The original content, analysis, and reporting produced by the PFR staff this week:
- In PFR’s new series The Beat, Zach is conducting interviews with beat writers, columnists, and TV personalities about the team that they cover. Zach spoke with five writers last week:
- Will Leitch of Sports on Earth and New York Magazine discussed the Cardinals, Carson Palmer, Larry Fitzgerald, and Chandler Jones.
- Alden Gonzalez of ESPN.com talked about the Rams, Jeff Fisher, Les Snead, Jared Goff, and Trumaine Johnson.
- Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida Times-Union covered the Jaguars, Greg Hardy, Malik Jackson, Tashaun Gipson, and Jalen Ramsey.
- Jeff Schudel of the News-Herald and Morning-Journal answered questions abut the Browns, Robert Griffin III, Josh McCown, and Josh Gordon.
- Troy Renck of Denver7 discussed the Broncos, Ronnie Hillman, Trevor Siemian, Mark Sanchez, and Vance Walker.
- PFR has continued to go over each team’s rookie class with the assistance of scouting guru Dave-Te Thomas, who has served as a consultant to NFL teams for multiple decades. Dave covered two clubs last week:
- PFR has also continued to look back at the offseasons for all 32 clubs, examining the major signings, departures, trades, and other notable offseason events for each team. We covered two clubs over the past week:
- After the Bills waived Karlos Williams, I looked at 10 teams that might claim the running back off waivers. Williams surprisingly went unclaimed, but that list still stands as a record of what clubs might look to sign the talented, yet perhaps unmotivated, running back.
- The Patriots traded for former No. 6 overall pick Barkevious Mingo this week, and I wondered if New England might be up to something more than simply acquiring talent. Bill Belichick and the rest of the Patriots’ front office has traded for players nearing the end of their contracts before, so they might be grabbing Mingo with an eye towards a compensatory pick in 2018.
- PFR was the first to report that veteran cornerback Cary Williams worked out for the Bears recently. Williams, who has spent eight years in the NFL, has seen action with the Ravens, Eagles, Seahawks, and Redskins.