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Is the next great wave of quarterbacks on the way, or will they all be converted to other positions by the time they reach the NFL? And would Tom Brady make a good center, or what?

11 comments, Last at 13 Oct 2017, 3:49pm by Bright Blue Shorts

Buffalo Trades Sammy Watkins and Ronald Darby

11 Aug 2017, 12:52pm by Bryan Knowles

Who says player-for-player trades never happen in the NFL? Buffalo shook up Friday afternoon by making a couple deals to revamp their receiving corps and secondary.

First, they dealt WR Sammy Watkins and a 2018 sixth-round pick to the LA Rams for CB E.J. Gaines and a 2018 second-round pick.

Then, with a new surplus at corner and a deficit at receiver, they traded CB Ronald Darby to Philadelphia for WR Jordan Matthews and a 2018 third-round pick.

37 comments, Last at 19 Aug 2017, 11:40pm by Mountain Time ---- formerly Ninjalectual

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2016 Play-Action Defense

14 Jul 2017, 06:25pm by Bryan Knowles

Can your defense sniff out a play-action fake? If you live in Texas, you're in luck! If you're in a Great Lakes state, on the other hand...

2 comments, Last at 17 Jul 2017, 1:02am by Wade8813

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2016 Play-Action Offense

12 Jul 2017, 04:01pm by Bryan Knowles

We take a look at play-action passing from 2016, as numbers return to a state of normalcy after the great Zone-Read Revolution.

9 comments, Last at 29 Aug 2017, 5:20pm by msabercr

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2016 Offensive Personnel Analysis

27 Jun 2017, 01:08pm by Bryan Knowles

In which we ask the question: if you're not using 11 personnel, are you really playing modern football?

33 comments, Last at 03 Jul 2017, 8:15am by Aaron Brooks Good Twin

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The Seahawks have dominated this division for years despite a subpar offensive line, a weakness that seems to have spread to their rivals in California. Then there's the Cardinals, who will soon face life without Carson Palmer.

20 comments, Last at 05 Jun 2017, 7:37am by evilgenius