High-profile injuries were the story of Week 2. The San Francisco 49ers lost Jimmy Garoppolo, Nick Bosa, Solomon Thomas, Raheem Mostert and Tevin Coleman to injuries of varying levels of severity. The Carolina Panthers lost running back Christian McCaffery for at least a few weeks. The New York Giants lost their star running back, Saquon […]
The Dak Prescott-Jerry Jones contract impasse dominated the offseason Dallas headlines, but it turned out to be irrelevant. Prescott is back (as expected) and well-compensated (as expected) thanks to the franchise tag. And with Mike McCarthy replacing Jason Garrett as head coach, CeeDee Lamb joining an already-loaded receiving corps, and Everson Griffen adding juice to the pass […]
Prior to the start of the season, Sheil Kapadia will provide in-depth analytical breakdowns for all 32 NFL teams. You can find the teams he’s already covered here. The New York Giants are one of four teams that will go into this season with a new head coach, a new offensive coordinator and a new […]
Our daily series examining the NFC East from a positional perspective with the help of league personnel sources tackles tight end and 12 personnel next, arguably the strongest position in Philadelphia with Zach Ertz and Dallas Goedert giving the Eagles a credible argument for the best tandem in the league. In a weird way, however, […]
The Cowboys are now on the clock along with everybody else to reach the Super Bowl in 2021. To get there, the Cowboys need to make some drastic changes to how they go about their business. We review five key areas for possible success if the Cowboys want to make the Super Bowl next season. […]
Dave Gettleman’s press conference on Tuesday was pure comedy, but perhaps nothing was more outrageous than his comments on impending free agent Leonard Williams. Gettleman traded a 2020 third round pick and a 2021 fifth round pick to the Jets at the trade deadline for the former first-round pick. “Basically it was a three and […]
The NFL is a passing league. You know this. I know this. Just about everyone in the league knows this. Because it’s a passing league, quarterbacks are the most important players on the field. And just about every quarterback has that one pass-catcher he trusts more than anybody else — the guy he wants to […]
The 2019 NFL tradeline was a dud. There were no blockbuster trades on deadline day and the days leading up to it saw only a handful of contributing players switch teams. In my post recapping the trades, I wrote: “The NFL landscape hasn’t changed much over the last few days.” I may have been wrong. […]