For the third year in a row while researching teams for summer previews, for every single niche metric we bring up I go to the top of the league and see Baltimore far outpacing everyone else in...basically everything. I can't believe this Ravens era might result in no hardware.

Here's a fun stat to drive the desert folk insane (again). Per PFF, the Cardinals tried to throw 44 fades/go routes last season. That was 7th-most of any team in the league. They completed eight.

Interesting thought exercise for the Big 4 quarterbacks. If Mahomes, Lamar, Allen, and Burrow rotated teams every month from September to December so all four played for each team, would any of them end up with more wins than the others?

Prime Champ Bailey defending the double move from prime Marvin Harrison Sr.

2006 LaDainian Tomlinson. The cutback of all cutbacks.

2009 Texans offensive line putting on a clinic for how to run wide zone. Kyle Shanahan was the OC. Arian Foster was a rookie. Perfection.

I would like go live in precedented times.

That time the Seahawks beat the Eagles 42-0 while only gaining 194 yards.

If you’re mad about people waving the Mexican flag instead of the American flag at a protest, you should also get mad when people wave Confederate flags instead of American flags at a protest. The celebrating heritage argument is a two way street, folks.

Thing to note about new Texans OC Nick Caley From what I understand, he was one of the guys that McVay brought in from the Patriots to help streamline the Rams' transition away from being an outside zone heavy team into being arguably *the* gap scheme team in the NFL, which is what the Pats were.

Literally the most hilarious possible moment for the Aaron Rodgers news to hit the timeline.

Panthers had most snaps of cover-3 in the entire league where they rotated from 2-high pre snap into MFC post-snap. You'd think that would mean more TFLs, but they missed so many tackles on those rotations (most in NFL) that their AVERAGE depth of tackle on those rotations was 5.5 yards downfield.

Remember folks, McLaurin is already 30. He's the 16th-highest paid receiver and this is probably going to be his last window to get a top-10 contract. This won't be resolved without him getting paid imo.

SHEESH what a cover

So PFF tracks "threat %", which is percentage of targets per receiving snaps. Here's the top 10 from last year among WRs with at least 300 snaps (+ Puka's 297) Puka - 37.4% Nabers - 29.8% Nico - 28.5% Lamb - 28.3% Downs - 27.5% London - 26.9% Kupp - 26.7% AJ Brown + Davante - 26.0% Evans - 25.9%

QB sneaks are up 319% and it's ruining America. New video now live on the channel! youtu.be/7oO8bjbtPqA

Notable contested catch rates vs press coverage, min 50 targets Jakobi Meyers (77%) Collins (66%) Jauan (64%) Amon-Ra (63%) Evans (62%) G. Wilson (54%) CeeDee (54%) AJ Brown (54%) London (50%) Jefferson (46%) Marv Jr (42%) Ja'Marr (40%) Nabers (38%) Pickens (33%) Metcalf (22%)

Wolves packed

Not trying to start a war here, but do Dolphins fans have positive expectations for this season?

Per PFF here is a scatter plot for pass blitz percentage faced on 3rd down, as well as first down conversion rate. Or, as I like to call it, the Jayden Daniels chart.

Skubal is not human lmao

Apparently South Carolina is also one of the states where random apocalyptic rain just shows up sometimes. Duly noted!

Never seen a team erase a -41 point differential for a series in just one half.

RIP to everyone who took the OKC +9.5 live line lol

Hello from Gamecock country btw

Twitter must be running on hamster wheels at this point lol

kinda odd that it feels more climactic for the NVP to get their trophy than the NBA MVP, no? There’s gotta be a better way to do that.

I’m not a reporter but I have heard from multiple folks who would know these things that the Shedeur pick was an Andrew Berry decision, not a Haslam decision btw (Yes, I know what it looked like on TV and I’m surprised too)

The real story to me is that Caleb was right. He and his dad were worried about going to the Bears because they thought Flus and Waldron were bad for his development, and they were immediately proven correct.

2006 AFC Championship game. 3rd and 4 with the season on the line. Brady catches the Colts in a blitz with a dummy cadence. Gary Brackett realizes they are going to get blocked up, so he scrambles to get everyone into Cover-1 lurk to protect the middle of the field. Bob Sanders gets the PBU.

The 2022 Texas D-Line

Like what are you even supposed to do against Dwight

May 23rd

Also, I was blissfully unaware that Broncos fans didn't like the RJ Harvey pick? That kid's awesome. Immediate RB1 there.

The AFC West had four of my six favorite draft classes man I hate it here.

Average NFL third down conversion percentage in 3rd and 5 is 46%. In 3rd and 7, that drops all the way down to 36%. It's okay to draft run stoppers that get you into 3rd and 7 instead of 3rd and 5. Even if they don't get the sacks themselves, they help your pass rush.

GMs would stop over drafting average quarterbacks if they just watched 15 minutes of Josh Allen highlights before the first round started. Remind yourself what the aliens look like, and then honestly ask yourself if the player you are about to draft has any shot of going blow for blow with them.

Anytime you get an opportunity to talk about draft prospects from NC Central that get absolutely zero press, you just gotta do it. On today's Bootleg Football podcast, we had Matt Harmon on to talk us through the 2025 Receiver class. Enjoy! youtu.be/TtQ_nArDyBU

My "sneaky back end of day one guy" this year is Darius Alexander

imo

Nobody - and I mean literally NOBODY - sees this tight end class the same way after the top two guys. It’s Warren, Loveland, and then everyone else in the Thunderdome.

Very mad at myself for not watching Craig Woodson earlier, holy cow

A fresh Bootleg Football episode just dropped, and it's a good one! We held @theqbschool hostage for almost two full hours for our annual deep dive into the Quarterback draft class, and he once again gave a ton of great insights into this group. Check it out! youtu.be/pv_Tkhm_gZg

If you miss out on Colston Loveland, this is the one you want down the board that has a similar profile.

imo

Draft season is fun because you'll go into it in January with all these preconceived notions about who is going to be ranked where, and then you look up in April and realize Tahj Brooks ended up as your RB6 outta nowhere.

If Sports Photography had a Hall of Fame, this shot is first ballot.

If I was Rory I would just simply not hit my ball into the water

Nico Harrison is gonna have to go into witness protection