2012 NFL Draft | Top Defensive Players Who Will Make an Immediate Impact

  By SC&L | May 10, 2012 - 11:23 am | 2012 NFL Draft, NFL, NFL Draft, NFL Team Coverage
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Panthers Luke Kuechly

I'll put the over/under at 130 tackles for Kuechly in his first year.

The 2012 NFL Draft had an abundance of potentially impactful players on both sides of the ball. Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III are sure to make an impact (whether positive or negative) simply because they will touch the ball on nearly every play while their teams possess the ball. However, we feel that there is potential for some of the defensive picks to have an even greater presence on the field due to their abilities and the needs their teams obviously possessed last year.

More than half of the first-round selections were on the defensive side of the ball with five secondary players and 12 front seven guys all being selected in hopes of playing on day one. The following list represents the order in which each of these players will be making an impact on their team according to importance, improving, and solidifying their teams overall ranking and execution on the defensive side of the ball.

1. Luke Kuechly, ILB, Carolina Panthers (more…)

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  By SC&L | May 4, 2012 - 10:28 am | Gambling, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Poker, Triple Crown
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2012 NFL Draft | Winners and Losers

  By SC&L | April 30, 2012 - 10:45 am | 2012 NFL Draft, college football, college football players, fantasy football, NFL, NFL Draft, NFL Free Agency, NFL Team Coverage, NFL Updates
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Andrew Luck 2012 Colts

Luck will be the cornerstone of the Colts for years to come!

The NFL Draft had some serious depth at various positions (to the naked eye anyway) and to prove this point we have to look no further than the sixth round. Collegiate stars like B.J. Cunningham (WR/MSU), Ryan Lindley (QB/SDSU), Cyrus Gray (RB/A&M), Marvin McNutt (WR/Iowa), Terrance Ganaway (RB/BU) and Tommy Streeter (WR/UM) all went in the sixth round ALONE.

Wide receiver seemed to have the most depth with the guys listed above going late and first-round projected receivers like Alshon Jeffrey, Stephen Hill, Rueben Randle and Ryan Broyles all going in the second round of the draft. And when you include the four first-round receivers drafted you can see where we are putting together our assessment. While this is all great for the already offensively-minded National Football League we’re here to discuss this years winners and losers of the NFL Draft, so here we go:

Winners
1. Indianapolis Colts – 10 Picks Overall | 8 Offense, 2 Defense
Well, their first pick was no surprise but who they would select to help Andrew Luck right away was. I don’t think anyone felt that Stanford teammate and tight end Coby Fleener would fall to the Colts early in the second round, but once he did I’m sure there wasn’t much hesitation to reunite the two. In 2011 Fleener record 10 touchdowns and went over 600 yards on just 34 receptions. He has a knack for getting to the end zone and Luck has the knowhow to get him the ball.

One surprise, but to me a pleasant one, was the Colts grabbing tight end Dwayne Allen with their next pick (#64). Allen had a superb senior year at Clemson grabbing 50 catches for 12 ypc (yards per catch) and eight touchdowns. Luck now has two not good, but great pass catching tight ends and safety targets (Dallas Clark was released). (more…)

2012 NFL Draft | First Round Review

  By SC&L | April 27, 2012 - 11:13 am | 2012 NFL Draft, NFL, NFL Draft, NFL Team Coverage, NFL Updates
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2012 NFL Draft

"Hey, you guys want to give me your pick and you can have ours plus 3 more for no reason?" ~ Mike Holmgren

After an exciting, and very rapid, first-round of the NFL Draft we wanted to share our thoughts and discuss some of the picks. The first two picks didn’t leave us with anything to talk about as they were a foregone conclusion since nearly the end of the college football season. The opening night of the 2012 NFL Draft did leave us with an array of topics to cover and a handful of teams to knock for making elementary moves and mistakes. Let’s start with the Cleveland Browns and the so-called “genius” that is Mike Holmgren.

Early on in the draft Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen reported that the Browns had traded positions with the Vikings in the first round and also gave up a fourth, fifth and seventh rounder in order to make the trade up. Now this would be all fine and dandy except for the fact that they only moved up ONE spot. I understand that Trent Richardson was the best projected running back in this draft, bar none, but there were essentially no threats of losing the running back to another team. On top of this strange move, the Browns also ended up reaching for 28-year-old quarterback, Brandon Weeden at the end of the first round (pick 22). While Weeden does have some value, why not stick with Colt McCoy and take another piece to the lackluster offense or start adding to the defense that will certainly need some more talent to compete in the AFC North? (more…)

2012 NFL Draft | Fantasy Football

  By SC&L | April 24, 2012 - 9:33 am | 2012 NFL Draft, NFL, NFL Draft
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2012 NFL Draft

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Each year the NFL draft wets our thirst for football talk and allows us to begin preparation for the upcoming fantasy football season. But at Fantazzle, you’ll get you first taste of fantasy football this season on April 26th when the commissioner greets the 32 first round draft picks.

The basis of the NFL Draft Fantasy Football Pick’em Game is straightforward; choose the player who will be drafted higher. You’ll be given a series of head-to-head matchups, and you simply select which player will be taken off the board earlier. The game isn’t difficult to play, but is near impossible to master. Try your best to get in the minds of general managers, forecast the potential draft day trades, and one up the “experts” covering the 2012 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall. (more…)