MMQB: 2018 team previews

[Slaine]

They're writing worst to first so they've already got all of the AFC North teams other than us done. Some interesting things in there too:

Ravens - https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/08/14/baltimore-ravens-2018-preview-lamar-jackson
Bengals - https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/08/09/cincinnati-bengals-2018-nfl-preview
Clowns - https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/07/24/cleveland-browns-2018-nfl-preview

All written by Andy Benoit who seems to know his stuff.

An example of the sort of stuff that I liked:

2. Cleveland’s scheme—featuring spread formations with isolated routes, forcing the QB to read easily disguised defenses and make difficult downfield throws—did nothing to help Kizer last year and led to many of his interceptions. One theory as to why Jackson, a creative offensive mind, ran an unimaginintive system is because he didn’t fully trust his receiving corps. With so little experience, the group was ill-equipped to handle more layered schematic concepts like pre-snap motion, intertwined routes and post-snap pattern adjustments.

 

[slashsteel]

Waiting for the Steelers one.

 

[Hines57]

Is MMQB even readable now that Peter King left?

I had to stop reading Peter King a year or two ago. I feel like the PFT blog style reporting is making journalists write stuff that doesn't jibe with covering the game.