DUELING MOCKS, Round 1: Five rounds, February 11-12, 2017

vixticator and I occasionally like to do a “dueling mock” draft where we alternate picks. We think it gives us a more accurate picture of how we actually value players, since its’ easy to have some psychological bias to “let” players try to fall to a particular position or team when doing a mock by yourself. With […]

A Super Bowl preview

If you’re looking for more reading material on before today’s game, I’ve written up a short Super Bowl preview for Houstonia magazine.   It’s not as in-depth as some of the analysis we’ve done here (or as other outlets have done in preparation for the game), but it’ll give you a little something more to think […]

Warning Signs

While we prize film study above all when evaluating prospects, we also try to incorporate analytics and metrics into our process. Any information we think we can obtain that actually correlates with determining whether a prospect will succeed or fail in the NFL is good information.

Wide Receiver Prospects, Part 1: Is there a “USC Curse”?

I’ve heard a lot of chatter about the “USC receiver curse” in recent years. how highly-regarded receivers from the school have struggled at the NFL level. With Nelson Agholor being talked about as though he was struggling to adapt, and JuJu Smith-Schuster potentially a high draft selection next year, I decided to do a little research […]

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