The days and weeks leading up to the 2017 NFL Draft is a time where we can hypothesize about several different scenarios and hope our favorite team does not swing and miss early, while at the same time hoping that our team finds the hidden gems in the third day of the draft. After a…
Draft expert Mike Mayock of NFL Network held his annual draft press conference on Friday, and as usual it included some excellent insight and information. Here are a few tidbits followed by the full transcript and a link to the audio segment, in case you would like to listen. On Alabama LB Reuben Foster Q:…
With no inside knowledge to the Browns’ plans, my hypothesis was that last season, the first for the current front office and coaching staff, was about establishing a foundation – a group of players with high football IQ and character, with mostly successful college careers, who may not ever be high-ceiling starters but would definitely…
We have arrived. The film has been broken down, the notes have been taken, the players have been debated for weeks on end, but soon the bright lights will turn on and the draft will finally begin, with the Cleveland Browns officially on the clock to start the 2017 NFL Draft. So let’s put together…
What initially started as simply putting my passion for analyzing and studying college football and the NFL Draft into tandem with Excel and Word documents 15 years ago has now evolved into an evaluation process I enter into every year. The process begins during the college football season and concludes about two weeks before the…
(Click to enlarge table) Click here for a full explanation of the methodology and categories used in the chart above. “The Big 4” My top rated quarterback, and the only one to receive a 1st round grade from me this year is Texas Tech’s Patrick Mahomes II. Mahomes is more than just an ultra gunslinger.…
With the 2017 NFL draft quickly approaching, the scouts at Inside the Pylon are hard at work putting together scouting reports and breaking down all the tape on the next crop of NFL rookies. Over at our YouTube Channel, Mark Schofield has put together a number of videos on some of the quarterbacks in this…
Before the 2017 NFL Combine officially begins I wanted to get out a top 10 at each position to get discussion going and to show where I’m at in my process. Film and background has been gathered on all 110 prospects below, but athletic testing and measurements are vital to the scouting process, so the…
“State of the Draft” is going to be a weekly column serving as a catch-all for anything NFL Draft. You can expect information on which prospects I’ve been watching, players I’m high or low on, players who I think might be under the radar, positing on draft philosophy, expanded thoughts on topics in the media…
Now that I’ve had time to sit back and reflect on my first pass at a mock draft this offseason, which was discussed on air during a recent episode of Pylon U, I gave it a revision before unleashing it on the masses. There is no absolute in constructing a mock draft. There is no…
Pylon U hosts Shane Alexander and Jeff Feyerer interview two NFL prospects and later discuss the process as well as the pitfalls of analyzing a high profile college quarterback. Former University of Idaho specialist Austin Rehkow discusses both kicking and punting in college. The future NFL special teamer discusses the nuances needed to perform at a…
Ladies and gentlemen, mock draft season is upon us. Back when I worked in an office, I loved getting to my desk each morning during draft time, firing up the web browser, and surfing the Internet for the countless options that the wise denizens of football predicted for each team. But now, as a writer…
The 2016-2017 NFL season is officially over, signaling the start of the NFL Draft season. Now that the order of the draft is set for all 32 teams, it feels like the perfect time to release my first mock draft of the year. This mock is a predictive one, so before you scroll down and…
Welcome to my first mock draft of the season, where you are encouraged to slay me for each and every pick without reading my analysis or acknowledging the fact that it is February 6 and there is much we do not know! I’ve accentuated your criticism by making this a “what-I-would-do” mock draft, providing my…
Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer has opened up this season right where he left off last year, lighting up opposing defenses. But there is one flaw in his throwing mechanics that, if fixed, could make him even better. Mark Schofield breaks down how Kizer can improve his velocity by syncing his upper and lower body better. …
With the 2016 NFL Draft in the rear view mirror, evaluators are already working through the next crop of young men hoping to realize their NFL dreams. Mark Schofield has started his process of quarterback evaluation for the 2017 draft and, after some preliminary film work, has identified 30 prospects he will be keeping an…