They are beaten. They are battered. And if they’re smart, they escape the shackles of free labor before the length of their potential career has been shortened too much. There was a time when Dorsett sprinted away from defenders, when Herschel manhandled would-be tacklers, and when Marcus Allen looked like he was playing against junior…
Dak Prescott is the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. A year ago that sentence might have given some people in Dallas anxiety. After all, Prescott was a fourth round rookie quarterback who was replacing the then franchise quarterback Tony Romo after a preseason injury. Yet, after one of the league’s best rookie seasons for…
Welcome to a new series here at Inside the Pylon called The Option Route. This one has a primary focus on the wide receiver position. The idea for this series stems from another great series you may be familiar with here at ITP, the Under the Microscope series from my ITP colleague Brandon Thorn who…
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…
Introduction The Cleveland Browns are a team whose quarterback situation looks poor: Cody Kessler and Kevin Hogan are firmly in the bottom tier of signal-callers league wide. It is not surprising to see various mock drafts forecasting Cleveland’s selection of a quarterback in the first round. The Browns themselves have leaked that Mitchell Trubisky could…
As the football world descended upon Indianapolis in February for the 2017 Scouting Combine, over 300 potential NFL players tried to show their future employers why they are worthy of a draft selection. However, the biggest buzz seemed to center on a player who was still in school, would not be attending, and was not…
Training camp is nearly upon us and it is time to see how teams stack up after an offseason filled with changes, and not just in Cleveland. The Ravens hope to have addressed some needs in the draft, as did Pittsburgh, and there are possibilities in Cincinnati. Jeff Feyerer applies his model of scouting teams to…
The Anatomy of a NFL Draft Pick podcast series from Shane Alexander seeks to explore what all goes into making draft pick from an organizational perspective. There are numerous scenarios that teams must play out before deciding what to do with their draft pick. Shane and a guest discuss these scenarios in this series. First…
The 2016 NFL season begins now, with 32 teams scheming to knock off the reigning champion Denver Broncos. The NFL Draft is just around the corner, but the first step in any offseason plan is to assess a team’s needs. Here we look at what the Washington team needs are. Many predicted Washington to struggle in…
Inside The Pylon works to deliver quality football content to our readers. Football’s finest writing & tweeting collects some of our favorite pieces by friends and colleagues for the week of April 4, 2016 and shares them with you. The Weekly Reading List If you love the NFL Draft and all of the great coverage around the web like we do,…
The NFL Playoffs kick off with a NFC Wild Card matchup between the 5th-seeded Green Bay and the 4th-seeded Washington. The ITP editors have collected our coverage of these two teams from the 2015 regular season. Washington When Robert Griffin III was lost last year, Mark Schofield showed how Washington’s offense could succeed with Kirk Cousins under center.…
An interception returned for a touchdown, or “pick six,” can be a game-changer, swinging an opportunity to score into points for the opposition. Dave Archibald looks at which quarterbacks are the best, and worst, at avoiding pick sixes. All turnovers are bad, but ill-advised throws that provide a reversal of scoring opportunity are the worst.…
Gorge yourself on football talk, as Inside the Pylon’s writers and editors sat down to talk about football. All the fixings are here – quarterback play, draft strategy, play design – because we’re football nerds and we give thanks to you, our readers, for loving it as much as we do. Mark Schofield: Now Rev…
With the regular season around the corner, Inside The Pylon reached out to former NFL scout and current Scouting Academy director Dan Hatman for a cheat sheet on who the pros are keeping an eye on – and who may be in danger of losing his job. Here, he identifies which NFC East players to watch in 2015. Dallas Cowboys…
Inside The Pylon works tirelessly to deliver quality football articles to our readers. In case you missed it, our friends and colleagues produce high-level football writing every day. This Week in Football Writing pulls together some of our favorite pieces from the last week and shares them with you. RSP Film Room No. 52: QB Carson Wentz…
Inside The Pylon works tirelessly to deliver quality football articles to our readers. But writers around the internet produce high-level football writing every day, some of which you may have missed. This Week in Football Writing pulls together some of our favorite pieces and shares them with you to ensure our loyal readers have access to the great…