while the other wide player on the flank provides the width. Some pairs both operate in wide areas, sometimes with an overlap, others with one player providing an outlet, or crossing from a different area (for example, one deep, one byline). Typically with a wide partnership, you almost...
The Kansas athletic department features no shortage of extremely quotable people. From the wildly distinct but equally vibrant personalities of Hunter Dickinson and S’Mya Nichols to the thoughtful responses of the likes of coaches Dan Fitzgerald or Nate Lie, KU’s personnel gave reporters ... ...
Matthews was a very high draft pick and hasn’t been a spectacular player, but it’s also hard to argue he hasn’t been worth the pick, as he has made 145 of a possible 146 starts in nine seasons in the league thus far, only missing a game once way back in his rookie season, a...
This off-season, the Titans lost even more key personnel as they start to enter what looks like something of a rebuild. One player they didn’t move on from this off-season that they could have moved on from is quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who is set to make a non-guaranteed 27 million...
Eliot Wolf now Packers' assistant director of player personnel Examining the 'Madden' cover curse Ex-NFL QB Leaf has benign tumor removed from brain stem Elway no fan of Colorado punk band that pilfered his name Edwards keeping pledge to cover students' college tuition Ex-Ravens kicker...
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Director of player personnel: Will Lewis Head coach: Hines Ward Offensive coordinator: Jaime Elizondo Defensive coordinator: Jim Herrmann Lewis is a former NFL player and assistant coach who moved to the personnel side of football in the late 1990s. After starting as a scout with the Packers, ...
General manager candidates not tied to an NFL team can begin interviewing for vacant jobs at any point, whereas staffers currently employed elsewhere cannot. Two such candidates are set to factor into the Jets’ GM search. The Jets are planning GM interviews with former Titans front office boss...
"The end was frustrating but mostly because it was like, 'Damn it, this was going to work,'" said Eric Galko, the XFL's former director of player personnel. "That's what I think most everyone felt throughout the league. If you talked to anybody in the XFL, they would be s...
“One is we’ll do things as an offense that play to his strengths a little bit more when you have a guy like him as opposed to a guy like Mason, who is your primary tight end in 11 (personnel). Changes how you use that guy a little bit, but then we do have...