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RSP Contest Update and Reads, Listens, Views 12/2
The Name the Prospect Contest has earned a great response and a lot of readers are asking me if I have revealed the answers. You’re going to have to wait a little longer because only 1 reader out of nearly 100 entries has correctly identified all three players. I love a good contest and the…
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History Lesson: Three Pros You Should Know
Every era of the game has players that were great in many aspects of their game, but didn’t have an extended opportunity to prove it statistically. Brandon Lloyd is one of the greatest receivers in the history of the league when it comes to adjusting to the football, but he approached the precipice of his…
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RSP Contest: Guess the WR Prospect
Here’s a guessing game for you. Below I have described three receivers that teams drafted or signed as rookies in the last 3-5 years. All three receivers see significant time with their respective offenses and they all have a similar role. Can you guess each player? The first three people to guess all three players…
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Reads, Listens, Views 11/25
Did you know 40 percent of Vince Young’s career wins are fourth quarter comebacks? I Know How Kevin Smith Feels I was going to play football today for the first time in 22 years – an annual post-Turkey day contest in the neighborhood where I grew up. Then I started running last week. Before you…
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RSP Flashback: Lions RB Kevin Smith
Here is a very brief overview I wrote in the 2008 Rookie Scouting Portfolio about Kevin Smith as an underrated player in the 2008 draft class. Kevin Smith, University of Central Florida: How does a 2000-yard rusher qualify as underrated? When analysts and draftniks dismiss him as a baby-faced junior who is too thin, too…
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Fantasy Throwdown Turkey Day Challenge
There are three NFL games on Thanksgiving. There are three NFL games used to form the player pool for a Fantasy Throwdown challenge. Sounds like a perfect match for a Fantasy Throwdown Turkey Day Competition! Fantasy Throwdown is free to play, drafts are quick, and the game is highly intuitive to pick up. Here’s a…
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Revolutionary
We fear what we don’t understand. And what we do understand is often rooted in the past. Statistics are a record of the past. Conventional thinking is also rooted in the past. But what is conventional today was revolutionary yesterday. And what was revolutionary yesterday was often met with skepticism, fear, and scorn. The round…
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Reads, Listens, Views 11/18
I love how all the non-football players in this peice are ranting about Hester as NFL Films’ No.1 return ace of all time, but the former players all see the truth before the stats proved it. Thanks. Thank you for reading. Thank you for subscribing. And thank you for recommending this blog to friends. Most…
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Penn State Scandal Updates
I think we’ve really lost in this country—and maybe in many countries—a certain value of leadership. The idea that power can be wielded for the common good is kind of up for grabs these days, because there are so many competing commercial interests on governance as we know it. – Investigative reporter Jason Berry on…
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Best Offensive Play of the Year
Aaron Rodgers is amazing. His back shoulder throws and guided-missile burners through three levels of defenders in the middle of the field can leave you speechless. But for my money, there’s nothing better than the elemental force of a running back winning a battle with a linebacker. Especially when that linebacker is perhaps the greatest…