1. Questions That Still Must Be Answered in NFL Training Camps

    NFL offseason training activities give the NFL world the first glimpse into the coming regular season. Rookies mix with stalwart veterans and free-agent signees, and new coaches get their bearings and install their systems...

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  2. Rising NFL Stars Approaching MVP Status

    The highest individual honor in the NFL is being named "Most Valuable Player" by the Associated Press. In a sport where every team goes into the season with 53 active players and ...

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  3. Recapping Brian Urlacher's Hall of Fame Career

    Brian Urlacher walked away from the NFL on Wednesday, having announced his retirement via his official Twitter feed ...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 3 days ago 18,292 reads 124 comments

  4. Designing the Ultimate NFL Quarterback

    The game of professional football has changed. Offenses are more complex, with more athletic weapons spread more widely across the field. Pass-rushers come around both corners and through every gap in the line...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 3 days ago 22,810 reads 163 comments

  5. Ranking the Top NFL Free Agents Still on the Market, OTAs Edition

    Sometimes it's hard to figure out how NFL teams scout and sign free agents. Players with short, questionable track records land monster contracts, and players with Hall of Fame résumés coming off solid seasons can't get a sniff...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 4 days ago 97,009 reads 110 comments

  6. Stock Up, Stock Down Through NFL Rookie Camps

    Like a musclebound Tai Chi beginners group, dozens of NFL newbies and wannabes gathered last week at training facilities across the land, moving, twisting and stretching themselves in new and difficult ways...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 9 days ago 125,979 reads 270 comments

  7. The Most Important Takeaways from 2013 NFL Rookie Camps

    Rookie camps are all about learning. At rookie camp, dozens of young men step onto an NFL field for the first time...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 12 days ago 31,316 reads 35 comments

  8. NFL Rookies Who Will Shock the World in 2013

    NFL teams, media and fans spend months on end dissecting draft prospects, analyzing team needs and creating mock drafts...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 15 days ago 117,581 reads 137 comments

  9. Full-Season Predictions for NFL Rookie QBs

    No player in team sports has more impact on a team's bottom line than an NFL quarterback. An ace starting pitcher only plays every fifth game. A great goaltender can only stand on his head for so long...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 16 days ago 60,697 reads 126 comments

  10. What's the Hold-Up for Top Remaining NFL Free Agents?

    Free agency can be a strange and mysterious time for teams and top NFL players. When players hit the open market, they subject themselves to market forces. A lot of times, that means players get big paydays, whether they deserve them or not...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 16 days ago 58,876 reads 54 comments

  11. The Harsh Realities of Life in the NFL

    No matter how fast he runs or how hard he hits, Nic Harris can't make his phone ring. Fate put his life's starting line miles behind most; he willed himself to not only catch up with, but breeze past the pack...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 17 days ago 45,046 reads 34 comments

  12. Predicting Every NFL Team's Most Heated Camp Battle

    During an NFL offseason that can feel excruciatingly long, there's almost no news between the draft and real football except position battles...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 22 days ago 195,867 reads 314 comments

  13. Report Card Grades for the Most Notable Undrafted Free-Agent Signings

    The purpose of the NFL Draft is to control talent. If it was open season for teams and rookies, the most competitive and well-off franchises would attract all the best talent...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 24 days ago 47,513 reads 62 comments

  14. Win-Loss Predictions for Every NFL Team, Post-NFL Draft

    The coaches have been fired and hired. The new free-agent contracts have been signed and the old ones ripped up. The plane tickets have been purchased and the bus tickets handed out...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 26 days ago 115,662 reads 718 comments

  15. Minnesota Vikings Undrafted Free Agents: Tracking the Latest Signings

    Over the past 30 years, the NFL has turned what was just hours and hours of a bunch of old guys in suits in a hotel ballroom into a national prime-time red-carpet Radio City Music Hall gala event...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 27 days ago 22,327 reads 21 comments

  16. Chicago Bears Undrafted Free Agents: Tracking the Latest Signings

    Over the past 30 years, the NFL has turned what was just hours and hours of a bunch of old guys in suits in a hotel ballroom into a national prime-time red-carpet Radio City Music Hall gala event...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 27 days ago 10,794 reads 6 comments

  17. Green Bay Packers Undrafted Free Agents: Tracking the Latest Signings

    Over the past 30 years, the NFL has turned what was just hours and hours of a bunch of old guys in suits in a hotel ballroom into a national prime-time red carpet Radio City Music Hall gala event...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 27 days ago 34,861 reads 23 comments

  18. Detroit Lions Undrafted Free Agents: Tracking the Latest Signings

    Over the past 30 years, the NFL has turned what was just hours and hours of a bunch of old guys in suits in a hotel ballroom into a national prime-time red-carpet Radio City Music Hall gala event...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 27 days ago 19,231 reads 43 comments

  19. Early NFL Rookie Award Predictions

    Every year, the Associated Press hands out two rookie awards: Offensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Rookie of the Year. Now that all the drafted rookies have found homes, we have a very good idea of who will have an opportunity to thrive...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 27 days ago 100,976 reads 413 comments

  20. 2013 NFL Draft Grades: Team-by-Team Report Cards and Results

    All the cards have been turned in. All the picks have been picked. All the hugs have been hugged out, and all of the No. 1 jerseys have been put away for safekeeping...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 27 days ago 587,842 reads 551 comments

  21. 2013 NFL Mock Draft: Updated Rounds 4-7 Predictions

    The wildest, wooliest draft in years was no tamer on its second day. 2013's quarterback class is the most under-drafted, oddly-selected crop of signal-callers in recent memory...

    Ty Schalter Written by Ty Schalter about 29 days ago 111,025 reads 251 comments

  22. 2013 NFL Mock Draft: Updated Round 2 and 3 Projections

    It was supposed to be the wildest, most unpredictable draft in recent memory, and it didn't disappoint. The 2013 NFL draft saw three offensive tackles go in the first four picks, ...

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  23. A Blueprint for Winning the NFL Draft

    The NFL draft is almost here. It’s time for every NFL general manager to gather their tools, lace up their work boots and put on a hard hat...

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  24. 2013 NFL Draft: Tale of the Tape for Top QBs

    To an NFL fan, there's nothing more exciting—or terrifying—than his or her team drafting a quarterback in the top two rounds...

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  25. Power Ranking the Top 25 Offensive Playmakers in the 2013 NFL Draft

    "Playmaker" is a word that gets tossed around a lot during this time of year. Literally, it's someone who has the ability to make plays...

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