Eddie Royal caught 62 passes for 778 yards and 7 touchdowns for the Chargers in 2014. This season he’ll play in the slot with the Chicago Bears. (Associated Press)
Since 2010 Joe Flacco has thrown for 2,563 yards and 24 touchdowns (to just four interceptions) in the postseason. I have a feeling 2015 is gonna be a special one for Baltimore. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images North America)
Leading up to the start of the 2015 NFL season I will be previewing last year’s playoff teams and their chances of making it back to the postseason
“Gronk” will have to be brilliant again in 2015 for the Patriots to have any shot at returning to the playoffs and defending their title. (Photo By: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images North America)
Leading up to the start of the 2015 NFL season I will be previewing last year’s playoff teams and their chances for making it back to the postseason
Isaiah Crowell had an even more effective 2014 than his numbers (607 yards, 8 TD, 4.1 YPC) indicated and he’s in line to be the feature back in Cleveland.
Arik Armstead was chosen 17th overall by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2015 NFL Draft
I’ve highlighted the best of the draft, now it’s time to take a look at the teams I thought didn’t get it right. Some of the usual suspects (Jets, Browns, Oakland) won’t be mentioned this time around because I thought they made some pretty good picks overall.
Chip Kelly is 20-12 with an NFC East title in two seasons as Philadelphia’s head coach. It’s his off the field moves that have drawn the most criticism. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
It might be time to start giving head college football coaches the benefit of the doubt, again.
Why? Well, for starters, Chip Kelly sent the NFL offseason into a frenzy with a flurry of moves that many people couldn’t or didn’t want to understand. Of course these moves happened a year after an offseason in which Chip Kelly had already made moves others couldn’t or didn’t want to understand.
Jameis Winston’s talent on the field can’t be denied. Off the field is where I struggle to justify my problem with him being taken #1 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.