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J.P. Fox is back to The Football Educator. Here he presents his personal analysis of the Dallas Cowboys 2013 NFL Draft and which picks are most likely to project as difference makers in the coming season. Draft observers all around the country had speculated that the Cowboys would go heavy rebuilding the offensive line and adding additional pieces to the defensive line. With Tony Romo constantly running for his life and a defense switching to … [Read more...]
Guest writer Christine J. Jones, a researcher at Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine Center, is back to show The Football Educator how "what & when you eat" as a football player can contribute to regulating one of your best performance enhancements - SLEEP. Using Nutrition for Better Sleep in the Football Player It is fairly common for the health conscious athlete to spend time and money customizing his or her diet for … [Read more...]
Guest writer Christine J. Jones, a researcher at Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine Center, presents an interesting take on sleep and performance enhancement in college football players. The Research With the 2013 NFL draft recently coming to a close, finding means of performance enhancement is on the minds of many within the league. For an increasing number of these individuals, attention is being turned to the field of sleep … [Read more...]
This is part two of a piece that started with a look a 5 offensive players that The Football Educator felt were getting lost in the hype of all the mockery of 1st round mock drafts. Way too much attention is paid to the top 30 or 40 college prospects in the mock draft process. Most media pundits take a look at the last post of players and just tweak a selection here or there. If your editor is asking for a mock draft you make one, but few … [Read more...]
Most mock drafts focus on the first round, though there are some brave souls that attempt to go deeper. The dynamics of movement through trades and unforeseen selections really makes that an exercise in futility. To be honest, trying to predict how the initial selection of all 32 teams will go is next to impossible and yet many will continue to make the attempt regardless. This places the majority of focus from a media perspective on the … [Read more...]
As Pro Days wind down and the clock towards the NFL Draft continues to tick there’s not much else for the pundits to do but tweak their positional rankings and adjust their 1st round mocks. The analogy often used is a player’s stock “rising or falling” as if the current economic crisis in Cyprus is going to have much effect on the commodity of tight ends taken. Contrary to the picture that’s painted, NFL draft boards don’t … [Read more...]
In an effort to reduce the number of head injuries that occur on the field, NFL owners approved a new rule this week that will penalize players for striking opponents with the crown of their helmets. The rule will prohibit runners and defenders from lowering their heads and hitting with their helmets when outside of the tackle box — the area of the field between the two offensive tackles. Such hits will result in a 15-yard penalty from the … [Read more...]
Market value - the price that an asset would trade in a competitive auction setting. Usually a term relegated to common stocks, equities, and commodities, "market value" has also been used to keep certain positions out of the Top 10 of the annual NFL Draft. No matter how valuable the player might be on the field, his “market value” as an offensive guard, or nose tackle, or fullback, or offensive center just didn’t justify selecting him … [Read more...]
Flexibility in putting together today’s NFL roster is key to any long term sustainable success. The rigors of surviving and thriving in a 16 game regular season can only come through players unselfishly contributing in many areas on the field and at a moment’s notice. Young players are more often asked to contribute on special teams, something many were immune to throughout college as the primary stars on their squads. But those that … [Read more...]
Remember in the movie “Top Gun” where COUGAR gets shaken by a near miss “lock-on” from an enemy bogey set on blowing his F-14 out of the sky? COUGAR enters the office of his commanding officer to turn in his wings; "I'm holding on too tight, I've lost the edge, I'm sorry sir". And with that one of the Navy’s top young warriors was out of a job, fully trained and physically capable of flying and fighting in one of this country’s … [Read more...]
