It has been perceived as the scarlet number for running backs. Once they reach that number they were deemed tainted. Walter Payton became the first running back to eclipse at least 400 rushes and receptions combined in the regular season when he did it in 1979. Quite impressive when you think about given the rigors…
The AFC South is shaping up to be one of the more intriguing divisions in the NFL. Matt Danely begins a four-part series breaking down each team to explain how that team has been developing and their expected impact on the division. Next up is the 2016 Indianapolis Colts – and be sure to check out his previous articles…
Everyone has had a fantasy football season derailed due to an injury to their top running back and left to pick up scrubs off the waiver wire scrap heap. Don’t let that be you this year. Andrew Jordan guides you to the key fantasy football running back handcuffs to focus on this season so that…
When the Arizona Cardinals square off against the Carolina Panthers, Bruce Arians and the Cardinals’ offense will look to attack the Panthers’ passing game with some vertical concepts. Mark Schofield looks at how the Arizona passing concepts likely to be used to attack the Panthers defense. Carolina plays a number of coverages in the secondary…
The Arizona Cardinals own the best record in the NFC thanks to an innovative offensive scheme and excellent production on third down. Brian Filipiak looks at another factor ‒ a ground game in motion that uses the strengths of its personnel exceptionally well. Despite losing running back Chris Johnson for at least the remainder of the…
The Arizona Cardinals have a 9-2 record and a three game cushion atop the NFC West. And while their aggressive Cover 3 defense is suffocating and tough to score on, the key is the offense, which has been especially effective for Arizona on 3rd down. In football, the main goal of an offense is to…
The Arizona Cardinals game plan was designed to show the Cincinnati Bengals defense what it expected ‒ right up to when Carson Palmer and the offense needed a backbreaker. Mark Schofield looks at how play design and doing your job led to Palmer finding Nelson for a key score. Future Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald…
The marquee signing of the New York Jets’ 2014 offseason was former Tennessee Titan running back Chris “CJ2K” Johnson, once the undisputed fastest-man in the NFL. Johnson is off to a decent, if unspectacular, start to the 2014 campaign with a 3.9 Yards Per Carry (YPC) average on 51 total carries. However, such performance falls…