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The evolution of the Shanahan offense has been key to the 49ers’ success

by: Steve Palazzolo — Pro Football Focus 6h

PFF's Steve Palazzolo explains how Kyle Shanahan's adapted offense has made waves through the NFL.

Atlanta Falcons

... gton Redskins 2013 OC 79.0 16/32 Cleveland Browns 2014 OC 74.7 19/32 Atlanta Falcons 2015 OC 83.1 8/32 Atlanta Falcons 2016 OC 94.1 1/32 San Francisco 49ers 2017 ...

San Francisco 49ers

... ta Falcons 2015 OC 83.1 8/32 Atlanta Falcons 2016 OC 94.1 1/32 San Francisco 49ers 2017 HC 74.9 13/32 San Francisco 49ers 2018 HC 73.9 19/32 San Francisco 49er ...

Jeff Ratcliffe’s Super Bowl fantasy football focus: Facts, predictions, and tips

by: Jeff Ratcliffe — Pro Football Focus 8h

PFF's Jeff Ratcliffe breaks down Super Bowl fantasy football from every angle in his focus piece.

Kansas City Chiefs

... Mahomes to feed Kelce. Jan 19, 2020; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins (14) celebrates with wide receiver Demarcus Robi ...

San Francisco 49ers

... Divisional Round win over the Texans where Kelce saw a massive workload. The 49ers were among the league leaders in Cover-3 usage at 34.5% of their defensive p ...

John Lynch deserves more respect as a talent evaluator

by: Michael Renner — Pro Football Focus 9h

PFF's Mike Renner uses PFF WAR to explain why John Lynch deserves more respect as an NFL GM.

Assessing free agent value through comparable players: offensive linemen

by: Kevin Cole — Pro Football Focus 10h

PFF data scientist Kevin Cole uses past stats and grades to match our top-ranked free agent offensive linemen with historical players in order to get an idea of the current player’s range of outcomes.

2020 NFL Draft position rankings

by: Michael Renner — Pro Football Focus 11h

PFF senior analyst Mike Renner offers up a look at PFF's top 10 rankings at each position as draft season heats up.

Ranking every Super Bowl performance by a quarterback PFF has ever graded

by: Anthony Treash — Pro Football Focus 11h

PFF's Anthony Treash lists all 36 of the quarterback performances in a Super Bowl that PFF has graded.

Andy Reid’s risk aversion could cost him the Super Bowl

by: Kevin Cole — Pro Football Focus 11h

PFF data scientist Kevin Cole explains how Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid's tendency to get conservative could work against the team in the Super Bowl.

Kansas City Chiefs

... defenses don’t point to that outcome. After digging into the numbers for the Chiefs’ offense the last two seasons, specifically in games they went on to lose, y ...

PFF’s 2020 QB Annual is LIVE!

by: PFF.com — Pro Football Focus 11h

PFF's 2020 QB Annual is available to all EDGE and ELITE subscribers.

Most impactful draft picks by the San Francisco 49ers in the Shanahan-Lynch era

by: Eric Eager — Pro Football Focus 11h

PFF's Eric Eager details the draft picks that have been essential to San Francisco's rebuild under John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan.

San Francisco 49ers

... n four seasons from 2014 to 2018.  John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan have put the 49ers in a position to be the NFC’s dominant team again, and while trading a secon ...

How the league’s most elusive running backs matter for fantasy

by: Scott Barrett — Pro Football Focus 12h

PFF Fantasy senior analyst Scott Barrett looks at the running backs with the highest elusive rating and sees how that relates to their fantasy abilities.

Best of PFF.com: Five articles to read today

by: PFF.com — Pro Football Focus 27 Jan

PFF highlights some key takeaways from Monday, including our final QB rankings from the 2019 NFL season.