First... the Honorable Mention
Who will be the Bucs actual starting TE?
I know everyone is now going in the comments and say ARE YOU INSANE? It's Gronk. BUT. Hear me out. Even though Gronk is listed as the No. 1 TE, he hasn't played in a year, he has sustained a lot of injuries in the past, and he is joining a new system. However, he does have an advantage. Coach Arians scheme involves being aggressive downfield and what does Gronk to best? Go downfield and get it. On the other hand, OJ Howard is more familiar with the offense. Even though he had a down year.
5. Who will be the Colts CB2?
This is very very interesting. This battle is between Rock Ya-Sin and Xavier Rhodes and when I saw their stats, they were essentially the same in the preseason. Xavier Rhodes just had 1 more assisted tackle than Rock Ya-Sin. Kenny Moore also had similar stats to both of the corners I mentioned before. But, he is more valuable because he had 2.5 sacks and 2 INTs. If Rhodes can regain his Pro Bowl form (this Pro Bowl he made this year was bogus. I'm saying before 2019), he will get this job easy. But, if he doesn't, Ya-Sin will take the job because he is more experienced in this system.
4. Who shall replace the void left by OBJ?
The players here that are competing are Sterling Shepard, Darius Slayton, and Golden Tate. When I personally look at this list, I say they are all good, but not OBJ. There is potential though. I would say Darius Slayton is winning this one. The stats don't lie. And they did have decent QB play (if you are reading this and aren't a Bears fans, you won't get how we see competent QB play). Jones wasn't bad by any means, just at average. Back to the main topic. I already say Golden Tate is out because at this point, he is at max a good WR 2 and an excellent WR 3. Shepard cannot be relied on consistently because of all of his injuries. Had he not been injured so much, he would have been the easy pick, but he got injured a lot. In fact, he had the least receiving yards out of the 3 here. Finally, my man Slayton. The 5th round pick proving he can do it in the big league.
3. Who will be the Ravens No. 2 WR
The Ravens honestly will be fine if their WR 2 is not the best. They are not built like the Chiefs where they must pass the ball. They are a Smashmouth run the ball team. Just look at their fullback. That's not someone you want to mess with. But, Mr. Jackson himself did say that he would pass more. He can't keep going for 1200 rushing yards every season, or he would have to retire at like 30 years old. Anyway, back to the receivers. This is a 4 way battle between Miles Boykin, Devin Duvernay, Willie Snead, James Proche. I would rule out Willie Snead and put him at WR 3. So that puts us at James, Devin, and Miles. I would then rule out Miles Boykin even though he knows what he's doing because he only got 198 yards and 60% catch rate. And so James vs Devin. I finally pick Devin because of his speed, hands, and collage stats. James Proche had similar stats, but worse catch rate and he was at a lesser school than Duvernay.
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2. Who will be the Rams starting HB?
The Rams are kind of in a tight spot right now. Their salary cap space is very bad, so they can't even get a decent O-Linemen. There is a 3 way battle between Cam Akers, Darrell Henderson, and Malcolm Brown. I would already rule out Darrell Henderson because he wasn't very good for them when he was given the chance. Malcolm Brown was a teensy bit better, but not that much better. Cam Akers was lucky enough to play behind a really bad offensive line (one of the worst in collage), so he will transition pretty well to the Rams O-Line. And I name Cam Akers the starting HB.
1. Who will be the Bears starting QB
Now you may think I am biased because I'm a Bears Fan. But, if you ask many people what is the most dominant position battle, they will probably say Trubisky vs Foles if their own team doesn't have a good one. Now, back to the battle. I personally want Trubisky to win, but in a good way. And I want him to do good. When we look at the stats and earlier performances, I think that Trubisky will win. He has 2 good decent TEs to throw to and pretty good receivers. Foles has been very up and down in his career and I think Trubisky is motivated enough to beat him. If you want to see a more in depth review, click here.
A HUGE thanks to ESPN for providing all the depth charts and stats.
This the end of the article. Thanks for reading. See you in the next one.
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