Going into the 2017 season there was nothing to look forward to as a Jets fan. They were coming off a terrible 5-11 season, had released all of their aging veterans that were once stars and still had no answer at quarterback. All seemed lost, and everyone thought the Jets were in “tank mode” and…
The defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos have one of the most feared defenses in the entire NFL. With high caliber players at all three levels of the defense, their game plan for the last year and a half has been to rely on their defense to win games, and it has certainly worked. In…
The wishbone formation. A throwback to days of football when 3 yards and a cloud of dust was far better than the dreaded… forward pass. The San Diego Chargers and second year running back Melvin Gordon used a variation of the wishbone, the inverted wishbone (also known as a diamond formation) to run all over…
Every season there are good players who get overlooked or are undervalued across the NFL. As we approach the regular season, Brandon Thorn will look at players who are not getting the appropriate level of attention from big media – or even smaller entities – and put them under the microscope to evaluate their skills and…
Brandon Thorn, from The Football Educator, guest writes this week to discuss how the 2015 Atlanta Falcons OL are the unsung heroes so far this season for head coach Dan Quinn’s squad. The purpose of this breakdown is to put a microscope on the offensive line, or as I affectionately refer to them as: the lifeblood of…