February 2009

BREAKING NEWS: Matt Cassel Traded To Chiefs

February 28, 2009

Breaking news from Adam Schefter and NFLN. Pats QB Matt Cassel has been traded to the KC Chiefs, no word on the compensation, but word is Pats get their 2009 second rounder and a conditional pick next year for Vrabel and Cassel. Schefter also guesses Cassel’s deal will be in the 7 year, $72M range. [...]

Comeback Kings – Part IV

February 12, 2009

By Appaloosa Fourth Quarter Index Now for the quantitative measure of fourth quarter ability promised at the beginning of this article. First, I reduced the data set to the 37 quarterbacks who started 125 or more games to make for a more statistically significant sample of wins and losses. Then I calculated an index based [...]

Comeback Kings – Part I

February 3, 2009

Comeback Kings Quarterback Performance in the 4th Quarter 1970-2008 By Appaloosa February 2009 Introduction One aspect of quarterback play that really sticks in the memory of the NFL fan is the fourth quarter comeback. Nearly 20 years later, Elway’s “The Drive” is still famous. Several quarterbacks have been nicknamed “Captain Comeback” because of their fourth [...]

TLK’s Three Round Mock Draft

February 2, 2009

The Lion King‘s Three Round Mock Draft (1/28/09) ROUND 1 Detroit Matt Stafford, QB St. Louis Eugene Monroe, LT Kansas City Brian Orakpo, DE Seattle Andre Smith, OL Cleveland Everette Brown, OLB Cincinnati Jason Smith, LT Oakland Micheal Crabtree, WR Jacksonville Aaron Curry, LB Green Bay Michael Oher, LT San Francisco Malcolm Jenkins, CB Buffalo [...]