Reads Listens Views 8/8/2014

By Matt WaldmanAugust 8, 2014

Photo by Jimmy Kong. See more at http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/01/eye-of-the-spider-jimmy-kong/

Colossal Spiders, Trent Richardson, What If Series, Bonsai Music, and RSP Post-Draft

Views

What is Reads Listens Views?

If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. I post links on Fridays to content I’m saving for later consumption or pieces that I found compelling. You may not like everything listed here, but you’re bound to like something.

Download the 2014 Rookie Scouting Portfolio + Post-Draft Update!

Friday’s are also my chance to thank you for reading my work, encourage you to follow the RSP blog, and download the Rookie Scouting Portfolio publication.

The 2014 Rookie Scouting Portfolio Post-Draft Add-On is ready for download. If you’re in a dynasty league, the combination of the 2014 RSP and the RSP Post-Draft will have you prepared for this year and beyond. Want details? Need details? I have ’em right here:

84 pages
How to use the RSP and RSP-Post Draft together
Overrated/Underrated
Good/Bad post-draft fits
UDFAs to watch
Long-term dynasty waiver wire gems
Strategic overview of 2014 rookie drafts
Tiered Value Chart Cheat Sheet across all positions
Post-Draft rankings analysis and commentary–including notes about impending contracts years of competition on the depth charts
Average Draft Position (ADP) Data of 19 dynasty drafts
RSP Ranking-to-ADP Value Data
Raw Data Worksheets to continue calculating additional ADP data for future drafts

Hell, take a video tour of the 2013 post-draft to see what I mean:

Seriously, this analysis is worth the price of the 2014 RSP package alone, but you get this as a part of your purchase with the 2014 RSP. Remember 10 percent of each sale is donated to Darkness to Light to prevent sexual abuse in communities across the United States. While that alone should get you to download the RSP package, do it because you will be blown away with the detail and insight of the analysis and content. It’s why the RSP has grown so much in the past nine years.

Best yet, 10 percent of each RSP sale is donated to Darkness to Light, a non-profit devoted to preventing and addressing sexual abuse through community training in schools, religious groups, and a variety of civic groups across the U.S.

Download the 2014 RSP and RSP Post-Draft here

Reads/Views (Football)

Turner’s Watchful Eye Has Vikings on Fast Track – The nuggets of analysis from Turner about quarterbacking in this piece are gold. It confirmed things I’ve seen and analyzed about quarterbacks in the RSP. I highly recommend reading.
Trent Richardson Is A Beast – Brett Kollman’s take after watching the film.
Is The Problem Trent Richardson or The Colts? – Thought I’d reprise Ben Muth’s view as well.

Listens

This site wants to get you to listen by advertising fear. I want you to listen because it’s beautiful

Reads (Life In General)

Colorized Photos From the Past – For the “Easy Scrolling” crowd or you need a break break.
President Takes $90K Paycut to Raise Wages For Frontline Workers – At a southern university no less. I’m impressed.
Microscopic Time Lapse of Snowflakes Forming
The Most Beautifully Terrifying Spiders You Never Knew Existed
Advice From a Vegan Cardiologist – The President-Elect of the American College of Cardiology. Here comes the political firestorm within the physician community . . .

Views

If you look at the physical properties of the things Diego uses to make music, the compositions really take on the quality of objects he uses to make the music.