Doug Farrar

Joined: Dec 17, 2013

SI.com contributing NFL writer and Seattle resident Doug Farrar started writing about football locally in 2002, and became Football Outsiders' West Coast NFL guy in 2006. He was fascinated by FO's idea to combine Bill James with Dr. Z, and wrote for the site for six years. He wrote a game-tape column called "Cover-2" for a number of years, and contributed to six editions of "Pro Football Prospectus" and the "Football Outsiders Almanac." In 2009, Doug was invited to join Yahoo Sports' NFL team, and covered Senior Bowls, scouting combines, Super Bowls, and all sorts of other things for Yahoo Sports and the Shutdown Corner blog through June, 2013. Doug received the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse from SI.com in 2013, and that was that. Doug has also written for the Seattle Times, the Washington Post, the New York Sun, FOX Sports, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine. He also makes regular appearances on several local and national radio shows, and has hosted several podcasts over the years. He counts Dan Jenkins, Thomas Boswell, Frank Deford, Ralph Wiley, Peter King, and Bill Simmons as the writers who made him want to do this for a living. In his rare off-time, Doug can be found reading, hiking, working out, searching for new Hendrix, Who, and MC5 bootlegs, and wondering if the Mariners will ever be good again.

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76. Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Cardinals

As a cherry atop his Hall of Fame career, Fitzgerald has developed into a great escape hatch for quarterbacks in the Cardinals’ offense as a slot receiver.

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72. Julian Edelman, WR, Patriots

Perhaps it’s his appearance, but people tend to think of Edelman as more of a slot receiver than he really is.

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58. Jarvis Landry, WR, Dolphins

Landry has the downfield speed to excel outside and threaten deep coverage on vertical seam and over routes.

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The Five-Year Dynasty: Building the ideal NFL offense through 2020

If you wanted to build a team from the league’s current talent pool that would win the most games over the next five seasons, which players would you choose?

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56. Mike Pouncey, C, Dolphins

Miami now has four first-round picks on its line, and Pouncey is probably the best of the bunch.

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85. Ryan Kalil, C, Panthers

Kalil's leadership and physical acumen make him one of the NFL's best.

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34. Travis Frederick, C, Cowboys

Travis Frederick has always been a mauler in the zone run game, but it's his development as a pass protector that makes him the NFL's best center.

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The NFL’s best centers

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