Roster turnover is a fact of life in the NFL. In a league in which many players don’t have guaranteed money due in the upcoming season and somewhere between five and eight organizations typically swap out their football personnel each offseason, just about every player is on a short leash. Even the league’s banner franchises […]
Continue readingSmith, 32, was the No. 6 overall pick of the 2009 draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He started 98 games, playing for the Bengals, Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals. The Ravens’ offensive line has been a strength of the team, paving the way for the most rushing yards by a team in a single season […]
Continue readingNEW YORK — Christian McCaffrey‘s versatility and superb statistics helped him to a rare double: The Carolina Panthers running back has made The Associated Press NFL All-Pro Team at two positions. McCaffrey rushed for 1,387 yards and 15 touchdowns and caught 116 passes for 1,005 yards and four TDs this season. He became the third […]
Continue readingOWINGS MILLS, Md. — Pro Bowl quarterback Lamar Jackson is among several Baltimore Ravens starters, including injured running back Mark Ingram, who will not play in Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach John Harbaugh announced Monday. Ingram, who left Sunday’s game in Cleveland early in the fourth quarter, has a mild to moderate […]
Continue readingIn his first full season as an NFL starting quarterback, Jackson leads the NFL with 33 touchdown passes and has run for 1,103 yards, an NFL single-season record for a quarterback. He topped all players in this year’s Pro Bowl fan voting, receiving 704,699 votes, nearly 165,000 more than any other player. “This honor is […]
Continue readingThe game will be held at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, at 3 p.m. ET on Jan. 26. Here is every selection for the 2020 game along with analysis from NFL Nation reporters. Players’ career Pro Bowls are denoted in parentheses. Pro Bowlers: Tre’Davious White (1) Stephon Gilmore is widely thought of as the […]
Continue readingJackson, the frontrunner for the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award, leads the league with 28 touchdown passes and tops all quarterbacks with 1,017 yards rushing. He has never been sidelined since taking over as Baltimore’s starting quarterback, playing in 20 straight games. Ravens coach John Harbaugh indicated Jackson was hurt during the game when a […]
Continue readingESPN Analytics created a revolutionary new way of measuring the pass-block and pass-rush performance of individual NFL players. Our Pass Block Win Rate metric tells us the rate at which linemen can sustain their blocks for 2.5 seconds or longer. Likewise, our Pass Rush Win Rate metric tells us how often a pass-rusher is able […]
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