Looking at NFL Player Development from a different angle

The tragic death of Junior Seau has ignited conversations, calls, and debates across the country about the need for a more comprehensive program to help develop young players during their ...

Finding QB’s through the NFL Draft – Justification for Kirk Cousins

The Football Educator’s  guest blogger Richard Hill has looked at the method to drafting Quarterbacks, examined the best & worst VALUE PICKS of 2012 and now justifies the Redskins selection ...

Exceptional rookies to look for in the 2012 NFL Season

Critical thought and detailed analysis, using all the evaluative resources available, are vital to good NFL scouting reports. Guest blogger Randy Schwimmer does just that for The Football Educator in ...

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Finding QB’s through the NFL Draft – Value

The Football Educator’s guest blogger Richard Hill breaks down the method to finding Quarterbacks, and looks at some of the best & worst VALUE PICKS of the 2012 NFL Draft. Looking at these points of evaluation, we find quarterbacks Luck and Griffin III at the top of the list for the 2012 NFL Draft. Also found are Kirk Cousins [...]

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Finding Quarterbacks through the NFL Draft – The Method

With Andrew Luck and RG3 going #1-2 in the 2012 NFL Draft, The Football Educator’s guest blogger Richard Hill breaks down the method to finding Quarterbacks through the NFL Draft. Every year, a few teams head to the NFL Draft looking for a new quarterback to be the cornerstone of the future. The following year, [...]

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AFC West 2012 NFL Draft (2) Assessment per Team

Here’s the second half of TheFootballEducator.com Guest Blogger Randy Schwimmer’s take on the AFC West‘s performance in the 2012 NFL Draft.  Schwimmer covered the Denver Broncos & San Diego Chargers in an earlier post. Kansas City Chiefs: 2012 NFL Draft – Best Pick: Round 1 pick 11, Dontari Poe, NT, Memphis:  Lots of people criticized the [...]

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AFC West 2012 NFL Draft Assessment per Team

Next in a series of Guest Bloggers for TheFootballEducator.com is Randy Schwimmer.  Randy breaks down the 2012 NFL Draft starting with half of the AFC West. AFC West 2012 NFL Draft Assessment per Team Over the next few weeks I will be going through and giving my assessments of how the draft played out for [...]

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NFL Draft 2012 – Defending the Anger Pick

  The Football Educator’s FIRST guest blogger Richard Hill takes a look at Jacksonville’s 3rd round pick – P Bryan Anger. The Jacksonville Jaguars surprised the public when the grabbed punter Bryan Anger in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Anger was considered the best punting prospect, so it wasn’t a shock that [...]

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Filling out an NFL roster after the Draft with Free Agents

Immediately after the draft ended and Mr. Irrelevant was announced, teams began to hit the phones with a fevered pitch of a two minute offense.  In fact you can probably count on the fact that many teams started way before that, contacting football agents moments after their own last pick. Take for instance Kellen Moore.  [...]

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Free Agency in NFL, Differentiating NFL and NBA Free Agency

Free Agency Defined Free agency, as defined in sports, is a condition under which a player has an expired contract, making the player eligible to sign a new contract with another team that offers more attractive benefits and compensation schemes. It is important to differentiate the term “free agency” in sports from the other terms [...]

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New ideas for a “new generation” of NFL Player

No proposed program or pilot project will bring back Junior Seau, but it’s not out of line to explore ways to prevent such a tragedy in the future.   I feel an NFL club’s number one asset is its players.  Everything should center towards ensuring they are mentally and physically prepared; before, during and after [...]

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In the wake of tragedy – NFL Players need a new direction

The tragic death of Junior Seau brings to focus the struggle that many NFL players have after their professional football careers come to an end.  A life forged of competitive fire, physical pain and at times unbridled mental intensity can‘t be cooled by a twenty minute press conference, an engraved crystal football and a pat [...]

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Former NFL players – “You’re just getting started”

I’m in the midst of writing a book that will be released next summer, focused on “Team Building” as it relates to my years in the National Football League and over the course of my military service.  Though my background has been in athletics, I’m relating the lessons and techniques used to build a successful [...]

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