Archive for December, 2011
Message from Footballguys Players National Champion
I had my worst year in 15 seasons playing fantasy football. I made the playoffs in only 50 percent of my leagues. In fact I had four teams miss the playoffs, which accounts for 40 percent of my total non-playoff qualifiers in my career in the hobby. But a nice consolation has been the number… Read More ›
Boycotting the Corner Store: A Lesson for RBs
Isaiah Pead is an NFL running back prospect for the 2012 NFL Draft. The 5’11″, 198-pound University of Cincinnati senior is agile, and quick. He earns his tuition gaining yards from spread and pistol sets. This morning I’m watching Pead gain 191 total yards from scrimmage and score two touchdowns against NC State. I’m not… Read More ›
Gone Fishing
For the next week I’ll be spending most of my waking hours watching college prospects. I have studied nearly 100 players this fall for the 2012 RSP, which will be available on April 1. With time off from work, I’m devoting my break solely to watching film. I’m also depressed about Adrian Peterson’s injury. I… Read More ›
On the Defense: The RSP Football Writers Project
By Jene Bramel Last week, Matt introduced the RSP Football Writers Project, in which a collection of football writers and thinkers will have 4-6 weeks to put together an NFL team. Each writer will have access to any player they want, but they’ll be forced to work within a salary cap and personnel requirements. More… Read More ›
Guy Lights a Fire Under Bank of America’s Hind Parts
Occasionally, I like to write about things here that have nothing to do with football and today I was alerted to a story about an MBA candidate that I wrote about at my day job. He won a prestigious entrepreneurship competition for presenting a pitch for a product that actually has football implications – a… Read More ›
RSP Football Writers Project: The Readers Team
Last week, I announced the RSP Football Writers Project, which is the collection of terrific football writers who will each be given 4-6 weeks to construct an NFL team from scratch within the constraints of a salary cap. Fellow Footballguys.com writer Sigmund Bloom and I will be developing the salary list, personnel requirements, and fundamental… Read More ›
A Tebow-Fox Back Story
The X’s and O’s of Tim Tebow, a podcast produced by Doug Farrar on Shutdown Corner featuring Cecil Lammey, provides great analysis on the Broncos quarterback. I had the pleasure of speaking with former NFL scout Russ Lande this week in Atlanta about Tebow, and Lande shared an excellent back story about Broncos coach John… Read More ›
Reads, Listens, Views 12/16
Bill Walsh and the art of quarterbacking Reads Coming this spring to the RSP Blog is an exercise I am calling The RSP Football Writers Project. Some of the top football writers and analysts I have the fortune of knowing will be given 4-6 weeks to construct their own teams from top to bottom with… Read More ›
Mike MacGregor: Evolution of Fantasy Football Players
Mike MacGregor and I are co-founders of the 1-on-1 game, FantasyThrowdown.com. and I thought I’d share his message with you about the evolution of the hobby and the people playing it. Evolution of Fantasy Football Players We are right in the thick of traditional fantasy football league playoff time, Weeks 14-16 of the NFL season,… Read More ›
RSP Football Writers Project
Secretly, we all want to build a football team. It’s why we’re passionate about every player recruited, drafted, traded, and signed. It’s why we play fantasy football. It’s why many of us are fanatical about the NFL draft. After a few weeks of my rants to Footballguys writer Sigmund Bloom about Steelers tight end Heath… Read More ›
