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Mar 26, 2024 | 
the33rdteam.com | Greg Cosell |Lou Russo |Jake Butt |Dean Blandino
Skip to content The 2024 NFL Draft is getting close, making it an excellent time to highlight some of the class' best players with scouting reports. Each report will include strengths, weaknesses and background information. Here's our report on Braelon Allen.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
the33rdteam.com | Greg Cosell |Lou Russo |Dean Blandino |Ari Meirov
Skip to content The 2024 NFL Draft is getting close, making it an excellent time to highlight some of the class' best players with scouting reports. Each report will include strengths, weaknesses and background information. Here's our report on Jer'Zhan Newton. Height: 6'2"Weight: 304 lbs.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
bvmsports.com | Dean Blandino
Dean Blandino explains the expansion of replay assist for the 2024 NFL season. The former NFL VP of Officianting explains where replay can help on-field officiating & where it cannot. The post NFL Replay Assist Expanding in 2024 appeared first on The 33rd Team.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
the33rdteam.com | Dean Blandino
Dean Blandino is the former Vice President of Officiating for the NFL, and is currently a rules analyst for Fox Sports in addition to working with the newest iteration of the XFL as “VP of Officiating, Playing Rules Innovation.”
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
bvmsports.com | Dean Blandino |Ari Meirov
By Dean Blandino, Ari Meirov Former NFL VP of Officiating Dean Blandino joins Ari Meirov to discuss the NFL's new kickoff rule and some potential unintended consequences, such as drastic field position advantages and the elimination of the surprise onside kick. The post Possible Unintended Consequences of NFL's New Kickoff Rule appeared first on The 33rd Team.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
bvmsports.com | Dean Blandino |Ari Meirov
By Dean Blandino, Ari Meirov Former NFL VP of Officiating Dean Blandino joins Ari Meirov to discuss the NFL's ban on the hip-drop tackle, why he isn't expecting a drastic increase in penalties, and why it's going to be challenging for officials to enforce in 2024. The post Expect Growing Pains with NFL's New 'Hip-Drop Tackle' Ban appeared first on The 33rd Team.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
the33rdteam.com | Solomon Byrd |Derrik Klassen |Dean Blandino |Byron Murphy IITexas
The NFL has released a list of xx prospects who have accepted invitations to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Here is a positional breakdown, with our scouting reports linked to players' names. 2024 NFL SCOUTING COMBINEWhat: The annual NFL Scouting Combine is an invitation-only event that allows NFL teams and their scouts to evaluate the top draft-eligible college players on a variety of medical, mental and physical criteria. When: Feb.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
the33rdteam.com | Derrik Klassen |Dean Blandino
NFL playoff overtime rules are unsurprisingly a very hot topic. These are the biggest moments in the biggest games for the biggest sport. When teams went 10-2 when taking the ball first in the previous iteration of the playoff overtime rules, the league stepped in and changed things so both teams were guaranteed to possess the ball in playoff OT. In Super Bowl LVIII, with these modified rules in hand, the San Francisco 49ers won the toss in overtime and took the ball.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the33rdteam.com | Dean Blandino
Dean Blandino explains the OT rules we saw in the Super Bowl, why there was a change made in 2022, and how the 49ers decision to take the ball first may have ultimately hurt their chances to win the game.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
the33rdteam.com | Andy Benoit |Rick Spielman |Connor Livesay |Dean Blandino
If you woke an expert football observer up from a five-year coma and showed them film of Brock Purdy, they’d sooner believe Purdy was once the first-overall pick than the 262nd. Is that to say Purdy is in that first class of pure talent such as Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen or, say, C.J. Stroud? No. But neither were many other first-overall picks. The point? The fact that Purdy was once the last pick in the draft has shaped how almost everyone analyzes him.
