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Oct 29, 2026
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We're a substantial way through the season. This is as good a time as any to check in on how the league is different this year than other years, including in how they're handling penalties, pressures and punts.
Two Gap
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May 19, 2026
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The guaranteed bonuses for undrafted free agents have been released. Can we use this to predict which ones will make NFL rosters?
Apr 25, 2026
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The aggregated opinion of 134 draft analysts might not be what you want to hear, but I have it anyway. Using the ranks of the Consensus Big Board, what can we say about this year's NFL draft classes?
Apr 20, 2026
Every year, our ability to gather rankings from over 100 analysts gives us insight into which prospects truly cause disagreement from draft analysts. Does that matter? Who sparked the most?
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Apr 10, 2026
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The Pro Day circuit is essentially done. Once you account for which workouts matter for each position. which players stood out?
Mar 14, 2026
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The Vikings largely stood still in free agency, making just one splash move: signing Kyler Murray to a league-minimum contract. It's an improvement over their quarterback situation, but how much?
Mar 2, 2026
We’ve seen some position-best scores and position-best averages advertised by the NFL and posted across social media. But there may be more to than meets the eye with these kinds of scores
Feb 25, 2026
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Wide Left has learned that Teamworks will acquire football charting firm Pro Football Focus.
Jan 30, 2026
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The Shrine Bowl and Senior Bowl have tracked players during practices for years. Recently, the Shrine Bowl opened this data to their public analytics competition. Can it help project draft prospects?
Nov 19, 2025
The Minnesota Vikings have pushed their chips into a quarterback who needs to develop. We explore if its remotely possible and why it is such a problem.
Oct 28, 2025
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Regardless of the Carson Wentz injury news, it was clear that J.J. McCarthy would be the Minnesota Vikings starter going forward. His first two starts were dire. But how much does that really tell us?
Oct 16, 2025
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SumerSports released a new product last week claiming to change the way we watch, report on and consume football. They want to democratize access to football data. I don't think it can.
Oct 15, 2025
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Matt Fries dives deep into the film of both Vikings quarterbacks to figure out who's truly been playing better given their differing circumstances and what it means for who should start in Week 7
Oct 2, 2025
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Matt Fries investigates how poor the Vikings run defense is, whether it's worth any tradeoffs and what the film says about their approach to defending the run
Sep 19, 2025
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The Minnesota Vikings have a schedule filled with elite pass rushers. Can their pass protection hold up?
Aug 31, 2025
The Dallas Cowboys traded Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers, who then gave him unprecedented money. Was it worth it? Can we tell?
Aug 24, 2025
Every year, fans and journalists debate whether their favorite bubble players will "clear waivers" or if they should make different cuts to prevent that risk. Is it a real risk?
Aug 22, 2025
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James Foster was tired of getting run amok, led a stray and flat out deceived by school's athletic testing claims, so he decided to see who should can be trusted.
Aug 11, 2025
What's gone wrong for one of the NFL's most promising tight ends? Everything.
Aug 9, 2025
We obsess over the preseason every year and then quickly forget about it once real games start. But is there value in it? What about for QBs like J.J. McCarthy who didn't get a rookie year?
May 18, 2025
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James Foster charted 2,797 QB pressures from 2023 and 2024 to determine which pass rushers have the most diverse skill sets.
Apr 28, 2025
Some teams signed some guys you might have heard of in undrafted free agency. Does that matter? Let's find out who had the most guys you might have heard of and if that helps
Apr 26, 2025
The aggregated opinion of 112 draft analysts might not be what you want to hear, but I have it anyway. Using the ranks of the Consensus Big Board, what can we say about this year's NFL draft classes?
Shedeur Sanders' slide into the third day of the NFL draft is all anyone can seem to talk about. How historic is that slide? And why is Deion Sanders more than a "distraction"?
Apr 21, 2025
One of the benefits to gathering dozens of rankings from draft analysts is determining which players draw the biggest disagreements. I went through this year's data to find out.
