Doug Farrar
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Kirkland, WA, United States
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How Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers Revolutionized the Pistol Offense in the NFL
Editor's Note: This excerpt from The Genius of Desperation: The Schematic Innovations That Made the Modern NFL , by Doug Farrar, is presented with permission from Triumph Books... → Read More
Are the Jaguars Wasting Their Super Bowl Window with Blake Bortles?
At the end of the first half of the Jacksonville Jaguars ' AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots , the Jags held a 14-10 lead and quarterback Blake Bortles was, relatively speaking, on fire... → Read More
Why Does Julio Jones Have so Much Trouble Scoring Touchdowns?
Over the last two seasons, with two different offensive coordinators (Kyle Shanahan and Steve Sarkisian), Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones has the seventh-most regular-season ... → Read More
Overlooked Free-Agent Safety Tre Boston Could Be a Game-Changer for NFL Teams
It's one of the worst-kept secrets of the 2018 NFL offseason: At a time when the position is more varied and important than it's ever been, the market for veteran professional safeties is unusually soft... → Read More
Ranking the NFL's True Franchise Cornerstones
There are different ways to define a franchise cornerstone, although it's easy to identify the NFL players who have earned that designation. Some do so by playing their position at the highest possible level over a number of years... → Read More
Ranking the NFL's Most Unblockable Pass-Rushers
A generation ago, the primary challenge offenses faced from the game's best pass-rushers was physical. At that time, both offensive and defensive players had more stationary roles and didn't move from area to area nearly as much as they do now... → Read More
Meet Detroit's Kerryon Johnson: The NFL's Most Underrated Rookie
In March, the Detroit Lions signed veteran running back LeGarrette Blount, who scored 18 rushing touchdowns with the New England Patriots in 2016. Blount scored just two rushing touchdowns with the Philadelphia Eagles last season... → Read More
Suspension Would Be Another Hindrance to Jameis Winston's Development
When an NFL team makes a serious commitment in the draft to a young quarterback, that decision will define a franchise's pulse and success rate for the next half-decade... → Read More
1 Player on Every NFL Team Who Will Disappoint in 2018
NFL players can disappoint from one year to the next for all kinds of reasons. Injuries can take an extraordinary player and make him all too ordinary. That's what happened to DeSean Jackson in his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers... → Read More
In a Soft Safety Market, Earl Thomas Doesn't Have Much Leverage in Holdout
Since he was selected 14th overall in the 2010 draft out of Texas, Seattle Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas has been one of the NFL 's defensive standard-bearers... → Read More
New-Look Washington Offense Has High Upside, Playoff Potential
The Washington Redskins finished 2017 with a 7-9 record—the first losing mark for the team since head coach Jay Gruden's initial year in 2014... → Read More
Every NFL Team's Most Overpaid Player
When we say that a player is overpaid, that's not necessarily a sweeping value judgment on his talent. Sure, there are times when teams radically overreach financially for a player ... → Read More
Why the Green Bay Packers Could Have the NFL's Next Great Defense
The Green Bay Packers had made the playoffs every season from 2009 through 2016. That streak included a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV at the end of the 2010 season... → Read More
Can the Dallas Cowboys Win Without a No. 1 Wide Receiver?
After his rookie season of 2016, it appeared that Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott had the world by the tail... → Read More
Ranking the NFL's Best Deep Passers
If there's one thing that can make coaches, scouts and evaluators ignore everything wrong with a quarterback, it's the ability to hurl a football 70 yards on a rope... → Read More
Why Tremaine Edmunds Has Best Chance to Be NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year
There's a lot of great defensive talent in this draft class. Cleveland's Denzel Ward, Miami's Minkah Fitzpatrick and Green Bay's Jaire Alexander are all high-level cornerbacks who can play multiple positions... → Read More
Mitchell Trubisky Is Primed to Be NFL's Breakout Sophomore
There are few more graphic examples of a coaching staff hindering and then helping a quarterback than the two Jared Goff has had... → Read More
Mitchell Trubisky Is Primed to Be NFL's Breakout Sophomore
There are few more graphic examples of a coaching staff hindering and then helping a quarterback than the two Jared Goff has had... → Read More
The NFL's Best Fits Between Rookies and Schemes
No matter how talented a rookie is, taking the NFL by storm is a complicated prospect. More is expected of first-year players. They're facing better, stronger, faster and more experienced opponents than ever... → Read More
Why Cardinals QB Josh Rosen Should Be the Favorite to Win NFL Rookie of the Year
It's frustrating for quarterback prospects to be drafted below where they think they should go, but it's far from a professional death sentence... → Read More