Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
New Grantland Blog: Analyzing Cleveland’s top two draft picks
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New Grantland Blog: Analyzing Cleveland’s top two draft picks
It’s now up over at Grantland: The Cleveland Browns had an interesting first day of the 2012 NFL draft. On the one hand, Cleveland got two of the draft’s most productive players: Brandon Weeden, quarterback from Oklahoma State, who threw 71 touchdowns over the past two seasons, and Trent Richardson, an absolutely ferocious running back who rushed for more…
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New Grantland: Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III: The Future Is Now — The stars are aligning for a generation of great NFL quarterbacks
It’s now up over at Grantland: Ever since the rise of the T-formation and the modern notion of the quarterback as passer and team leader, young QBs have received varying amounts of training for the position. If his father was a coach — like Elway’s was — or if he happened to live in Granada…
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Tebow goes in the first round to the Broncos
I like Tim Tebow as a player and I have always thought he will one day start at quarterback in the NFL — the only variables are how long it takes and how long he stays there. What makes the discussion interesting really gets to the nature of quarterback, as opposed to almost all other…
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The most tepid defense of scouting you’ll ever read
The above is the title of my new piece, available over at the NY Times Fifth Down. Thanks to everyone over there for putting it up. Feel free to post comments here, where it is easier for me to respond.
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Down with Crabtree! Down with the draft?
Is Michael Crabtree ready to sign? Deion Sanders, who is inexplicably one of Crabtree’s advisors, seems to think so. I don’t really see what other options he has left: The 49ers can’t trade him now, and if he waits through the fall deadline without signing to re-enter the draft next spring, he will sign for…