Wide Receiver Power Rankings and Top 30

Not too long ago, ESPN began a new feature on their website, wherein eight writers associated with ESPN rank the top 10 players at a given position. They started this past Tuesday with the wide receivers. Here’s the link to the original article: http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/33997/power-rankings-top-10-nfl-receivers

                Whatever you may think of ESPN and their coverage, it’s inarguable that they can at least think up some good talking points. While I was probably going to do a similar set of lists closer to the season, it makes more sense for me to critique these lists and provide my own take, rather than coming up with them again in a few months.

Super Bowl Preview

Well this is it. The Super Bowl is just about here. So, as is traditional and before I put myself in a calorie coma from too much red meat, let’s cover a preview of this game, position-by-position. We’ll start off with the grinders in the middle.

Offensive-Line: It’s odd that for a pair of teams that have come this far and have had so much success through the course of the regular season and post season would have such maligned offensive lines. This is especially true of the Steelers offensive line. All of that certainly has to do with the amount of injuries that the Steelers offensive line has suffered. Planned starting tackles Willie Colon and Max Starks have missed the majority of this season with injuries, leaving the responsibility of protecting Ben Roethlisberger’s flanks to Flozell Adams and Jonathan Scott. Scott has been pretty good in the running game and can stonewall weak pass rushers, but does struggle with faster players (like Clay Matthews).