Bryan Knowles
Contributor at FTN Network
Contributor, @FTNNetwork / DVOA Formerly from Football Outsiders, Bleacher Report, Fansided
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1 week ago |
ftnfantasy.com | Bryan Knowles
Before the 2024 draft, one of the dings on Oregon quarterback Bo Nix was his tendency to dink-and-dunk, despite impressive arm talent. In 2023, almost a third of his passes were thrown to targets behind the line of scrimmage and his 6.3 air yards per attempt was the worst of that year’s prospects. His completion percentage? Sky high, but there were a lot of empty calories there – what we call “failed completions.” Would that continue into his NFL career?
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2 weeks ago |
ftnfantasy.com | Bryan Knowles
The Great Shedeur Sanders Watch of 2025 is over, and the dust has settled, so it’s time to evaluate this year’s draft class!Immediate post-draft grades are very silly indeed. With no one having taken the field yet, even in practice, determining whether a draft class was successful or not is a fool’s endeavor.
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3 weeks ago |
ftnfantasy.com | Bryan Knowles
Our long national nightmare is over, as the 2025 NFL Draft is finally arriving Thursday night. And, with free agency more or less done with and Aaron Rodgers finally deciding not to make a decision, we’ve got a fairly clear view of each team’s position entering the draft. This probably isn’t the first “team needs” article you’ve read this offseason.
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1 month ago |
ftnfantasy.com | Byron Murphy Jr |Bryan Knowles
As we enter the 2025 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns find themselves in a pretty terrible situation. They spent a bunch of resources on Deshaun Watson — $230 million, fully guaranteed – and it’s blown up in their faces. Since signing, Watson had had -639 passing DYAR, fifth worst in the league over the past three years, and now the Browns are shopping for a replacement.
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1 month ago |
ftnfantasy.com | Bryan Knowles
Tuesday, we took a look at snap-weighted size for offenses in 2024. Today, we’ll take a look at defenses, special teams, and then total numbers. Historically, this has been more of a descriptive stat than anything prescriptive, with little correlation between size and actual success. But just like on offense, this didn’t hold true in 2024.
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Random trivia as I continue to prep for FTN Almanac: Only two quarterbacks have started Game #17 in all four seasons since the NFL went to 17-game seasons: Jared Goff and Sam Darnold.
From the "not nearly important enough to make the FTN Almanac" files: Most preseason interceptions, 2023-2024: 1. Stetson Bennett (8) T2. Skylar Thompson (6) T2. Trey Lance (6) T4. Easton Stick (5) T4. Malik Willis (5) T4. Nate Sudfeld (5) 7. Shane Buechele (4)
