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5 Key Takeaways From Philadelphia Eagles’ 30-17 Week 1 Win Over Washington

September 10, 2017

Embed from Getty Images It’s always good to start your football season with a win. It’s especially good when that win is a 13-point road victory against a divisional opponent you haven’t beaten in five straight matchups. Carson Wentz played like a future franchise quarterback, but he wasn’t the only reason the Philadelphia Eagles won. Here are five key takeaways from the Week 1 victory. Carson Wentz showed impressive…

Power Ranking NFL’s 100 Best Players Heading Into 2016 Season

August 6, 2016

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Embed from Getty Images You’ve likely seen the NFL Network top 100 list, a ranking accumulated by fellow players around the National Football League. It’s a passing league dominated by quarterbacks and skill position players, and the rankings reflected that. Forty nine of the 100 players were skill position players, and nearly half the league’s quarterbacks made the cut. In making my list, I tried to put as much…

Power Ranking 50 Active NFL Players With Best Chance at Pro Football Hall of Fame

July 9, 2016

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Embed from Getty Images It’s always difficult to speculate Hall of Fame chances for a professional athlete, especially one in the National Football League. A player can be on track for Canton, Ohio one day and rehabbing a potentially career-ending injury the next. That’s what makes it fun to guess which players will keep up their dominance. I evaluated active players based on the usual criteria – individual positional…

Power Ranking NFL’s 100 Greatest Wide Receivers of All-Time (Part I: #100-51)

April 9, 2016

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Embed from Getty Images A good quarterback can make or break an NFL team, but in many instances, a good wide receiver can make or break a quarterback. The prototypical wide receiver is tall enough that a 5’10” or 5’11” cornerback can’t cover him, he’s fast enough to get open, even in double coverage, and he needs sure hands to be able to secure a catch in traffic. The ability…

Power Ranking All 32 NFL Wide Receiver Corps

December 4, 2015

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View image | gettyimages.com It’s a passing league, and big, strong, athletic wide receivers are worth their weight in gold. The Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos were smart to lock up Dez Bryant and Demaryius Thomas to long-term deals this past offseason, and an influx of star pass-catchers from the 2014 draft class only enhances the belief that premier wide receivers are the most exciting players in football. …

Should Philadelphia Eagles Now Be Considered Favorites to Win NFC East?

September 27, 2015

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View image | gettyimages.com To say the Philadelphia Eagles needed Sunday’s 24-17 win over the New York Jets is an understatement. A September non-conference game doesn’t have the same impact as a Week 17 rivalry with the New York Giants, but if the Eagles make the playoffs, an argument could be made that this game saved the season. The Chip Kelly doubters were everywhere after an 0-2 start that saw…

10 Takeaways From Week 1 of the 2015 NFL Season

September 14, 2015

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View image | gettyimages.com 1 – Marcus Mariota shines; Jameis Winston not so much You couldn’t have scripted a better debut for Marcus Mariota in Tennessee. And you’d have a hard time scripting a worse start for Jameis Winston in Tampa Bay, as his first pass was returned for an interception touchdown. In the much-anticipated top-two draft pick showdown, the former Heisman winner, Mariota, threw four touchdowns against…