That was a fairly interesting first round to the NFL draft. I have a bunch of notes on how things have shaken out so far. The Detroit Lions did the right thing? It happens from time to time, but Lions fans in my area should be happy that they signed the best Buckeye cornerback. Obviously … [Read more…]
Washington Post columnist Barry Svrluga recently made a fairly bold proclamation, setting forth the argument that the best move for the Washington Redskins with the no. 2 pick of the 2020 draft is NOT to take Ohio State superstar Chase Young. It’s like the opposite scenario from Kevin Costner’s “Draft day,” where he (spoiler alert) … [Read more…]
I’m really starting to enjoy the NFL. For the last several years I’ve had limited attention to give to the NFL between my college football writing commitments, another role I have in life in my local Church that eats up time on Sundays, my family commitments, and then also the NFL’s constantly negative press they … [Read more…]
I didn’t really expect the Super Bowl to be a high scoring game. What I saw of the Rams against the Cowboys and in glowing columns written here and there about Sean McVay’s genius suggested to me that he’d simply built a thorough, modern, and well executed version of the old Mike Shanahan offense. I … [Read more…]
It was really an eye opening moment when the Patriots snagged Eastern Illinois signal-caller Jimmy Garoppolo in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft. They took him fairly high, for one, which indicated that they really liked his skill set. Also interesting, he was coming from a “Veer and Shoot” offense at Eastern Illinois … [Read more…]