Today, NFL Outsider takes it's NFL Top 10 series over to Redskins Park, and looks in at the 10 most valuable Washington Redskins.The article was penned by yours truly.Go take a look at it this morning. In the words of one Anthony Brown, we'll be here when you get back....
I think I've done an okay job bouncing around the league and trying to diagnose each team's ten most valuable players with regards to the 2009 NFL season. These are opinion pieces, of course, and admittedly, I've been much more concerned with getting the ten most valuable players on each team on the list rather than getting them in the right order.Today, of course, I go from outsider to insider (relatively speaking) as we hand pick the 10 most valuable Redskins at NFL Outsider.10. WR Santana MossIf the Redskins are a great team come January, Santana Moss will either be much, much higher than this, or no longer in consideration for this list. Moss hit 1,000 yards receiving for the first time since his all-pro 2005 season, but he did it mostly in a four game stretch in September and October, and against the Lions defense. He was nowhere to...
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Our buddy Murf chatted with Washington Capitals Head Coach Bruce Boudreau at Wednesday's Earl Woods Memorial Pro Am. Read all about it as Boudreau waxes rhapsodic on getting to play with fellow Canadian Mike Weir while outshooting his teammates-for-the-day Jason Campbell and Antwaan Randle-El of the Washington Redskins.
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If the quality of our defense this year hinges on the ability of young, yet embattled CB DeAngelo Hall, then the key to the Redskins offense this year is not a member of the much-criticized offensive line, it's second year Tight End Fred Davis.In doing our player expectation projections last week, it was obvious that Davis' spot on the chart is the one area where there's really no one else to pick up the slack if he falters. If Malcolm Kelly is too hurt to play, there's Devin Thomas, or even Roydell Williams. If Santana Moss can't dominate, his production can conceivably be spread amongst the rest of the receivers, and Campbell can still hit his numbers.Well, if Davis isn't one of the most productive second TEs in the league, then that's coming straight out of Jason Campbell's production. This isn't to say that the entire receiver corps doesn't also...
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Anthony Chergosky from DailyNorseman.com gives us a look at the 2009 Minnesota Vikings. When you think of the 2009 Minnesota Vikings, two words probably enter your mind: Brett Favre. But when taking a look at the team, its chances of repeating as NFC North champs, and its opportunity to go further in the playoffs than it did last season, Favre is just the tip of the iceberg. All over the field and on both sides of the ball, the Vikings are a team built for success this season. This team's bread and butter is still its ability to run the...
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This is the last position and the Redskins Best Ever Poll Series will be complete on the Defense. Here are your current Best Ever defensive winners:CB: Darrell GreenS: Sean TaylorILB: Sam HuffOLB: Chris HanburgerDE: Dexter ManleyDT: ?So we complete the Defense with the Best Ever Defensive Tackle. Here are your nominees:Dave Butz (1975-1988)Diron Talbert (1971-1980)Daryl Grant (1981-1990)Cornelius Griffin (2004-2008)...
We tend to judge coaches by how their actions effect games. We tend to judge front office types by their acquisitions. These are fair game of course, but the best offseason moves are often the ones that weren't made.In today's NFL Top 10 column, we'll take a look back at all aspects of the offseason, and narrow down just ten player personnel moves that were not made, and how the discussed party is much better off.10. The Detroit Lions pass on an offensive lineman in the first round of the NFL DraftThis is coming from a man who thinks that Jason Smith should have been the pick at No. 1, the prior Lions regime might have decided that after taking Matthew Stafford at No. 1, the No. 20 pick should have been the best lineman available. And even with OT Michael Oher available, the Lions decided that TE Brandon Pettigrew...
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Yesterday, I began to set goals for individuals in terms of helping the Redskins offense reach top-of-the league status. Today, we need to look at the total production the team will need, and the means to that end.The assumption with field goal kicking is that Shaun Suisham needs to be able to hit 75% of his attempts, subject to adjust based on the average difficulty of a kick.Total OffenseThe Redskins need to score just more than 2 TDs per game, and at least 2 FGs per game.GOAL: 34 TDs, 42 FG attemptsTouchdown ProductionThe mark for Jason Campbell is going to be 23 total touchdowns. For this exercise, that breakdown is going to be 23 passing TDs, and 0 rushing TDs. Rushing TDs by Campbell will count towards his total.For Clinton Portis, we'll stick with the 9 rushing TDs set yesterday, and we'll give Ladell Betts the remaining 2.GOAL: 23 passing...
