On Frank, Nostalgia and the Art of Patience
By: @ButtSkol It is August 1st, sometime after midnight. Not a single set of eyes is fixated to the small television situated in middle of our living room — except […]
The Ridiculous Power of Contract-Year Motivation: Running Backs
I’m really excited about this post for the following reasons: It will interest you whether you are looking for real NFL analysis, fantasy football analysis, or both. It shows using […]
Narratives, Donald Trump and the Cowardice of the GOP
America is on the precipice of a scary moment in its history. Not only is the ruzountry days away from a officially nominating Donald Trump as a presidential candidate, there […]
Melvin Ingram: EDGE Rushers Are Good Until They Aren’t
Fellow Playmaker Mentality writer Ben Natan coined the phrase “quarterbacks are bad until they aren’t” at some point earlier this year due to the unwarranted hype being handed out to […]
Force Players: League-Wide Update
Force Players Force Players is an athletic threshold based off of combine performances of pass-rushers that I’ve been working on since 2011. It isn’t the end all be all for […]
Pittsburgh Steelers 2016 Draft Review: Days 1 and 2
The NFL Draft is the time of year for teams to do dumb things and for fans to get mad online. There is truly nothing like this tradition that rolls […]
NFL Draft Day One: Trade Recap, Analysis
Day one is in the books, and there are countless write ups about player fits, draft grades, and best prospects left on the board. An area much less talked about […]
2016 Packers Draft Tweets
Kenny Clark #27, DL, UCLA Love #Packers pick of Kenny Clark. High-energy NT. Former wrestler. Runs down RBs in pursuit. — Evan Silva (@evansilva) April 29, 2016 The #Packers unfortunately […]
2016 First-Round Pass-Rushers
(I’d like to start this by saying that I’m a big Joey Bosa fan, and he was my top edge defender in the 2016 draft class.) Based on athletic potential, […]
10 draft prospects, 10 scouting reports
Scouting in the NFL is an incredible process. Many people use film, metrics, interviews, etc. I approach things a bit differently. I feel like the best way to scout a […]