunday.

VOTE! The 2011 Football Outsiders Awards

Aaron Schatz — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:28:15 -0500

The ballot is now up for the ninth annual Football Outsiders Reader Awards. This is your chance to pick your choices for MVP, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, plus special FO categories like Keep Choppin' Wood, most overrated and underrated, and best and worst commercials.

ESPN AGS: Lessons from New England's Losses

Vince Verhei — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:01:28 -0500

Looking at the Patriots' four worst games of the season suggests that the Giants need to shut down the Patriots' midrange passing game, especially to Rob Gronkowski.

Pro Bowl is Missing a Skills Competition

Rivers McCown — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:17:02 -0500

How would you fix the Pro Bowl? Would you even want it to be played in the first place? A skills competition doesn't seem like it'd add much, but it would at least be something different to watch.

Under Pressure: Playoff Log

J.J. Cooper — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:22:52 -0500

This week, Under Pressure looks at the composition of the Giants and Patriots regular season sacks, as well as checking out playoff sacks and the sacks of the year.

MMQB: Prepping for the Super Bowl

Rivers McCown — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:28:23 -0500

This week Peter wonders if Peyton Watch 2012 will get off the ground, gets some scouting views on Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden, and looks back at the tragic career of Greg Cook.

Aggressiveness Index 2011

Guest — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:39:10 -0500

Which coaches were most aggressive when it came to fourth downs in 2011? And could a couple high-profile plays be hiding the fact that NFL coaches are actually getting less aggressive?

The Week In Quotes: January 27, 2012

Rivers McCown — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:22:58 -0500

In this week's best quotes, NFL players hate Skip Bayless as much as you do, Peyton Manning misses the past, and we check in with the scapegoats of last week.

Bucs Hire Greg Schiano

Tom Gower — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:41:11 -0500

Adam Schefter is reporting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have agreed to hire current Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano as their next head coach. Schefter first reported the news this morning, and unlike the Bucs' pursuit on Sunday of Oregon head coach Chip Kelly, this deal seems to be done.

ESPN: Under-25 Rankings, Risers and Fallers

Rivers McCown — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:11:39 -0500

You may remember that, before the season, we took a look at which teams had the most under-25 talent on the roster. This article takes a look at three organizations which look better in hindsight now that the season is over, and three organizations which look worse.

Walkthrough: Southern Gothic

Mike Tanier — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:03:19 -0500

It's Midnight in the Garden of Senior Bowl coverage as Mike Tanier finds himself stuck inside of Mobile with the Kirk Cousins blues again. From Mardi Gras to mumble-speak, its the Deep South like you never saw it before.

Colts to Hire Pagano

Rivers McCown — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:53:37 -0500

Pro Football Talk got the scoop on this: the Colts will hire Ravens defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano to be their next head coach. Boy, that Ravens defensive coordinator position is a head coach mill.

Scramble for the Ball: 2011 All-KCW Team

Mike Kurtz and Tom Gower — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:16:32 -0500

NFL fans often derisively speculate which team would lose to any given college football squad. This is that team.