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I think I've done an okay job bouncing around the league and trying to diagnose each team's ten most valuable players with regards to the 2009 NFL season. These are opinion pieces, of course, and admittedly, I've been much more concerned with getting the ten most valuable players on each team on the list rather than getting them in the right order.Today, of course, I go from outsider to insider (relatively speaking) as we hand pick the 10 most valuable Redskins at NFL Outsider.10. WR Santana MossIf the Redskins are a great team come January, Santana Moss will either be much, much higher than this, or no longer in consideration for this list. Moss hit 1,000 yards receiving for the first time since his all-pro 2005 season, but he did it mostly in a four game stretch in September and October, and against the Lions defense. He was nowhere to...Read more
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We tend to judge coaches by how their actions effect games. We tend to judge front office types by their acquisitions. These are fair game of course, but the best offseason moves are often the ones that weren't made.In today's NFL Top 10 column, we'll take a look back at all aspects of the offseason, and narrow down just ten player personnel moves that were not made, and how the discussed party is much better off.10. The Detroit Lions pass on an offensive lineman in the first round of the NFL DraftThis is coming from a man who thinks that Jason Smith should have been the pick at No. 1, the prior Lions regime might have decided that after taking Matthew Stafford at No. 1, the No. 20 pick should have been the best lineman available. And even with OT Michael Oher available, the Lions decided that TE Brandon Pettigrew...Read more
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I really love spending hours putting together the research for a long-winded heavy analytical post, but sometimes, a fan needs to appreciate the game from a different perspective. This isn't going to provide any insight into why teams will win and lose this year, but because it's June, and we're two months from training camp, I'll forgive myself.Today, NFL Top 10 takes a look at the best storylines entering 2009, as well as those potential developing storylines that could shape the upcoming NFL season.10. Ray Lewis, Rex Ryan, and defense in the AFCIf the Baltimore Ravens are going to make good on my super bowl appearance prediction, they can't allow the media to even speculate that they might be missing Rex Ryan. The effect of defensive coordinator on a team's defense has certainly been overstated throughout the years, so we'll never know if the Ravens are actually missing Rex Ryan. ...Read more
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NFL Outsider's Greg Trippiedi and Anthony Brown debate the issue: Which team is the best spot for Michael Vick if he overcomes the enormous hurdles necessary to get on the field this year?Greg Trippiedi says Vick shouldn't be a starting quarterback:It's pretty clear that Michael Vick is not going to have a job waiting for him when he gets back. He's 29 years old -- too old and too young in different ways. Vick's open field running abilities were already in decline when we last saw him, and that was in 2006. But that doesn't mean he won't stick somewhere. He's still got a good five or six seasons ahead of him as an effective athlete. The question though remains: Where will Michael Vick fit in, and who will take a chance on him? I don't think Vick is a good fit on a team with a clear need...Read more
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You know, I think there are only a handful of topics in sports that would make for great discussion on radio shows, or on blogs, that have no practical meaning in the real world. I think back to debates about running up the score: you'll get tons of callers in on a topic like that, putting in their two cents. Is is right? Did it happen? Does it matter?Well, to me, I see the ever-present NFL Head Coaching Hot Seat as cut from the same mold. It's a debate partially on the merits of certain coaches, partially on the trends of certain owners hiring and firing patterns, and mostly on probability. Does it really matter if Coach 'X' is on the Hot Seat? We're not even wondering if he should be fired, we're asking if he should be/is in a position where you would consider a coaching change.I don't have...Read more
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If you are an avid fantasy football player who plays in competitive leagues, you know there are only three ways to gain a competitive edge over your opponents. You can:1) Have access to inside information that the rest of your league does not have,2) Search to acquire players that are undervalued by the rest of the league, or3) Draft players with high upside who are likely to "break out" during the next season.The final strategy would be considered the most dangerous. Our MVN Outsider fantasy experts will vouch for this: if you load up your roster with high-upside unproven talent, you risk having a bottom of the barrel fantasy team if your players underachieve your expectations for them.NFL Owners and General Managers have similar interests in identifying breakout candidates. Obviously, trading is not as prevalent in the NFL as it is in, say, Major League Baseball, but the NFL is...Read more
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The coming and passing of the NFL Draft allows prognosticators such as myself to lock in our predictions for the coming season. There will be no more phases of the NFL off-season that can result in wide-spread player movement. To the critics who will point out, "there's no way you can call the season in May," I say: there's no point to trying to call it in August either. I'm just beating you to the punch.In this exercise, I'm going to pick 5 teams from each conference to fill out my top ten teams in the power rankings. Essentially, I'm not trying to pick the ten best teams in the NFL right now as much as I'm trying to pick the ten teams most likely to win the Super Bowl. By spreading out the picks evenly by conference, I maximize the chances that two of my preseason picks play in...Read more
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Tomorrow, we'll take a look at process points to see who had the best draft objectively. Right now, I'm just going to give some off the cuff reaction on some teams that did really well and others who did not so well.Winners1. Arizona CardinalsI was amazed with the quality of player drafted by the Cardinals. They never moved up or down in the draft, but still managed to have great draft position to land great values at positions of need in every single round. Every one of their draft picks, except for RB LaRod Stephens-Howling, an intriguing prospect, was on the MVN Top 150 big board. There should be between 5-6 full time starters in this draft, and the Cardinals figure to be the class of their division in the next few seasons.2. Cleveland BrownsConversely, the Browns traded down three times in round one, and ended up picking four times...Read more
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