Cabache's Corner

The NFL’s preseason is over. The 2018 regular season starts in six days on Thursday night, with the Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Atlanta Falcons. Before that, though, every team has to go through the arduous task of trimming their rosters’ of 80+ down to 53 players. Over next two days, 1,184 NFL players will be fired from their jobs. Some will return to practice squads, but many will have no choice but to move on. There is no busier transactional time in the NFL than this weekend. For many it is a brutal weekend they won’t forget. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 31, 2018 The Baltimore Ravens are about to embark on a crucial season. After failing to reach the playoffs in each of the last three years, the pressure is on the staff and many players to get back this year. To do this the Ravens have to pick the right 53 to kick the season off hot. With many new faces and a hell of a lot of depth after a 5-0 preseason, the competition for roster spots has been fier...

The Philadelphia Eagles are World Champions. That is a sentence that has never before been typed in the Super Bowl era. The night of February 4 proved to be the third time lucky for the Eagles, as they knocked off the dynasty that has ruled over the NFL for 16 years: the New England Patriots. It was a glorious display of football. Enjoying the game as a neutral was a blessing as it lived up to all of the hype of the Super Bowl. Even considering recency bias, this game has to make an immediate claim to be one of the top ten or better Super Bowls. Dare I say it was better than the Patriots’ victory last year? The Eagles ultimately prevailed, 41-33, thanks to one of the only big defensive plays of the game. Brandon Graham and Chris Long pressured Brady, enough to allow Graham to get the first sack and the first Patriots’ turnover of the day. The Eagles took over with just over two minutes left and hit a field goal with just one minute and five seconds remaining. The Patriots, ...

Hello! And welcome to my corner! In the coming weeks I'll be revealing my top 10 at each position and eventually my top 100 players in the NFL. Unlike the traditional rankings, though, I'm basing these rankings entirely on the 2015 season and the 2015 season only. Not looking further than that and without influence from their name alone. I got this series underway when I revealed my  Top 10 Kickers and Punters of 2015  back in May. I've now unveiled the  Safeties ,  Cornerbacks ,  Inside Linebackers ,  Outside Linebackers ,  Defensive Ends ,  Defensive Tackles ,  Offensive Lineman  and the Tight Ends . Now we have arrived at the most exciting positions, and to kick it off, here are my Top 10 Wide Receivers of 2015: 10. Demaryius Thomas, Denver Broncos 105 Receptions (Rec), 1304 yards (Yds), 6 Touchdowns (TDs). Demaryius Thomas managed to slip under the radar a little last season thanks to everything else that was happening...

Hello! And welcome to my corner! In the coming weeks I'll be revealing my top 10 at each position and eventually my top 100 players in the NFL. Unlike the traditional rankings, though, I'm basing these rankings entirely on the 2015 season and the 2015 season only. Not looking further than that and without influence from their name alone. Earlier this month I got this series underway when I revealed my  Top 10 Kickers and Punters of 2015 . I've now unveiled the  Safeties ,  Cornerbacks ,  Inside Linebackers ,  Outside Linebackers ,  Defensive Ends ,  Defensive Tackles  and  Offensive Lineman . Now we have arrived at the offensive skill positions. Without further ado, then, here are my Top 10 Tight Ends of 2015: 10. Zach Ertz, Philadelphia Eagles 75 Receptions (Rec), 853 Yards (Yds), 2 Touchdowns (TD's) Honestly, the Eagles offense wasn't exactly worth cheering for last year. They suffered from relatively poor QB play, an inconsis...

Hello! And welcome to my corner! In the coming weeks I'll be revealing my top 10 at each position and eventually my top 100 players in the NFL. Unlike the traditional rankings, though, I'm basing these rankings entirely on the 2015 season and the 2015 season only. Not looking further than that and without influence from their name alone. Earlier this month I got this series underway when I revealed my  Top 10 Kickers and Punters of 2015 . I've now unveiled the  Safeties ,  Corner ,  Inside Linebackers ,  Outside Linebackers ,  Defensive Ends , Defensive Tackles and now it's time for the big uglies, the Offensive Linemen. Before I start, I will just say that I am by no means an offensive line expert, so I this ranking is made purely from what I assumed looked like good offensive line play. Without further ado, then, here are my Top 10 Offensive Linemen of 2015: 10. Trent Williams, T, Washington Redskins Williams has long been the offensive lin...

Hello! And welcome to my corner! In the coming weeks I'll be revealing my top 10 at each position and eventually my top 100 players in the NFL. Unlike the traditional rankings, though, I'm basing these rankings entirely on the 2015 season and the 2015 season only. Not looking further than that and without influence from their name alone. Earlier this month I got this series underway when I revealed my  Top 10 Kickers and Punters of 2015 . I've now unveiled the  Safeties ,  Corner ,  Inside Linebackers ,  Outside Linebackers , Defensive Ends and I'm now onto the defensive tackles. Without further ado, then, here are my Top 10 Defensive Tackles from 2015: 10. Marcell Dareus, Buffalo Bills 51 Combined tackles (Comb), 2 Sacks (Sck). Dareus has been one of the positions best for several years now, but he didn't seem like quite the same player this year in Rex Ryan's scheme. Nevertheless, he wasn't exactly bad either and still showed the same skills...

Hello! And welcome to my corner! In the coming weeks I'll be revealing my top 10 at each position and eventually my top 100 players in the NFL. Unlike the traditional rankings, though, I'm basing these rankings entirely on the 2015 season and the 2015 season only. Not looking further than that and without influence from their name alone. Earlier this month I got this series underway when I revealed my  Top 10 Kickers and Punters of 2015 . I've now unveiled the  Safeties , Corner ,  Inside Linebackers  and Outside Linebackers , and I'm now onto the defensive ends. Without further ado, then, here are my Top 10 Defensive Ends from 2015: 4-3 DE’s 10. Jabaal Sheard, New England Patriots 37 Combined Tackles (Comb), 8 Sacks (Sck), 4 Forced Fumbles (FF). Having been unable to make an impact for any team in his short amount of time there, Sheard did exactly that last year as the Patriots secondary pass rusher. Not only are his 8 sacks and 4 forced fumbl...