Archive for November, 2011
RSP Contest: Guess the WR Prospect
Here’s a guessing game for you. Below I have described three receivers that teams drafted or signed as rookies in the last 3-5 years. All three receivers see significant time with their respective offenses and they all have a similar role. Can you guess each player? The first three people to guess all three players… Read More ›
Reads, Listens, Views 11/25
Did you know 40 percent of Vince Young’s career wins are fourth quarter comebacks? I Know How Kevin Smith Feels I was going to play football today for the first time in 22 years – an annual post-Turkey day contest in the neighborhood where I grew up. Then I started running last week. Before you… Read More ›
RSP Flashback: Lions RB Kevin Smith
Here is a very brief overview I wrote in the 2008 Rookie Scouting Portfolio about Kevin Smith as an underrated player in the 2008 draft class. Kevin Smith, University of Central Florida: How does a 2000-yard rusher qualify as underrated? When analysts and draftniks dismiss him as a baby-faced junior who is too thin, too… Read More ›
Fantasy Throwdown Turkey Day Challenge
There are three NFL games on Thanksgiving. There are three NFL games used to form the player pool for a Fantasy Throwdown challenge. Sounds like a perfect match for a Fantasy Throwdown Turkey Day Competition! Fantasy Throwdown is free to play, drafts are quick, and the game is highly intuitive to pick up. Here’s a… Read More ›
Revolutionary
We fear what we don’t understand. And what we do understand is often rooted in the past. Statistics are a record of the past. Conventional thinking is also rooted in the past. But what is conventional today was revolutionary yesterday. And what was revolutionary yesterday was often met with skepticism, fear, and scorn. The round… Read More ›
Reads, Listens, Views 11/18
I love how all the non-football players in this peice are ranting about Hester as NFL Films’ No.1 return ace of all time, but the former players all see the truth before the stats proved it. Thanks. Thank you for reading. Thank you for subscribing. And thank you for recommending this blog to friends. Most… Read More ›
Penn State Scandal Updates
I think we’ve really lost in this country—and maybe in many countries—a certain value of leadership. The idea that power can be wielded for the common good is kind of up for grabs these days, because there are so many competing commercial interests on governance as we know it. – Investigative reporter Jason Berry on… Read More ›
Best Offensive Play of the Year
Aaron Rodgers is amazing. His back shoulder throws and guided-missile burners through three levels of defenders in the middle of the field can leave you speechless. But for my money, there’s nothing better than the elemental force of a running back winning a battle with a linebacker. Especially when that linebacker is perhaps the greatest… Read More ›
The RSP Blog’s Top 20 QBs (2006-2011) Part II (10-1)
Ranking players is perhaps the least important part of the analysis I do when I create the Rookie Scouting Portfolio. I do realize that rankings are important to many of you who buy the RSP and the process I undertake to arrive at my lists is intensive. However, as me, Chad Reuter, Matt Williamson, Dan… Read More ›
Sunday Mailbag 11/13
Fusue Vue via Twitter: Does Denarius Moore remind you of Brandon Lloyd? MW: Fusue, I can see where Moore and Lloyd’s games have parallels. Both receivers do a tremendous job adjusting to the football. However, I think each player has some distinct differences. I think Moore is a better player with the ball in his… Read More ›
