On its surface, there are few more elementary route concepts in football than the slant. There are different iterations, of course, but it’s an angular route designed to attack the leverage of a defense and have the receiver work in short areas to graze on any open space, and take advantage. There are receiver subtleties, […]
The Bengals rookie quarterback, Joe Burrow, has shown playmaking ability, accuracy and poise that are rare of passers early in their career. Just not deep. Through four games, Burrow has been among the worst deep passers in football. Burrow’s deep passing numbers through four games, according to Sports Info Solutions, would suggest that the Ravens […]
Joe Burrow represents a new dawn for Bengals fans everywhere. The 2019 Heisman Trophy winner was selected first overall by the Bengals back in April. One COVID dominated off-season later and Burrow made his long-awaited debut at home, in front of an empty Paul Brown stadium, against the LA Chargers. Burrow impressed mightily and was […]
With the 2020 NFL Draft kicking off Thursday, Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield collaborated to create overall reports on the 50 players they believe are the best in this draft class. Here’s a look at how the top of the crop stack up, beginning with No. 50. 50. Jordan Love, QB, Utah State […]
Heisman Trophy-winning redshirt senior quarterback who goes No. 1 overall to the Cincinnati Bengals and suits up as a 24-year-old rookie after a dominant final college season in which he turned two unknown underclassmen into 1,000-yard producers: That’s Joe Burrow, right? Wrong. That’s 2003 Carson Palmer. Click here to read the rest of the article […]
The greatest single season in modern college football history belongs to LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, the expected No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. The 23-year-old set FBS records with 6,040 yards from scrimmage and 60 passing touchdowns. Not bad for a guy who originally enrolled at Ohio State, left after a hand […]
Professional and amateur sports are stuck in place, yet the countdown to the 2020 NFL draft is suddenly on the horizon. That sure happened quickly, right? As always, the closer we are to the draft, which gets underway April 23, the more misinformation—or, said another way, intentional misdirection—will emerge. Executives and scouts will leak details […]
In the coming weeks, we will be going position-by-position and previewing this year’s draft class and the most logical place to start is with the quarterbacks. Before we get into the reports though, it’s important that we explain how our grading scale works. As a scouting staff, we use common terminology to grade every trait […]
With conference championships decided but bowl season still to come, college football is in the awards stage of the calendar. It’s time for The Athletic to reveal its two All-America teams, honoring the best performers of the 2019 season at every position. The All-America teams were selected by a panel of editors based on nominations […]
College football’s best quarterbacks seem to have this whole offense thing figured out. According to Sports Info Solutions, the top five quarterbacks in “on target percentage” are putting the ball on the mark at least 87.9 percent of the time, with three of the top five most accurate passers calling the SEC home and two […]