The Eagles today signed Leonard Weaver, the top available free agent fullback, to a one-year contract worth $1.7 million.Weaver spent his first four NFL seasons with the Seahawks as an undrafted street free agent out of Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn. He’s averaged 4.4 yards per carry on 356 rushing attempts and 9.1 yards on 60 receptions. He started a career-high seven games this past season.For Weaver’s complete NFL stats, click here. For his bio from the Seahawks, click here.Wi
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The New England Patriots signed veteran wide receiver Joey Galloway today.
Mgrex03 showed us that one of my favorite stats Adjusted Net (Passing) Yards per Attempt predicts team success very strongly. Brian Burke at Advanced NFL Stats .com has laid out a convincing case that evaluating QBs without their YAC yards (Air Yards) is more accurate than total passing yards. (It's important to note that the idea isn't that QBs don't contribute at all to YAC, a well thrown pass is more likely to gain YAC but that their contribution is small enough that removing it makes
Today’s NYT article on Travis Henry’s child support woes is one of the more breathtaking chronicles of idiocy and personal irresponsibility I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. Henry, if you recall, has nine different kids by nine different women. He’s like the black Octomom. Here are the money quotes. His eldest child was conceived while Henry was in high school, before he was named Mr. Florida Football and a Parade All-American. The child was unplanned as were all but one of his off
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SNY’s Michael Salfino recaps the Jets roster moves thus far on their website. Here’s a clip: Judging by asset allocation, the Jets are clearly emphasizing defense. This troubles me because extensive analysis of recent NFL stats over multiple seasons says that offensive proficiency is more strongly correlated to winning than defensive proficiency in every team stat category. Of course, you certainly can win a championship with a defense. It just better be of an all-time variety like the 20
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