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AFC West Free Agent Grades and Draft Needs
AFC West Denver Broncos Free Agency: Adding 3 more crappy running backs, hoping to solve your cataclysmic secondary with Brian Dawkins who’s too old to cover anymore, hoping to solve your cataclysmic run defence with Andra Davis who’s too old to tackle anymore and then trading your 25 year old Pro Bowl franchise QB. Yeah. [...]
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2009 NFL Draft: Second Day Prospects
Total Pro Sports – Who would you rather have on your team Tom Brady or Alex Smith? Marques Colston or Charles Rogers? Cortland Finnegan or Kelly Jennings? I guess the argument is like shooting fish in a barrel, but the difference between the bust and success story in the eyes of talent scouts was 198, [...]
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2009 NFL Draft: Rise of the 3-4
Total Pro Sports – The Steelers have dominated with it. The Packers and Chiefs are transitioning to it. The Browns, Cowboys, Chargers, Jets and Patriots also use it. So what makes the 3-4 system so attractive for defensive coordinators, and what can the talented crop of hybrid linebackers do in the upcoming season?
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2009 NFL Draft: Cornerstone Left Tackles
Total Pro Sports – Arguably the most revered player in an NFL draft is the cornerstone left tackle. Fresh off a one win season and with a whole franchise to rebuild Miami made Michigan’s Jake Long their number one selection, a year previous the Browns passed on Adrian Peterson and a franchise quarterback in favor [...]
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How Far Will Mark Sanchez Slide?
Total Pro Sports – Many considered USC’s Mark Sanchez the third overall selection of Kansas City in the upcoming draft, but the Chiefs’ acquisition of Matt Cassel throws this totally out of the window. When GM Scott Pioli moved for fellow Patriot alum Cassel, he condemned the third overall selection to be defensive – likely [...]
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2009 NFL Draft: Top Wide Receivers (Maclin/Harvin)
Total Pro Sports – In part one of this series we discussed the attributes that make Michael Crabtree and Hakeem Nicks my top two receivers in the 2009 NFL Draft class. Now, let’s examine the #3 and #4 wide receivers by taking a closer look at the skills and attributes which have them ranked near [...]
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2009 NFL Draft: Top Wide Receivers (Crabtree/Nicks)
Total Pro Sports – Every year the NFL draft is loaded with great college athletes. By the time draft weekend has passed, each class is marked and remembered for its strengths, weaknesses, and surprises. Who could forget 1983, when five quarterbacks were taken in the first round, three of which have since been immortalized in [...]
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NFL Draft: ‘Safe Picks’, Fact or Fiction?
Total Pro Sports – Each draft season, I try to develop my own opinions about the talent preparing to enter the league, and am fairly confident in my ability to “pick winners”, so to speak. Of course, no one is perfect, especially at talent evaluation. Draft history is full of sad truths which remind us just how imperfect [...]
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Tebow vs. Bradford
Total Pro Sports- Last night the Florida Gators, led by Tim Tebow, won the BCS National Championship. The game definitely lived up to the hype as it featured the last two Heisman winners, Tim Tebow (2007) and Sam Bradford (2008), trading blows all game long. Bradford had a solid game for the Oklahoma Sooners in [...]
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NFL Players OF Week 1
Total Pro Sports NFL Players OF Week 1 Here are the players who put up the biggest numbers during the first week of the National Football League. Make notes of these players as we for see them bringing your fantasy football team huge numbers later on in the year. Best Offensive Player- Michael Turner, RB, [...]
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Top 5 Overrated Fantasy Running Backs
Here is a look at the Running backs who will most likely under perform for your team if you draft them this season: 1. Rudi Johnson Rudi has truly lost a step. After having to watch many Bengal’s games last season I was left wondering what happened to the man who once drove Cory Dillion [...]
