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08 Feb 2010, 09:36am by Doug Farrar
MMQB: Who Dat, Indeed
In this week's MMQB, PK reveals how an "ambush" made heroes out of a couple of no-names, insists that Drew Brees is now in the Pantheon (once again, we're going to go ahead and insist that he already was there), and reviews the Hall of Fame selection process. A humble suggestion for next season, sir: Stop complaining about your travels. Really.
15 comments, Last at 09 Feb 2010, 12:51am by bachslunch
07 Feb 2010, 02:07pm by Doug Farrar
Super Bowl Pre-Audibles Special
Check out our open Super Bowl discussion thread, plus special early pre-game Audibles. Also the place to discuss the Saints' victory until our regular Audibles get posted later tonight.
29 comments, Last at 08 Feb 2010, 2:38pm by tgt2
04 Feb 2010, 11:09am by Doug Farrar
Greer Underappreciated by Analysts
Well, some analysts. Mike Triplett of NOLA.com draws together metrics and concepts from Scouts, Inc., KC Joyner, and our own Bill Barnwell to make the case for Saints cornerback Jabari Greer as perhaps the second-best pass defender in the NFL. Meanwhile, Deion Sanders insists that Greer is merely on the right path, and will have arrived only when he makes the Pro Bowl. Ugh.
15 comments, Last at 05 Feb 2010, 7:22am by Mr Shush
01 Feb 2010, 11:45am by Doug Farrar
Cover-3: Super Bowl Edition
In the Cover-3 season finale, Doug Farrar details the best quarter-million Sean Payton ever spent, why the extra "g" in Gregg Williams' name may indeed stand for genius, and how the Saints enhance their protection concepts.
10 comments, Last at 02 Feb 2010, 11:42pm by mediator12
01 Feb 2010, 10:11am by Doug Farrar
MMQB: Super Bowl XLIV Week Begins
This week, PK enlits Will Carroll to give us the scoop on Dwight Freeney's injury, continues his campaign against the current overtime structure, talks about the upcoming Hall of Fame vote, and rails against the evils of pressbox coffee.
45 comments, Last at 03 Feb 2010, 9:29am by This post is fungible
25 Jan 2010, 10:36am by Doug Farrar
MMQB: Vikings Left to Lick Their Wounds
PK starts this one off with an entire first page on the Minnnesota Vikings, since they won the NFC Championsh...oh, wait. Why was that again? Oh, yeah. He then mistakenly mentions the team that actually won the game (since I'm a member of the sports media, I'll follow the line and forget to mention the team's name and mention Brett Favre's instead. Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre). Oh, and he now hates the overtime rule. Of course he does. Then some Tebow, and in tribute to Senior Bowl week, a list of underclassmen. I'm gonna go stick my brain in the dishwasher.
116 comments, Last at 27 Jan 2010, 7:50pm by R. Carney
21 Jan 2010, 06:51pm by Doug Farrar
Football's Invisible Men
Josh Levin of Slate.com asked us to write about the difficulties in evaluating defensive backs from network telecasts, as opposed to the "All-22" film seen by coaches and various analysts. Greg Cosell of ESPN's NFL Matchup and NFL Films gives his take, as well.
45 comments, Last at 26 Jan 2010, 1:59pm by Nathan
20 Jan 2010, 11:45am by Doug Farrar
Cover-3: AFC Championship
The Colts come into the AFC Championship showing some brand-new looks and formations. A-gap blitzes? Boot action? As Vince Lombardi once said, "What the hell's going on out there?"
23 comments, Last at 20 Jan 2010, 9:04pm by John
18 Jan 2010, 08:05pm by Doug Farrar
Nolan, Broncos Part Ways
Despite taking a scheme-changed Denver defense from a DVOA of 24.7% in 2008 to -7.9% in 2009, defensive coordinator Mike Nolan has left the team after he and head coach Josh McDaniels parted ways in a "mutual agreement". Nolan's already received an offer to talk to the Dolphins about their recently vacated DC position. Denver's pass defense was pretty stable at a high standard throughout the year, but the run defense plummeted from second (-18.2%) in Weeks 1-9 to 31st (11.3%) in the second half of the season.
48 comments, Last at 21 Jan 2010, 11:21am by Kaveman
18 Jan 2010, 10:10am by Doug Farrar
MMQB: Less Drama, More Poignancy
This week, PK details why Darrelle Revis pitched a perfect game, how Brett Favre exceeded expectations, why there was some solid analysis from Daryl Johnston that the rest of us apparently missed, and how the Sanchez family put an imprint on his brain.
62 comments, Last at 19 Jan 2010, 9:34pm by JIPanick