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By her calculations, the Kansas City Chiefs’ most underappreciated player is defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi. Kansas City Chiefs • Derrick Nnadi • DT · 25 years old As measured by how many yards an opposing rusher gained when running within 3 yards of a defensive player, Nnadi was king last season, shutting down ball carriers at the highest rate among all interior defenders. PFF gave him a 81.7 grade in run defense, one of the best marks among interior defenders. The fit between Nnadi and...

What Can the Jets Expect From Their Picks in the 2021 NFL Draft? The NFL Draft is less than one week away. It will be a significant one for the New York Jets as they will select their new quarterback of the future. The Draft will be about more than the second pick, however. The team has ten selections in total with multiple picks in the first, third, fifth, and sixth rounds. The only round where the Jets do not currently have a pick is the seventh and final round. What quality of player can the...

Which NFL Teams Draft the Best? Hint: they both wear purple With the 2021 NFL Draft approaching at the end of the month, it seems apropos to take a look back at how well every team in the NFL has drafted in recent years. In particular, I looked back again at the period since Rick Spielman took over as Vikings’ General Manager in 2012, and how every team in the NFL has done over those last nine drafts, including the few supplemental drafts and college free agent signings. In order to valu...

There’s no perfect way to judge how well a team drafts, but I gave it a shot by breaking it down numerically.

Saints DE Hendrickson Free-Agent Contract Projection A free-agent contract scenario for New Orleans Saints defensive end Trey Hendrickson. Author: Feb 17, 2021 A free-agent contract scenario for New Orleans Saints defensive end Trey Hendrickson from Saints News Networks intern Andrew Gullotta. DE Trey Hendrickson came into the 2020 season overlooked because of the 2019 progression of 1st-round selection Marcus Davenport and the potential Jadeveon Clowney acquisition in late August. However, aft...

2018 NFL Draft Class Early Winners and Losers Larry Holder of The Athletic posted a fascinating article yesterday about the winners and losers (thus far) of the 2018 NFL draft based on the teams’ sum of their draft picks AV (Approximate Value) points according to Pro Football Reference. Here is the link: In the never ending quest to understand the “inexact science” of the NFL draft, it is interesting to take a close look at the results that Holder accumulated to see if we might learn som...

0 of 8 Kevin Sabitus/Associated Press Contract-year outbursts in the NFL get plenty of shine. When a player set to hit free agency has a successful season and helps himself on the open market, its a headline item. Contract-year downswings dont get the same attention. Yet every season, players who bet on themselves with short contracts, tagged players and pending free agents struggle to match the expectations and put up the production necessary to secure a big deal. The setbacks could mean a pla...

Winston the better option for Saints before/after Stafford Trade? The Jameis Winston and Matthew Stafford quarterback comparisons were hot in New Orleans before the Lions-Rams mega-trade.  Was Winston the better long-term option for the Saints over Stafford? Author: Jan 31, 2021 The Matthew Stafford trade scenarios bombarded the headlines, tweets, and comments since the 12-year veteran mutually agreed to part from the Detriot Lions last week. Most believed Stafford would have been a natural f...