People love to play teams coming off byes. That may seem to make sense in theory, but doing so generally produces a 50-percent result. When dealing with a situation like this, it’s important to take a look at how every coach fares off a bye. Some, like Mike Shanahan, have their team focused after a…

Betting on teams with no wins has proven to be very lucrative. Why? First of all, there’s a lot of value in the line because no one wants to bet on a squad with zero victories. Secondly, that team wants a win so bad they’re usually playing a lot harder than their opponent, who is…

This is NFL Draft Scout’s Notebook, where Matt McGuire will list the notes he took while scouting players for the 2011 NFL Draft, 2012 NFL Draft and beyond. Send Matt an e-mail here: [email protected]. All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] Posted Sept. 7, 2010 Ohio State vs. Marshall Ohio State…

My current NFL Power Rankings. I’m going to use these rankings as the order for my 2020 NFL Mock Draft during the 2019 season. Follow @walterfootball. I’ve gone from WORST to FIRST, so if you don’t see reverse numbering (via Javascript), don’t worry; the Dolphins and Bengals aren’t my top teams. Updated: Dec. 17 Detroit…

Strengths: Throws a good deep ball Can make all the NFL throws Powerful arm Dual-threat quarterback Athletic Mechanics Quick release Distributes the ball to a variety of weapons Decision making Field vision Toughness; has held up under lots of hits as a runner and passer Improved throughout college Hard worker Good character Team leader Intangibles…