Jene Bramel 
14 Players at Risk of a Medical Red Flag on Draft Day(0)
Reblogged from Second Opinion: The primary driver of a player’s draft position is talent. But the most talented players aren’t always drafted first. Many factors unrelated to talent prompt teams to take a talented player off their draft board entirely. This year’s draft includes a long list of talented players who may be flagged as… Read More ›
Ezekiel Ansah: Next Man Up in the Potential vs Polish Debate
The scouting community and NFL player personnel departments love potential. It’s easy to project a player with elite combination of size and athleticism to future stardom. But the gap between potential and production is not trivial in the NFL. Jene Bramel explores this potential versus polish debate through the lens of defensive end Ezekiel Ansah… Read More ›
RSP Writers Q&A: Jene Bramel, Footballguys.com
Bramel RSP Q&A You gotta love reading the work of a writer who understands how to complement simplicity with complexity and present it in an easy to understand manner. I think Jene Bramel does this as well as anyone in the football hemisphere today. Whether its injuries, X’s and O’s, or fantasy football strategy, Bramel… Read More ›
RSP Writers Project Team: Jene Bramel, Footballguys.com
Jene Bramel’s football writing career is filled with three-letter abbreviations: NFL, IDP, PUP, ACL, MCL, and FBG. The Footballguys writer is one of the most well-regarded fantasy analysts for injuries and individual defensive players. The author of the injury blog Second Opinion also contributes to the RSP once in a while. He was also a… Read More ›
Beanie Wells: Microfracture?
Reblogged from Second Opinion: When asked about his late January knee surgery yesterday, Beanie Wells told reporters that it was “just a scope,” then suggested it was “a little more complicated” than meniscus surgery. When asked specifically about microfracture surgery, Wells reportedly smiled but said no more, seemingly hinting he did have a microfracture procedure. Meanwhile,… Read More ›
Stacking Up To Jason Pierre-Paul
By Jene Bramel Editor’s Note: Dr. Jene Bramel is a staff writer at Footballguys.com where he is among the best in the fantasy football business analyzing individual defensive players and player injuries. His top-notch work includes the columns “Reading the Defense,” “Second Opinion,” and his popular segments on The Audible podcasts. You can find more… Read More ›
Quinton Coples Part II: Pad Level And The Pass Rush
Editor’s Note: Dr. Jene Bramel is a staff writer at Footballguys.com where he is among the best in the fantasy football business analyzing individual defensive players and player injuries. His top-notch work includes the columns “Reading the Defense,” “Second Opinion,” and his popular segments on The Audible podcasts. You can find the first part of… Read More ›
UNC DE Quinton Coples: The Importance of Pad Level
By Jene Bramel Editor’s Note: Dr. Jene Bramel is a staff writer at Footballguys.com where he is among the best in the fantasy football business analyzing individual defensive players and player injuries. His top-notch work includes the columns “Reading the Defense,” “Second Opinion,” and his popular segments on The Audible podcasts. Jene would never tell… Read More ›
Jene Bramel: Scheme Versatility
NFL offenses continue to stretch the binding of their playbooks. Many offenses have gone to spread concepts as their base alignment, using multiple receivers on every down. Those receiving options aren’t necessarily traditional wideouts. The New England Patriots have generated match up nightmares over the past two seasons by huddling with two tight ends and/or… Read More ›
Senior Bowl First Impressions
Day 1 Impressions By Jene Bramel Under the mentorship (and light hazing) of Matt and Cecil Lammey, I’m credentialed to cover the Senior Bowl for the first time and getting a crash course in the world of pre-draft scouting in Mobile this week. You can read our detailed scouting observations from Day 1 and check… Read More ›
