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Reads Listens Views 8/9/2013
If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio Blog, Friday posts are titled “Reads Listens Views” and in addition today’s commentary on 10 third and fourth-year players I’m monitoring in training camp, I’m featuring links to content from colleagues, non-football stories, photos, videos, lectures, and music that interest me. You may not like everything you see…
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Eagles WR Riley Cooper: What He Offers, What to Monitor
During the Urban Meyer Era at Florida there were three skill guys who caught my eye and held serious intrigue as future NFL players: Aaron Hernandez, Tim Tebow, and Riley Cooper. Hernandez’s potential as a game-changing weapon were apparent whenever he saw a target where he could turn up field. Tebow was the lightning rod…
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Footballguys: Reinventing My Dynasty Philosophy
I’m taking a hiatus from dynasty rankings to reassess my philosophies about managing teams in these leagues. This week, I’m examining quarterback data through the lens of something I call career windows. I define career windows as a three-year period in a player’s career because that span of time is known as the average career…
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RSO Team: Football Outsiders’ Rivers McCown
Rivers McCown makes my Futures column look better. He makes all the Football Outsiders look better – at least in print. McCown participated in our recent Reality Sports Online writer draft. This is an auction league that includes multi-year contracts. Go here to learn more about the league. You can join a league for $9.99…
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Reads Listens Views 5/24/13
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RSO Writers League: Site Review and My Draft
This weekend I donned the commissioner hat of a fantasy league for the first time in six years. This is no run-of-the-mill league. Not only are the owners an extraordinary group of fantasy writers, but Reality Sports Online’s style of game and draft application is taking fantasy football in a direction I want to go.…
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Reads Listens Views 2/22/2013
Friday Sleeper Tip: Cincinnati WR Kenbrell Thompkins I’m wrapping up my film study for the 2013 Rookie Scouting Portfolio this month. I watch multiple games of almost every player I study and I try to document at least 2-3 of those views for the publication so my readers can have play-by-play notes that shows the…
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Waldman vs. Waldman: A Spousal Throwdown
My wife and I have watched football together once. It was the last Alabama-Georgia match up. It was when I discovered the depths of her insanity. Our viewing taught me what my wife knows, likes, and dislikes about football: Her dad is a Cowboys fan, but “they’re kind of sucking” right now. The Ravens are…
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Reads Listens Views 11/21/12
Listens – Some soulful, Thanksgiving blues from a Frenchman who could swing his tail off. Great, great, musician. Press ‘play’ and read on. About ‘Reads Listens Views’ Thanks to folks like my buddy Josh Norris at Rotoworld, Joe Goodberry, and Eric Stoner, I have new readers. If you’re one of them, I hope you enjoy…
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Walk on the Wild Side: The Audible Movie Poster
Recent Audible Episodes November 15th News and Notes – Thursday Night Show 2012 Volume#198a – On The Couch: Week Eleven (#1752) 2012 Volume#197a – IDP Roundtable – Week Eleven (#1751) http://media.blubrry.com/mattwaldmanrsp/subscribers.footballguys.com/podcast/getep.mp3?epid=1928Podcast: Play in new window | Download (28.1MB)Subscribe to Matt Waldman's RSP Cast Email | RSS