The 2018 NFL Combine is upon us and we are eagerly waiting to see how a bunch of physical specimen perform athletic tests in their underwear. These results are not the be all end all, but they help substantiate what we have already evaluated on the film, while also providing additional information that may lead…
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…
Baker Mayfield might perhaps be one of the more polarizing QB prospects for evaluators this Draft season. His comfortability to play off structure amongst chaos is phenomenal. While his improvisational skills are off the charts by creating angles and passing lanes to throw to his receivers, I wanted to outline aspects of Mayfield’s arm talent…
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…
Joe Moore Award Big Ugly Spotlight Game Review – Week 2: Oklahoma vs Ohio State In what has become one of the most eagerly anticipated early season premier matchups in the country, in Week 2 Oklahoma traveled to Columbus to visit the Buckeyes. Two college football heavyweights looking for their marquee early season win, the action…
As the youngest head coach in the FBS, Lincoln Riley has a tough task replacing Bob Stoops. Yet the 34-year-old has shown himself to be more than capable. In the Oklahoma Sooners‘ dominant 31-16 victory over Ohio State, Riley called a masterful offensive game. One element of this was split-backfield formations, which stressed the defense…
The second instalment of The Option Route series now takes a closer look at New York Giants wide receiver, Sterling Shepard. If you’re not familiar with the purpose of this series, it is to focus on a chosen wide receiver and illustrate what he does well. I’ll be demonstrating his traits, including athletic ability, route-running,…
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…
August is upon us. NFL as well as college teams have begun their fall camps, the first NFL preseason game is in the books, and the start of football season is around the corner. But with the NFL Draft always on our mind, it is time to expand our look at the next quarterback class.…
Matty Brown kicks off a mini-series looking at some scheme and player takeaways from the Big 12 Spring Games. In spite of Bob Stoops’s shock retirement this offseason, the Lincoln Riley-led Oklahoma Sooners are still clear favorites to repeat as Big 12 champions. They are a strong contender for that fourth college football playoff spot,…
A few weeks back, one member of the football media world decried the inclination to look ahead to the 2018 quarterback draft class before the 2017 draft even took place. Basing his argument on the uncertainties that exist from one year to the next, and how development is not linear, it was way too early…
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…
Now things really get interesting. We’re moving into the Day Three type of players, quarterbacks who for one reason or another will probably wait a little bit longer to hear their name called. But there are some talented players in this class who are Day Three QBs, including some in this tier below who are…
Click here for a full explanation of methodology and categories used in the chart above. Mask On, Mask Off: Malik Hooker and Jamal Adams Ohio State’s Malik Hooker has the chance to eventually be the best free safety in the NFL. A bold statement, I know, but when you see Hooker on tape, you know…
Click here for a full explanation of methodology and categories used in the chart above. About the class: “Malik McDowell: Enigmatic and Supremely Talented” I have a prediction about Malik McDowell: In three years, he will either be blossoming as one of the premier young defensive linemen in the NFL or he will be “just…