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Gut Check No.242: 2015 Upside Down Draft Strategy
Upside Down Drafting. High Stakes winners have used it, there’s a book on it, and it has even earned a different name. Waldman coined the original name. Learn about his UDD approach for 2015. UDD CLIFFS NOTES If you aren’t familiar with the UDD Strategy here’s the basic explanation of the philosophy, the strategy, and…
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Gut Check No.341: Updated PPR Tiers w/Safe, Balanced, High-Risk Team Builds
Waldman updates his PPR tiers and applies risk-reward thinking as he builds three teams along the way. ABOUT MY TIERS My 2015 tiers have greater subtlety of detail than previous incarnations. It’s not a fully realized fantasy TripTik. I’m not sure it will ever be. One of the differences between my tiers and others is…
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RSP Boiler Room No.2: Ole Miss WR Laquon Treadwell
Membership to the Laquon Treadwell fan club is free, unless you’re a defensive back. Learn why there’s a lot more to Treadwell’s game than the screen pass. The RSP Film Room has a new series: The RSP Boiler Room. These will be short videos 5-15 minutes in length that profile a small number of plays…
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Reads Listens Views 8/7/2015
A twin bill from Emory Hunt and crew at Football Game Plan leading off Reads Listens Views. Reads: Football: A Love Story & What Did Football Teach Me This duo of publications compiled by the crew at Footballgameplan.com is time well-spent. I found myself 30 pages into Football: A Love Story while standing next to my mailbox. Both books…
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@RealitySportsOn (Reality Sports Online) Writers’ League: The Free Agent Auction
Waldman profiles his auction plan and execution from this week’s RSO Writers’ League free agent auction. My favorite fantasy drafts are auctions. It’s the one format where you get to target the players you value the most rather than hope that they fall to you. Free agent auctions offer a different twist. The limitations of an…
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Gut Check No.340: Players I’m Wary Of
Suspending our knowledge of depth charts, scheme, and role, Waldman looks at 20 rounds of players he regards with a wary eye. Last week’s post was the answer to the most common question I’m asked by fantasy owners. This week’s post is not the second-most common question, but it’s high on the list: Who are the…
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Reality Sports Writers’ League Rookie Draft
One of the best formats where I compete in fantasy football is Reality Sports Online, started by two former NFL employees with legal and salary cap expertise. This is an auction league with contract keepers. The salaries are realistic, there are players to franchise, and there are multi-year contracts that are a part of the…
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Waldman’s Receivers to Defend the Planet: Randy Moss
There were more than a few players I selected for my team to defend the planet who were more difficult decisions than I anticipated. Adding Randy Moss to my team was easy. You will get no hand wringing from me about Randy Moss. He smoked blunts before high school games. He beat the mess out of…
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Reads Listens Views 7/31/2015
Welcome to back Reads Listens Views, glad to see you. Listens: Dave Holland “Mr. PC” The Return of Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. Until last December, I used Fridays to post links to pieces that I’ve found personally compelling or to content I haven’t read yet. I moved in…
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Gut Check No.339: Players I Believe In
Suspending our knowledge of depth charts, scheme, and role, Waldman answers the most common question he’s asked: Whom do you believe in? Some of you ask me directly. Others beat around the bush with specific questions about my rankings that can’t be interpreted any other way: I know you have ________ ranked here, but how much…
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