Luke Braun breaks down the fit between Jamal Adams and the Minnesota Vikings defense, steered by Brian Flores. Is Adams' blitzing reputation well-earned? And is it actually a good fit for Flores?
2026 NFL Draft Consensus Big Board: The Top 300 Players in the 2026 NFL Draft, According to 134 Analysts
The 2026 Consensus Big Board is live. 300 players are ranked using data from 134 draft analysts. What makes this consensus board unique? What can we learn from it?
The Kwesi Konundrum: Why Did It Play Out Like This?
The Minnesota Vikings, bafflingly, let go of their general manager in late January. It may have made sense to let him go at season's end, but the timing and reporting is puzzling. We break it down.
Sam Monson and Steve Palazzolo have announced their departures from Pro Football Focus, the company that they've been the face of for years. Is the foundational football data company in trouble?
In 2018, a draft analysis website launched with the intention of improving NFL draft coverage. It changed the industry. And now it seems to be disappearing. What happened?
A post of mine recently went viral, earning over 100,000 likes across two platforms and over 7 million views. Why? And what can it tell us about civic design?
Luke Braun explores how the Vikings have used motion and shifts among the three quarterbacks who played last year — and what that might mean for the run game.
We're about to — officially — celebrate 250 years of the United States. As the World Cup has engendered a new appreciation of Americana, it's worth asking what we're celebrating and what America really is
Luke Braun breaks down the fit between Jamal Adams and the Minnesota Vikings defense, steered by Brian Flores. Is Adams' blitzing reputation well-earned? And is it actually a good fit for Flores?
Jalen Redmond Is Good, In Case You Failed To Notice
Jalen Redmond is poised to play a big role for the Vikings this year, even after their draft investments. Was his success last year a fluke or something he and the Vikings can build on? Luke Braun explores.
We're about to — officially — celebrate 250 years of the United States. As the World Cup has engendered a new appreciation of Americana, it's worth asking what we're celebrating and what America really is
One Does Not Simply Replace Harrison Smith, Part 3: About Cover 4
Luke Braun goes into the pattern-match rules of the aggressively modern Brian Flores defense, how Harrison Smith knows exactly how to break those rules, and why that's rare
One Does Not Simply Replace Harrison Smith, Part (Cover) 2
Luke Braun continues his series on the challenges the Vikings face replacing Harrison Smith with Part 2 of 3, an explanation of how safeties in Brian Flores' system are supposed to handle Cover 2 (and how they actually handle it).
One Does Not Simply Replace Harrison Smith: A Three-Part Series
Luke Braun begins the first of a three-part series discussing the irreplaceability of Harrison Smith. First, we talk technique and how his potential replacements stack up.
The Vikings largely stood still in free agency, making just one splash move: signing Kyler Murray to a league-minimum contract. It's an improvement over their quarterback situation, but how much?
We’ve seen some position-best scores and position-best averages advertised by the NFL and posted across social media. But there may be more to than meets the eye with these kinds of scores
Can We Learn Anything from Chip Tracking in All-Star Practices?
The Shrine Bowl and Senior Bowl have tracked players during practices for years. Recently, the Shrine Bowl opened this data to their public analytics competition. Can it help project draft prospects?
