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3 days ago
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Who are the best defenders in the NFL?
Who are the best defenders in the NFL? | Football 301 Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice, fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL writer Charles McDonald discuss their choices for the top players on the defensive side of the ball - and why two players in particular stand out. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Playing cornerback is so, so hard. Advertisement I think they have the toughest job in the NFL like covering these, uh, especially nowadays were number one receivers travel all over the place, like you just don't get a lot of guys like Pater Tan who tracks the number one wide receiver, who, you know, maybe doesn't go into the slot all the time, but when he does, he can be just as, you know, uh, much of a force of racing player as he is on the outside. He's a man coverage on 40% of the snaps. Johnson's 21%. Patrick Pierson is his year is 23%. This is lockdown. This is like, this is what it looks like. This is Revis Island. This is what these dudes look like, size. Advertisement He's an unbelievable tackler. Only one missed tackle last year, 45 or 46 tackle attempts, lowest missed tackle rate among any defender in the entire NFL and he's a corner. And just looking back at his combine, it was honestly crazier than I remember. 62208. Uh, 1.57, 10 yard, 441 40, 40 inch vertical, almost 11 ft on the broad jump. I mean, long arms too, right? Yeah, long arms 2, 32.5. So that's like offensive, yeah, it's pedigree and was coached by Nick Saban. And he was the 2nd quarter selected. Figure that one out. Figure that one out. But you had Micah Parsons at #1, so did I. But why did you have Parsons at 1? Advertisement After Micah came back from injury last year, dude, he was feral, like absolutely feral, and every single snap, he was dedicating his entire life force to try and get a win for the Cowboys. And what that looks. is someone who is basically unblockable and has quarterbacks like running for their lives every single snap. I think this year, if you need to pick up back where he left off, I, I think this could potentially be a career year for him, uh, and I just don't think he really has any holes in his game. He had 11 sacks from week 10 to week 18. He had 11 sacks in one half of a season. I, I don't know if anyone knows needs. Advertisement this, but 11 times 2 is 22. So you basically at a 20 sack rate, he had 8 pressures when he was double teamed. Next highest, highest was Next highest was 4. He's a force of nature, so I totally agree with you. Anybody that criticizes him for being like online too much or like doing a podcast, like, well, is he really putting the work in? Like, I mean, shut the hell up. Like, yeah, like watch him play for 2 seconds.
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4 days ago
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Why is everyone obsessed with Shedeur Sanders? ft. Bomani Jones + Top 10 NFL defenders in 2025
Why is Shedeur Sanders still such a hot topic in the sports world? Special guest Bomani Jones joins Charles McDonald on this episode of Football 301 to discuss the Cleveland Browns QB situation, whether Aaron Rodgers makes the Pittsburgh Steelers more interesting and more! Later on in the show, Nate Tice, Matt Harmon and C Mac count down their top 10 defenders in the league entering the 2025 NFL season. Advertisement (00:20) - Bomani Jones joins the show (31:00) - Defenders 10-8 (41:40) - Defenders 7 & 6 (49:30) - Defenders 5 & 4 (1:01:20) - Top 3 defenders Why do people get so worked up about Shedeur Sanders? (Photo by) (Photo by) 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts
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04-06-2025
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Analyzing Lynx's win total projections
What to expect from Drake Maye in second season | Football 301 Yahoo Sports' Nate Tice, Charles McDonald and Matt Harmon reflect on the Patriots quarterback's rookie season and if he can 'break out' with a new offensive coordinator in New England. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. 2:10 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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30-05-2025
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Is Tyreek Hill still a top-10 WR?
Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice, fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL writer Charles McDonald discuss the Dolphins wide receiver's outlook for this season after his statistics dropped in 2024. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript And I left Tyreek Hill at number 10. Advertisement And uh I really wanted to drop him out of the top 10 because I'm just kind of, I want to be out early on Tyreek for, for a variety of different reasons. Um, and I'm a little just concerned about coming into this season for him, uh, just overall with where he's at. Tyreek Hill did not make my top 10, and I think, I think we're on the beginning of the, I think we're on the beginning of the downslope. Uh, and so I wanna, I wanna bail. I, I, I, if I, if stock marketing, stock market has taught me anything, you want to get out early before, before it's too late, but, uh, yeah, so Tyree did not make mine.
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30-05-2025
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Why 'busy backfields' could become the NFL trend in 2025
Why 'busy backfields' could become the NFL trend in 2025 | Football 301 Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice, fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL writer Charles McDonald discuss the increased use of wide receivers and tight ends lining up in the backfield for carries and why it could become more common this coming season. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript This is kind of the Packers is what inspired this one, but there's other teams doing this, and this is split backs and busy backfields, you know, a lot of stuff's happening in the backfield in the NFL, and I don't just mean motion, which is a little bit about motion, but who is in the backfield? Advertisement It used to just be a running back and then maybe you go full back, maybe you go on 3rd down, you got a running back in the tight end because of pass protection. Now it's first down, you got two receivers back there. You got to run back in the receiver. You got a tight end in the receiver. And the Packers, I thought, especially once they went through that little Maik Willis, uh, sabbatical when Jordan Love got hurt, it really inspired them to do more with their little spinner series. They led the league and receive. runs. It was mainly Jane Reed, but they're just finding ways to get their talented players touches. Advertisement And I think again, I'm talking about creativity with play callers, what coaches do this entire offseason is steal from each other. when they just review and they go, Oh, that worked really well. OK, how can we use that for our guys? And I think teams are gonna watch teams like the Packers. And others, uh, uh, uh, 49ers, of course, the Samuels, the Rams, always with their jet sweep guys. um, the Cowboys actually with CD Lamb did some cool things, Chiefs always, and then the Broncos with Marvin Mips did some cool things too, putting him in the backfield as well. But not just receiver runs, but getting receivers in the backfield. Advertisement Two tight ends in the backfield with a running back and making full house backfields. I saw the Cardinals doing that a good deal. I see the Bengals doing it a ton. The Bengals did some really cool stuff with getting the tight end in the backfield and basically being a de facto fullback. Defenses with the too high with all the quarters and stuff. They have to read and react and see what you're doing. If you guys got guys in the backfield, you're changing gaps, and you can change it without doing too much on your own end on offense and being too crazy, just getting these guys in different spots. So busy backfields. Advertisement This is my scheme thing for this year. Um, also, this is tied into more pistol. Uh, 2024 featured the highest rate of pistol last year, um, ever, 8.6% league-wide. They continued to trend from 2023. That's tied. Into this because when you're in pistol, you can kind of hybrid the backfield from gun looks and under center looks, and I think we're gonna see even more creativity with that because it's it's working for teams. It's just a little change up. You're not gonna major in it, but I do think more teams are gonna start using this changeup throughout the leagues and, uh, it's kind of cool when you see some talented players like Mims and Jareed get touches that aren't just like little 4 yard gains. It's like first downs and explosive play, so I I I see more creativity happening on the offensive end on this side.
