
Last year, I managed a project where 15 writers built their own teams according to the guidelines of a strict salary cap and list of player values. They presented their picks and then answered questions about personnel talent and fit with scheme. If I had the time I would have presented a dozen more reader teams from those of you who wanted to share what they built.
The 2013 Rookie Scouting Portfolio Writers Project will be under management from Footballguys co-owner Sigmund Bloom, who will be running a 32-team start-up draft with fantasy football style serpentine order that includes a third-round reversal. For the sake of time and this being our first go at this process, we are not allowing trades and the player pool will consist of veterans only.
We’ll see how many rounds we can go with this crew. If we build an entire roster I’ll be shocked, but I think even as little as a few rounds will have fun analysis. Update: There’s strong sentiment to build at least a starting lineup.
The draft will take place on Twitter and I will update the results every 24-36 hours with commentary from the team owners. Here is a list of the participating writers by their draft order (each name is linked to a page that will eventually have analysis of each of their picks):
- Dane Brugler, NFL Draft Scout, @dpbrugler
- Sam Monson, Pro Football Focus, @PFF_Sam
- Josh Katzowitz, CBS Sports, @joshkatzowitz
- Matt Miller, Bleacher Report/Former CFL Scout, @nfldraftscout
- NFLosophy (Former NFL Ops Coordinator), @nflosophy
- Sigmund Bloom, Footballguys/Bleacher Report, @SigmundBloom
- Lance Zierlein, Sideline View, @Lance Zierlein
- Ben Muth, Football Outsiders/Former NFL Player, @FO_wordofmuth
- Cian Fahey, Guardian, @cianaf
- Will Brinson, CBS Sports, @willbrinson
- Chris Burke, Sports Illustrated, @chrisburke_SI
- Matt Williamson, ESPN/Former NFL Scout, @WilliamsonNFL
- Rumford Johnny, 2MugsFF, @rumfordjohnny
- Alex Miglio, Pro Football Focus/Bleacher Report/The Huddle, @alexmiglio
- Russ Lande, GM Jr./National Football Post/Former NFL Scout, @russlande
- Joe Goodberry, Cincy Jungle, @joegoodberry
- Josh Norris, Rotoworld/NFL.com, @joshnorris
- Aaron Schatz, Football Outsiders, @FO_ASchatz
- Michael Schottey, Bleacher Report, @Schottey
- Josh Liskiewitz, GM Jr./Football Standard, @joshliskiewitz
- Jene Bramel, Footballguys/Second Opinion, @jenebramel
- Field Yates, ESPN, @fieldyates
- Scott Kacsmar, Bleacher Report/Cold Hard Football Facts, @captaincomeback
- Simon Clancy, BBC Radio/Sports Illustrated, @siclancy
- Ian Kenyon, Bleacher Report, @iankenyonNFL
- Marc Lillibridge, Bleacher Report/NFL Agent, @NFLBridge
- Matt Waldman, Rookie Scouting Portfolio/Footballguys/Football Outsiders, @mattwaldman
- Ryan Riddle, Bleacher Report/Former NFL Player, @ryan_riddle
- Mike Tanier, Sports on Earth, @MikeTanier
- Dave Richard, CBS Sports, @daverichard
- Danny Kelly, Field Gulls, @fieldgulls
- Chase Stuart, Footballperspective/Footballguys, @fbgchase
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Is this a dynasty drrt , like the real NFL where you keep the palyers for their entire career? and you are drafting ateam as if you would play them on th efield, so player positions(O lineman etc ) are as valuable as they are in the NFL?
Thanks
It’s an open ended exercise and not fantasy oriented, although from my perspective some of the writers have a little Daniel Snyder to their perspective when it comes to thinking they’re fielding a fantasy team 😉