One of the biggest comebacks of the year took place in week 13, when the Los Angeles Chargers traveled cross-country to face the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Night Football. The Chargers were on a blazing hot streak, winning seven of their last eight games. That winning streak drew the Chargers within a game of the…
For every year that Aaron Rodgers inches closer to the end of his career, the need for each rookie class to have some substantive and immediate impact grows. And for a team that has seen a general manager transition (out with Ted Thompson, in with Brian Gutekunst), an exodus of talented front-office executives migrating elsewhere…
I was scrolling through Twitter one Monday night when I came across a retweet by the NFL Network announcing the ranking of Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Casey Hayward at number 64 for their NFL Top 100 campaign. When I clicked on the tweet, by my surprise I saw that Hayward led the league last year…
The winds of change have circled the Chargers franchise for the past few years. Upon the end of the 2015 season, there were rumors the Chargers would vacate San Diego and look for greener pastures in another city. The team stayed put for the 2016 season, only to be relocated this past January to the City…
The 2016 NFL season begins now, with 32 teams scheming to knock off the reigning champion Denver Broncos. The NFL Draft is just around the corner, but the first step in any offseason plan is to assess a team’s needs. Here we look at what the Green Bay Packers team needs are. The Green Bay Packers…
The Arizona Cardinals emerged victorious from their Divisional Round game against the Green Bay Packers thanks to the long run of Larry Fitzgerald in overtime. However, as Dave Archibald points out, the Packers defense did an admirable job containing Arizona, particularly on this play, Palmer picked by Clinton-Dix. Arizona finished the year as the NFL’s #1…
Success in the NFL is often predicated on the matchups: No one has profited more from exploiting mismatches than Denver’s quarterback Peyton Manning. Dave Archibald previews the matchup between the Broncos passing attack and Packers defense, as one of these unbeaten teams will leave Denver with a loss. It is hard to believe that future…
With the regular season around the corner, Inside The Pylon reached out to former NFL scout and current Scouting Academy director Dan Hatman for a cheat sheet on who the pros are keeping an eye on – and who may be in danger of losing their job. He starts with identifying which NFC North players to watch in…