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Beware of making too many moves come Draft Day

Before I get started I'd just like to point out that the purpose of this article is to demonstrate to fans that are frustrated with their team's Draft philosophy, saying they don't trade down enough, that if your scouting department doesn't do a good enough job, wheeling and dealing might actually be more hurtful than just doing the obvious thing and drafting best player available or based on need. Here is a list of players: QB Carson Wentz WR Julio Jones Edge Justin Houston LB Anthony Barr QB Deshaun Watson LT Matt Kalil RT Jack Conklin LB Bernardrick McKinney K Blair Walsh Every single one of these athletes with the exception of Jack Conklin went to the Pro Bowl. That doesn't mean much as Kalil only made it once as a replacement because Trent Williams couldn't play, but it's a simple way to show that they are all great players. Walsh was when he first came in at least. What else do they all have in common? They were ...
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Watford took down Liverpool and it wasn't even close

Liverpool finally lost a match in the Premier League, how did it happen? As I listened to Klopp's interview after the match there was something very interesting that he touched on. When asked how would the team react after losing, he mentioned that the Reds lost matches this year in the Champins League and that the feeling of defeat while rare isn't something that they haven't experienced this season. He isn't really worried about that. To be honest with you there are a lot of teams in this battle against relegation that play an interesting brand of football, clubs like Brighton and Southampton with an interesting philosophy as a whole. Watford's management is the most impatient in the Premier League with little to no believe in continuity, but as much as that can disappoint me as an analyst, the fans of the club aren't really responsible for it and ultimately they are the ones that suffer the most when the club underachieves. While Pearson has done a...

Picks 21-30 Mock Draft 1.0

Picks 21-30 Mock Draft 1.0 #21 Pick Philadelphia Eagles: WR Justin Jefferson School: LSU.   Year: Junior Carson Wentz broke records in 2019 with the amount of yards he got with minimum contribution at the WR spot. Based on his performance at the Combine, Jefferson jumps a few spots and gets himself into the first round. #22 Pick Buffalo Bills: WR Tee Higgins School: Clemson.  Year: Junior This is the Draft if you are looking for receivers and that's the case for the Bills who'll look to surround Allen with as many tools as possible. #23 Pick New England Patriots: QB Jordan Love School: Utah State.   Year: (RS) Junior I believe Eason could go here and I understand that Love isn't the type of QB prospect Belichick usually goes for but baed off what I am hearing in terms of rumors and the lack of weapons Jordan had in his final year. I could see this happening. #24 Pick New Orleans Saints: CB Kristian Fulton School: LSU.  ...

Mock Draft 1.0 Part 2

Picks 11-20 #11 Pick New York Jets: WR Jerry Jeudy School: Alabama.  Year: Junior Robby Anderson is a Free Agent and there have been a few rumors linking the Jets to Jack Conklin. A signing that would help address the hole in the o-line. If that happens getting Jeudy here really bolsters their offensive firepower. #12 Pick Las Vegas Raiders: WR Henry Ruggs School: Alabama   Year: Junior Back to back Alabama receivers off the board. The Raiders need a lot of help on defense and a guy like Javon Kinlaw would be a great pick here, but I just don't think Gruden will resist the tentation of taking the speedster from Alabama. #13 Pick Indianapolis Colts: DT Javon Kinlaw School: South Carolina.   Year: Senior Chris Ballard gets a big powerful force to plug in as an interior defensive lineman filling a need with one of the best available players. #14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: OT Tristan Wirfs School: Iowa.   Y...

Mock Draft 1.0

As we are going through the Combine I decided to bring you my first Mock Draft. There is a long way to go before the actual Draft and a lot will change in that time, nevertheless let's have some fun. I won't be including trades in this Mock. #1 Pick Cincinnati Bengals: QB Joe Burrow School: LSU   Year: Senior (RS) It hasn't been the smoothest ride from backup in Ohio State to Heisman Trophy winner and National Champion in LSU for Joe Burrow. While there are a few rumors about the Ohio native possibly pulling an Eli. There's still no information that leads me to believe Burrrow won't be a Bengals come Draft Day. #2 Pick Washington Redskins: Edge Chase Young School: Ohio State   Year: Junior With the change at the Head Coach position and Ron Rivera now calling the shots it's likely that Dwayne Haskins won't get as much leeway as most QBs do from the organization that drafted them. Because of that, I'm not entirely convinced the Reds...

Reviewing Real Madrid x Manchester City

As the sequence of blunders by Manchester City occurred leading up to first goal of the match from Isco, putting Real Madrid at a point where the English side was beginning to dominate the match it felt like deja vu, once again under extraordinary circumstances against the balance of play a Pep Guardiola team was headed towards an early exit in the Champions League, but then something happened. The team that was actually performing better and creating more chances (Man City) continued to do so despite the setback of conceding the opening goal and in a well placed cross from the best player on the pitch Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus made it 1-1. Not much later Sterling suffered a disputable penalty and finally we saw De Bruyne taking it, in a time of doubt in that area for City, the Belgian stepped up and scored with ease. The first half actually surprised me to a certain extent, Real Madrid had around 58% possession for the majority of it and that's just not something we ...

Lyon x Juventus

Hi I would like to apologise for not being able to provide the preview of Lyon x Juventus but I'll do my best to bring you the review of the match. All I'll say is that the odds of an upset were diminished by the absence of Memphis Depay and it will be the biggest disappointment of this round if they get knocked out, but anything can happen. Who advances: Juventus