In an attempt to provide some optimism for the many Detroit Lions fans whose visages are currently frozen in WTF-face upon hearing about the hire of Jim Caldwell as head coach, the Zone Reads writing crew brainstormed some potential hires who would have been even worse:
Why Jim Caldwell?
The Lions just announced the hire of Jim Caldwell as their new head football coach. The hiring immediately caused me to wonder what was going on in the Lions front office for this to happen. It seems like an obviously bad hire to me, but instead of just simply saying that, I decided to look […]
Quick Mock Draft, 1/13
I promised myself I’d wait until the early-entrants list was finalized, but I couldn’t help myself. Here’s a quick two-round mock with commentary later:
Eye on the Prize: Senior Bowl
(editor’s note: This series is our first by the staff writer only known as “vixticator” to outsiders, a dedicated film scout who lives in isolation in the Appalachian Mountains. His ways and methods are mysterious– some are not entirely certain he exists– but his insights on NFL prospects have proven consistently accurate. Zone Reads was […]
Needle’s Defensive All-Pro Team, Awards and Picks
No reason to waste anytime for this so let’s get right into the Defensive side of the ball.
Needle’s Offensive All-Pro Teams
With the end of the regular season and time being limited to do a true player breakdown in recent weeks I did an overall view of the teams in the NFL to put together my all-pro team.
Coaching Rankings at the end of the 2013 season
Earlier this year I began working on a coaching rubric to establish some factors I could quantify when it came to evaluating coaches. I never completed it, but I still have my original work as an offseason project. In the meantime, I’ve decided to rank the coaches on a more subjective basis, which I then […]
The simple genius of Chip Kelly’s approach
Chip Kelly tries to score. That sounds dumb. That sounds simple. It sounds like what every coach tries to do. It isn’t.
The Saints and their upcoming personnel changes
The Saints lost to the Rams 27-16 in St. Louis on Sunday, in a game in which starting tackle Charles Brown was repeatedly abused by All-Galaxy defensive end Robert Quinn, and where kicker Garrett Hartley had a 39-yard field goal blocked because he hit it low and shanked a 29-yarder late in the game to […]
On Gary Kubiak and the Texans’ Next Move
Last Thursday, the Texans lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars to drop to 2-11, all eleven losses coming in a row. The next day, Gary Kubiak was fired. Houston is my adopted hometown and I’ve lived here through most of Kubiak’s tenure. Here now is a look back on the good and the bad, why he […]
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