Know Your Enemy is back for the sixth time. In the 2017 season, the NFC North plays the AFC North and NFC South. This should be a tough schedule so let’s take a look at the enemies; starting with the defending AFC North Champion Pittsburgh Steelers. Team The Steelers went 11-5 in 2016 and won […]
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The support for Matthew Stafford has long been a debated topic. I decided to put factual evidence to the case he doesn’t get the proper support. I started by looking at rushing yards for the past six seasons drives starting in opponents territory the last 6 seasons and drops. Here are the results. Rushing Yards […]
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We finish the rankings article with secondary rankings for the NFC North. Cornerback 1 Minnesota The Vikings have good cornerbacks starting with Xavier Rhodes. Rhodes is a number 1 CB that can press, cover and play run defense. Terrence Newman is 38 but had a top 10 grade in 2016. He returns on a one […]
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We’ve looked into the defensive line and now we turn to ranking the linebackers. It is tough to rank them between 4-3 and 3-4 teams but we’ll do so based on coverage and run defense skills. We already looked at 3-4 OLB pass rush skills. 1 Chicago The Bears are still stacked at LB. Jerrell […]
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