The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)

Category: Walk on the Wild Side

  • Footballguys Playoff Challenge

    Footballguys Playoff Challenge

    This year’s contest will award a record-smashing $150,000 Grand Prize and $500,000 in total guaranteed cash prizes, all based on a $200 entry fee.  Footballguys.com and the FFPC present: The World Famous Playoff Challenge, the largest and most exciting playoff contest in all of fantasy football. This year’s contest will award a record-smashing $150,000 Grand…

  • 2013 Fantasy Soundtracks

    2013 Fantasy Soundtracks

    Intro Bloom and I not only grew up as the original members of the MTV Generation, but we were also the first audience of the summer movie blockbuster. From an early age it has been ingrained in us that music is a part of the story line of our lives. If you’re one of us…

  • Eddie Lacy and Why I Prefer Talent Over Situation

    Eddie Lacy and Why I Prefer Talent Over Situation

    Eddie Lacy was my top back in the 2013 class before the NFL Draft. After the draft, I dropped him to fourth in behind Giovani Bernard, Le’Veon Bell, and Marcus Lattimore. Why? The three factors that we learned that caused NFL teams to drop him on their draft boards: Lacy was so out of shape…

  • Walk on The Wildside: Hernandez, Deen, Paulette, and Orcas

    Walk on The Wildside: Hernandez, Deen, Paulette, and Orcas

    Author’s Note: This is not safe for work.  I’m not a preacher, a politician, or an executive. I don’t say all the right things. It definitely applies here. Let’s start with Aaron Hernandez’s arrest on first-degree murder chargers? Do you really need to read a Hallmark card from a people-pleasing columnist who dresses in a…

  • The 2013 RSP “Mocking the Mock”

    The 2013 RSP “Mocking the Mock”

    I don’t do mock drafts. I have nothing against them. If I had more time, I’d probably get into them. They’re entertaining. And you can’t get much more entertaining than a Greg Cosell mock, unless of course you get my wife’s commentary layered over top – Paulette Mooney style with a Billy ‘Superstar’ Graham sensibility.…

  • Character, Media, and the NFL Draft: A Sour Cocktail

    Character, Media, and the NFL Draft: A Sour Cocktail

    I’m 43 years old. Since I was 15, I’ve held 16 types of jobs with 9 different companies. I’m not counting the four soul-sucking hours I spent as a stock boy at a Winn-Dixie. On my lunch hour at that job, I walked out the door and kept walking. Two miles later, I made a…

  • Forget Leon Sandcastle

    Forget Leon Sandcastle

    Forget Leon Sandcastle. He’s a joke – albeit a hilarious one. I’ve dug deep into my contacts to unearth a gem. A prospect so good that he will make you wonder if his career will be on par with the all-time greats. In fact, I guarantee it. To give you some context, Bo Jackson was the…

  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Immeasurable Measure of Greatness

    Walk on the Wild Side: The Immeasurable Measure of Greatness

    “The single trait that separates great quarterbacks from good quarterbacks is the ability to make the great, spontaneous decision, especially at a crucial time. The clock is running down and your team is five points behind. The play that was called has broken down and 22 players are moving in almost unpredictable directions all over…

  • Walk on the Wild Side: Sunday Night in Mobile

    Just wrapping up a Senior Bowl preview with Jene Bramel for the New York Times Fifth Down and I wanted to share two videos of players I’ll be watching closely this week: Oregon State receiver Markus Wheaton and Louisiana Tech pass catcher Quinton Patton. Check out the thank you at the end of this post…

  • Walk on The Wildside: Notes From the RSP Bunker

    Walk on The Wildside: Notes From the RSP Bunker

    It’s been a productive summer and fall at the RSP Film Room. I am closing in on finishing  play-by-play evaluations of 130 different skill position players as my winter vacation is ending and I thought I’d provide a few highlights of what I’ve seen this week. Most of this is lighthearted analysis in three short…