Back in early April, the 49ers signed former shutdown corner Nnamdi Asomugha to a 1-year, 1.3 million dollar contract. Nnamdi had a brutal two years trying to fit into the Eagles scheme. He is two years older than when he left Oakland and is very much not the cornerback he was in 2008. At age […]
Category: Player Analysis
Defending the Zone Read Option
Needle here. I thought it was only appropriate that for a blog called Zone Reads, I write an analysis of the Zone Read play, and how teams use it and defend against it. So I’ve finally gotten to spend some time sitting back and enjoying the spectacle that was Robert Griffin III of 2012. After […]
Breakout Stars of 2013
(ed. note: We’ve added a new contributor to the blog for the upcoming season. tweedybirdd‘s film breakdowns helped us make some of our most accurate forecasts on draft prospects this year. Here he presents his first article for Zone Reads, an analysis of his projected breakout players for this coming season:)
Grantland overestimates Adrian Peterson
Quick overview: Some years ago as part of his regular column, Sports Guy Bill Simmons wrote an NBA trade value column, where he tried to assess the top 50 assets in the league as measured by expected performance going forward (which includes age and projected improvement, peak, and decline where appropriate) and value of current […]
Manti Te’o: Post-Alabama
Earlier, I broke down a few plays that showed the weaknesses in Manti Te’o’s game before the Alabama game. Today, we look at how similar plays played out against Alabama in the National Championship Game. Here’s the Alabama tape:
Manti Te’o: Overrated Prospect Pre-Alabama
Manti Te’o has drawn much criticism for his imaginary girlfriend and how he handled the entire situation. Many have claimed that Manti dropped on draft boards because of the controversy. But, maybe there’s another explanation: he was never as good as advertised. I watched several videos of Manti Te’o before the Alabama game even occurred, […]
Draft Review: Jacksonville Jaguars
OK, I’m going to break a rule of mine with this post, and I’m going to write about my home team, the Jacksonville Jaguars. (This probably won’t be the last time I break it.) With that said, this draft really excited me. I feel a number of teams found some incredible value last weekend, and […]
Draft Prospects on Tape: Alec Ogletree and Tyler Eifert
With the draft just a few hours away, I’ve got some more film review of prospects for our readers to look over. Today we have a couple of guys who have been slowly creeping up the board and are now likely first-round picks.
Tape Review: Buffalo LT Cordy Glenn
For this entry in my series, I’ve decided, by request from a reader, to look at Cordy Glenn. He wanted to know if the Bills hit a home run with a left tackle chosen in the second round. Well… why don’t we check it out?
A look at Arizona’s All-Pro LB, Daryl Washington
All right, here is part two of my infinite-part series breaking down players. By request I’ll be looking at Daryl Washington from the Arizona Cardinals. I knew nothing about him, but I saw that he was a second-team All-Pro this season. I’ve broken down four plays featuring him:
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