HE Soder

Highest EPA per dropback among NFL QBs in the playoffs since 2021, per TruMedia: 🎯 Jordan Love, GB (+0.25) 🎯 Patrick Mahomes, KC (+0.21) 🎯 Matthew Stafford, LAR (+0.21) 🎯 Josh Allen, BUF (+0.19) 🎯 Jared Goff, DET (+0.18) 🎯 Jayden Daniels, WAS (+0.16) 🎯 Brock Purdy, SF (+0.11) 🎯 Lamar Jackson, BAL (+0.06) 🎯 Dak Prescott, DAL (+0.06) 🎯 Jalen Hurts, PHI (+0.05) *Minimum 100 pass attempts

🧀 The Green Bay Packers are the real America’s Team

Kraft had nine receptions vs man coverage last year (not including designed bubble screens). Those came against linebacker and safety types such as Jack Campbell, Will Harris, Josh Sweat, Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, Patrick Queen, DeShon Elliott, Payton Wilson, Chuck Clark, and Christian Rozeboom. Of those nine, five were legitimate routes that did not involve a rub route, screen, or chip and release, where the linebackers were focusing on the mesh point while Kraft was working upfield. Inline tight ends have an advantage by design. They're difficult to account for: Are they blocking or feigning blocking and releasing? Often used as the underneath options in open space vs defenders who are preoccupied with WRs running routes in the intermediate/deep portions of the field.

It doesn’t matter all that much in the scheme of things - $1.5 million in NFL terms is couch cushion money (I get how off putting that is) - but $1 million roster bonus for McManus for absolutely nothing and $500k to Trevon Diggs for 1 meaningful snap is an interesting use of $.