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Roderick Johnson, 6-7/298 Offensive Tackle Florida State Roderick Johnson Scouting Report By Charlie Campbell Strengths: Ideal left tackle size Excellent length Good quickness on the edge Very athletic Quick feet Agile Natural build Quick to the second level Good fit in a zone-blocking scheme Extremely long arms (36 inches) Upside Weaknesses: Finesse player Poor balance…

Takkarist McKinley, 6-2/250 Defensive End/Outside Linebacker UCLA Takkarist McKinley Scouting Report By Charlie Campbell Strengths: Lightning-fast edge rusher Explosive edge defender Excellent hand technique to fight off blocks Uses hands and feet at same time Hard-charging pass-rusher Can beat tackles with speed around the corner Pure speed demon to run by tackles Excellent get-off and…

Feel free to run the BigTrends.com Derby picks and analysis on your site: Once again on the first weekend in May, the best 3-year-old horses will race in the Kentucky Derby this Saturday. With BigTrends.com being headquartered in the heart of horse breeding country of Lexington, Kentucky, we have a strong history and interest in…

2013 Kentucky Derby Handicapping Analysis Picks from BigTrends.com It’s time for our annual KY Derby selections and commentary. We were pretty dead on last year, hitting many horses that finished in-the-money in the Triple Crown Races (especially Price’s picks). First, we’ll start off with an updated table of past Derby winners, their speed ratings and…

2014 Kentucky Derby Handicapping Analysis Picks from BigTrends.com It’s time for our annual Kentucky Derby selections and commentary. First, we’ll start off with an updated table of past Derby winners, their speed ratings and final tune-up race. Our analysis of past data indicates that horses with strong 100+ speed ratings in preparatory races have a…

2013 Preakness Handicapping, Analysis & Picks From BigTrends.com This Saturday is the Preakness at the Pimlico race track in Maryland, the 2nd leg of Horse Racing’s Triple Crown. Orb took home the Kentucky Derby on a sloppy track. A big longshot, Golden Soul at 32-1, came in 2nd in the Derby, which messed up our…

2013 Belmont Analysis & Handicapping From BigTrends.com Price Headley: This is the toughest Belmont to handicap in the 14 years since I started my Triple Crown analysis via the launch of BigTrends.com. It may be wet at the New York track and, while Orb liked the wet conditions in the Derby and is the sentimental…

2015 Kentucky Derby Handicapping and Analysis from BigTrends.com By Price Headley and Moby Waller It’s time for our annual Kentucky Derby selections and commentary. First, we’ll start off with an updated table of past Derby winners, their speed ratings and final tune-up race. Our analysis of past data indicates that horses with strong 100+ speed…

Belmont 2015: BigTrends Picks & Analysis Price Headley, CEO of BigTrends.com: We have a Triple Crown contender yet again, as American Pharoah has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in solid fashion. However, his times in both races have been on the slow side, and so we are left to ask, is the horse slower…