The best (and most underutilized) weapon in Cleveland. Hoping Cleveland changes this post haste.
Friday is the day of the week I like to thank you for being regular readers of the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog. Hopefully you find the content as enjoyable to read as it is to write. I value the comments on the blog and email messages a great deal – keep ’em coming.
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Football
Former Penn State and St. Louis Ram player Tyoka Jackson has the right perspective on this tragic scandal perpetrated on our youth (scroll to segment 3) Hat tip to Footballguys.com colleague and Smart Football Blog contributor Chase Stuart.
Fantasy Football
Sigmund Bloom’s Fantasy Playoff Schedule Outlook
Week 10 Footballguys Staff Roundtable
“Hello, my name is ____ ________ and I’m a Fantasy Throwdown addict.” That’s the common refrain I’ve heard this week on Twitter. Here’s all you need to know:
- This on-on-one weekly game is simple and intuitive, but still strategic and challenging.
- The drafts are flexible to d0: it takes 10 minutes if you and your opponent are online. You can can also email draft and finish several in a week.
- Drafts can include PPR and IDP and you can throw down with anyone with public and private challenges.
- It’s FREE to play.
The draft is the best part of fantasy football and when Mike MacGregor and I couldn’t come up with a good answer why the draft shouldn’t remain a part of fantasy football from the preseason, through the playoffs (and hopefully to the Super Bowl). We decided we needed to do something about it.
Non-Football
Two Degrees of Disaster by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Tweaker: The real genius of Steve Jobs by Malcolm Gladwell
Tunes