Field Gulls (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Wide receivers of Deon Butler 's profile and draft position make better return men than receivers. The Seahawks would benefit from an above average return if Butler became a useful slot receiver. Don Beebe was never a great receiver, but in his prime he was a valuable receiver and dangerous vertical threat. Butler would do well to have a career like Beebe. Butler does not have bad hands; they just...
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Men's Health 100 Best Sports Cities Jacksonville was ranked as the 6th best, while our fair weather neighbors to the South in Miami were ranked dead last. Northcutt 'excited' about trade | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press Northcutt's thoughts on his trade to Detroit. Jags LB Williams purchases high school's uniforms | Jacksonville.com Second year linebacker Thomas Williams purchased brand new uniforms...
Stampede Blue (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
My last post gave the best and worst single seasons, now here are the best and worst of the whole 8 year span. Top 20 Rec over Ave WR Targets Catch% AY/R Rec Over Ave Marvin Harrison 1037 64.5% 9.8 84.1 Reggie Wayne 839 65.4% 10.5 83.1 Derrick Mason 1062 64.0% 9.5 77.2 Torry Holt 1222 60.2% 10.8 61.7 Hines Ward 1050 64.4% 7.7 53.5 T.J. Houshmand 732 66.4% 7.4 48.8 Bobby Engram 561 66.8% 7.7 42.6 Keenan...
Turf Show Times (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Just when you think it's dead out there...lo and behold, the interweb springs to life with all kinds of goodies for you. Let's jump right in... Familiar names on the overrated and underrated list from FO Some former Rams among these players, but no surprises. Dante Hall makes the overrated list. Yeah, we could have told that. He spent most of his time with the Rams injured, which says as much about...
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Jaguars get safety for Northcutt | Jacksonville.com Simply confirming that the Jaguars dealt Northcutt from what they saw out of the rookies during OTAs. T-U 2: Taylor leads list of outspoken ex-Jaguars players | Jacksonville.com Fred Taylor in a Pats uniform, MJD on the NFL's "Media Bootcamp", and other interesting tid bits. Mailbag: The best of what you wrote - AFC South - ESPN Best of...
Stampede Blue (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Last time I used the relationship between Catch% and AirYards per Completion (yards per completion with yards after catch removed) to give an evaluation of WR hands over the last two seasons. Today with 8 years of data (as far back as I can find YAC info for) Catch% and AY/C remain correlated, allowing for 8 years of hands eval and an attempt at an overall WR ranking. Top 20 Catch% over expected Player...
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
And then there were two... The Jacksonville Jaguars have traded Wide Receiver Dennis Northcutt to the Detroit Lions for Safety Gerald Alexander . It was recently reported that Northcutt would be allowed to work out a trade, something that I thought would only end in the release of the somewhat maligned receiver. Northcutt is the third Jaguars receiver to find himself going from the starting roster...
The FanHouse - Los Angeles Clippers (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
by Chris Burke Filed under: Jaguars , Lions Multiple sources are reporting that Jacksonville has agreed to send wide receiver Dennis Northcutt to Detroit in exchange for safety Gerald Alexander. The Jaguars were rumored to be shopping Northcutt recently -- a notion confirmed by Northcutt's agent (who, incidentally, is also Alexander's agent). The 31-year-old receiver is scheduled to make $2.75 million...
Football news from a chick™ (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Yes, fellow NFL lovers, I really own that charm ;0 Head coaches are on vacation -- Philadelphia's Andy Reid and Minnesota's Brad Childress went fishing together in Alaska, where they presumably are not discussing how to incorporate dynamic first-round picks Jeremy Maclin and Percy Harvin into their offenses. General managers are examining 30-foot putts, not salary cap figures. Roger Goodell is climbing...
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
As Dennis Northcutt 's days as a Jaguar are number, I feel the need to sit back here and look at where this team is heading and where it has been. I forget which poster said it, but they said it best, "I couldn't wait for the day the receiving corps was good enough to cut Dennis Northcutt." Last year at this time, the core receivers were Jerry Porter , Northcutt, Reggie Williams , Troy Williamson...
Windy City Gridiron (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Yesterday, we saw that Brian Urlacher was the only Bears player to get featured on ESPN's All-Decade Defense. Today, they have released their All-Decade Offense. Before I clicked their article , I tried to see how many Chicago players could make the list, and I came up with the only name that ESPN did. Center, Olin Kreutz : This was a three-way toss-up between Kreutz, Kevin Mawae and Matt Birk . All...
Stampede Blue (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Oh boy. In another mind-numbingly painful attempt to create another Manning v. Brady debate, the erstwhile "bloggers" at ESPN have named Tom Brady the All-Decade Quarterback . To give their decision weight, they sought the endorsement of recently fired Kansas City Chiefs coach Herm Edwards, who seems to have found his comfort zone as ESPN's resident babbling TV studio buffoon: "You're...
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Jaguars are smart to stop throwing money at Lemons | Jacksonville.com "The Gremlin" tells us what we already knew, Gene Smith has done good by cleaning up the mistakes of the Shack era. Jones-Drew rises in NFL.com's 2009 PPR fantasy football mock draft Jones-Drew goes 2nd in NFL.com's fantasy draft. No sticker shock here: Players to honor fallen - Lebanon Daily News Former Jaguar Kyle Brady...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
In an interview with CBSSports.com, Jaguars offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter said that he concedes that new WR Torry Holt isn't as fast as he once was, but that he's a tremendous route runner, something the Jags didn't have a lot of last year. He's also become a favorite target of QB David Garrard thus far. "Torry is having no problem getting open in practice and winning in one-on-ones against...
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
More photos » by Jason DeCrow - AP Browse more photos » The Jaguars left tackle spot has been feast or famine. Tony Boselli was on his way to Canton before injuries cut his career short. Since then, Mike Pearson, Khalif Barnes , and Mo Williams have all tried their hand and come up short. Now it seems the Jaguars have a problem of riches. The team signed Tra Thomas in the off season to...
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