In 2017, the Oklahoma State offense was a machine that marched up and down the field at will. Quarterback Mason Rudolph and wide receivers James Washington and Marcel Ateman are gone this year. However, a key cog to the machine remains this year. Running back Justice Hill exploded onto the scene in 2016 by leading all FBS freshman in rushing with 1,142 yards. He would follow that up in 2017…
Over the past few years for NFL teams that are rebuilding, the blueprint for potential success has been to draft a quarterback while also having a proven veteran signal-caller ahead of them. It is a method that has had both positive and negative results for many teams. Some of the most successful examples have been…
Be sure to purchase the Inside the Pylon Draft Guide (including team specific guides) for full reports on all drafted players, available now! A tumultuous Pittsburgh Steelers season that included the Ryan Shazier injury and the “no catch” by Jesse James came to a disappointing end, with the team giving up 45 points at home to…
“You know nothing Mark Schofield.” Let’s just pretend this whole piece did not happen, okay? NEVER HAPPENED. If you were a quarterback prospect in the 2018 NFL Draft season on Friday night, or a draft analyst who stakes his career on analyzing quarterback prospects, Friday evening was a long…long night. After five quarterbacks came off…
As is always the case, we know nothing, Jon Snow. After months of buildup and speculation, the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft unfolded in unexpected fashion on Thursday night. Here Mark Schofield has instant reaction to the quarterbacks who were selected, and some thoughts as to who we might hear about on Friday…
The NFL Draft takes place tonight, but for now please enjoy my final quarterback rankings for the 2018 NFL Draft. I only ranked seven total quarterbacks as I’m focusing on the players who I deem to have NFL starter potential in some capacity. Not many starters come out of a single class, but I expect…
I know. You might be sick of mock drafts at this point. But with just hours to go until the 2018 NFL draft, it is time for my final thoughts on what to expect Thursday night. One of the overarching questions this draft season has been the idea of “will versus should?” It has most…
Ten down, ten to go. In this group of passers we start to get into quarterbacks who I expect to become starters in the NFL. All five of these quarterbacks are graduating seniors, all of them were multiple-year starters, and four earned Senior Bowl berths while the fifth earned a spot in the NFLPA Collegiate…
The ushering of a new era in Giants football has commenced and Dave Gettleman wasted little time, as Big Blue looks to reshape its image and bounce back from the dreadful 3-13 campaign that marked an agonizing end to the Jerry Reese tenure. Who would have thought a year ago that the Giants would have…
I’ve long been fascinated by offensive drives. I would dedicate entire pieces to a single drive and I even wrote a book filled with nothing but drives. I was sitting in the barber’s chair the other morning (shoutout to my man John at Brookville Barber Shop) brainstorming ideas for a piece on this quarterback class…
Pre-Combine Quarterback Thoughts The 2018 NFL Scouting Combine is just around the corner, a time when the professional football world descends upon Indianapolis to pursue dreams and consume St. Elmo’s Cocktail Sauce by the gallon. For many positions, the testing drills can result in dramatically improved draft stock, just ask Byron Jones or John Ross.…
I’m not a believer that it is necessary for an evaluator to have live exposure to every player he evaluates. There are plenty of evaluators in the NFL Draft community that consistently ‘get it right’ grinding tape from their desks at home without the help of the favorable angles from All-22 tape. There are instances,…
This year, eight talented passers will be on display down in Mobile, Alabama for the 69th Senior Bowl. With a number of teams picking in the Top 10 that might consider drafting a quarterback this year, the signal-callers will be the focus of attention in the coming week. Mark Schofield has studied all of them…
We were waiting for a really weird weekend in college football and, boy did we get it! We always get it. It’s always lying in the weeds waiting to sneak up on us and it never fails. Every year. Here are my thoughts on the week that was. One Loss is Not a Death Sentence…
When fans watch #10 ranked Oklahoma State kick off their 2017 college football season in a rivalry game against Tulsa, all eyes will be on the offensive duo of quarterback Mason Rudolph and wide receiver James Washington. The connection between the pair is integral to the Cowboys’ fortunes. If Washington is isolated, particularly to the…
Anyone that tells you they know anything about anything at this point prior to the college football season… well… they don’t. We can take estimated guesses and some of them will turn out to be correct, but to accurately play out the entire season is a fool’s errand. People love to believe there is some…