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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 25

For the third year in a row while researching teams for summer previews, for every single niche metric we bring up I go to the top of the league and see Baltimore far outpacing everyone else in...basically everything.

I can't believe this Ravens era might result in no hardware.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 25

Here's a fun stat to drive the desert folk insane (again).

Per PFF, the Cardinals tried to throw 44 fades/go routes last season. That was 7th-most of any team in the league.

They completed eight.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 20

Interesting thought exercise for the Big 4 quarterbacks.

If Mahomes, Lamar, Allen, and Burrow rotated teams every month from September to December so all four played for each team, would any of them end up with more wins than the others?

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 14

Prime Champ Bailey defending the double move from prime Marvin Harrison Sr.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 14

2006 LaDainian Tomlinson.

The cutback of all cutbacks.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 14

2009 Texans offensive line putting on a clinic for how to run wide zone. Kyle Shanahan was the OC. Arian Foster was a rookie.

Perfection.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 13

I would like go live in precedented times.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 12

That time the Seahawks beat the Eagles 42-0 while only gaining 194 yards.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 9

If you’re mad about people waving the Mexican flag instead of the American flag at a protest, you should also get mad when people wave Confederate flags instead of American flags at a protest.

The celebrating heritage argument is a two way street, folks.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 6

CJ saying that he has "full control" pre-snap now just feels so Erhardt-Perkins to me. Giving the QB control is kind of the point of that entire offense.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 6

A lot of folks expect the Texans offense to look Sean McVay-ish this year, but I think it's more likely that it will look Josh McDaniels-ish, but with sprinkles of McVay in there.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 6

With Caley's influence they changed their whole identity as an offense, and even changed what kinds of body types they prioritized in the run game.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 6

McVay was already trying to make that transition, but Caley is who helped solidify and perfect it. Per PFF from 2022 to 2023, the Rams jumped from 25% man blocking scheme usage (5th) to 42% (1st), and at the same time dropped from 10th to 20th in OZ.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thing to note about new Texans OC Nick Caley

From what I understand, he was one of the guys that McVay brought in from the Patriots to help streamline the Rams' transition away from being an outside zone heavy team into being arguably *the* gap scheme team in the NFL, which is what the Pats were.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 5

Literally the most hilarious possible moment for the Aaron Rodgers news to hit the timeline.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 5

Panthers had most snaps of cover-3 in the entire league where they rotated from 2-high pre snap into MFC post-snap.

You'd think that would mean more TFLs, but they missed so many tackles on those rotations (most in NFL) that their AVERAGE depth of tackle on those rotations was 5.5 yards downfield.

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · Jun 5

For all of the talk about how to help Bryce Young…the Panthers defense was the real train wreck last year.

On the pod we talked about why Derrick Brown’s return matters so much, and improvements they made elsewhere on D.

🎧: apple.co/3ZQUBzY

📺: youtu.be/8KYFpucNTyU?...

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 5

Remember folks, McLaurin is already 30.

He's the 16th-highest paid receiver and this is probably going to be his last window to get a top-10 contract.

This won't be resolved without him getting paid imo.

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 2

SHEESH what a cover

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · Jun 1

So PFF tracks "threat %", which is percentage of targets per receiving snaps. Here's the top 10 from last year among WRs with at least 300 snaps (+ Puka's 297)

Puka - 37.4%
Nabers - 29.8%
Nico - 28.5%
Lamb - 28.3%
Downs - 27.5%
London - 26.9%
Kupp - 26.7%
AJ Brown + Davante - 26.0%
Evans - 25.9%

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · May 31

Apparently people can’t tell the difference so I changed it

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · May 31

Wasn’t ai. Was a photoshop filter

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · May 30

QB sneaks are up 319% and it's ruining America.

New video now live on the channel!

youtu.be/7oO8bjbtPqA

QB sneaks are up 319% and it's terrible.

YouTube video by Brett Kollmann

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · May 29

Notable contested catch rates vs press coverage, min 50 targets

Jakobi Meyers (77%)
Collins (66%)
Jauan (64%)
Amon-Ra (63%)
Evans (62%)
G. Wilson (54%)
CeeDee (54%)
AJ Brown (54%)
London (50%)
Jefferson (46%)
Marv Jr (42%)
Ja'Marr (40%)
Nabers (38%)
Pickens (33%)
Metcalf (22%)

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · May 29

Wolves packed

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Brett Kollmann @brettkollmann.bsky.social · May 27

Not trying to start a war here, but do Dolphins fans have positive expectations for this season?

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