Our look at play-action pass in 2017 flips to the defensive side of the ball. Carolina was historically good, Houston was historically bad, and a long-standing question about year-to-year correlation gets cleared up.
3 comments, Last at 20 Jul 2018, 9:35am by Aaron Brooks Good Twin
Party like it's 2012! Play-action came roaring back to the forefront of the league last season. From traditional play fakes to RPO shenanigans, play-action was the hot sensation sweeping the nation.
14 comments, Last at 22 Jul 2018, 11:46am by Mountain Time ---- formerly Ninjalectual
Our annual look at defensive success against multiple-back formations sees Seattle struggling to stop fullbacks, Indianapolis begging teams to use fullbacks, and Arizona trying to remember what a fullback even is.
Our annual look at two-back rushing attempts features Chip Kelly's legacy in Philadelphia (but not San Francisco), Green Bay's fading memories of John Kuhn, and a Super Bowl matchup between two teams with very different philosophies.
7 comments, Last at 18 Jul 2018, 3:27pm by CaffeineMan
Defenses have taken a wide variety of responses to the rise of 11 personnel. Is any one system better than another? And how has the rise of the "moneybacker" changed defensive philosophy?
21 comments, Last at 27 Jun 2018, 10:58pm by TheIdealGrassLaw
It's a three-receiver league, but for the first time since 2010, the frequency of 11 personnel actually went down last year. Was it a blip, or sign of things to come?
11 comments, Last at 28 Jun 2018, 6:57am by Bright Blue Shorts
While the Rams added gobs of talent to their interior line and secondary, do they have enough pass-rushing to win a Super Bowl? The 49ers also need pass-rushers, while the Cardinals need a corner and the Seahawks -- as always -- need offensive linemen.
4 comments, Last at 15 May 2018, 4:08am by Bryan Knowles
Is Kirk Cousins the best free-agent quarterback in recent memory? Should Trumaine Johnson or Malcolm Butler have gotten the larger contract? And what makes a free-agent contract good or bad, anyway?
23 comments, Last at 25 Apr 2018, 5:35pm by Mountain Time ---- formerly Ninjalectual
The Joe Thomas All-Stars flips to the defensive side of the ball. It isn't just the 2004 Buffalo Bills, we promise! There are some Buccaneers here, too!
