The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)

Tag: Football Writers Project

  • RSP Writers Project GM Scenario No.2: “Leveraging Dirt”

    RSP Writers Project GM Scenario No.2: “Leveraging Dirt”

    Your team captain and the Walter Payton Man of The Year is entering the final year of his contract, but you have dirt on him. Do you use it to leverage a new deal in your favor ? What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I will have…

  • Eric Galko’s Decision on “Change Horses?” (RSPWP III)

    Eric Galko’s Decision on “Change Horses?” (RSPWP III)

    See why Optimum Scouting’s Eric Galko is willing to horse trade and take the heat for doing so. What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I will have 15-20 written scenarios based on true NFL stories provided to me from current and former NFL employees (scouts, players,…

  • Josh Liskiewitz’s Decision on “Change Horses?” (RSPWP III)

    Josh Liskiewitz’s Decision on “Change Horses?” (RSPWP III)

    See why Liskiewitz puts this horse into the discussion. What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I will have 15-20 written scenarios based on true NFL stories provided to me from current and former NFL employees (scouts, players, and consultants). In each scenario, the participating writer is…

  • Ian Kenyon on “The Interview” (RSPWP III)

    Ian Kenyon on “The Interview” (RSPWP III)

    You’ve just had an interview for your first GM position, but you’re ambivalent about the club’s organizational leadership. Will you take the job if offered?   What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I will have 15-20 written scenarios based on true NFL stories provided to me…

  • GM Joe Goodberry on “Double Down or Standing Pat” (RSPWP III)

    GM Joe Goodberry on “Double Down or Standing Pat” (RSPWP III)

    Do you trust your scouting intel on a player that you value higher than most or do you stick to your board? What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I will have 15-20 written scenarios based on true NFL stories provided to me from current and former…

  • GM Arif Hasan on RSPWP III Scenario No.1

    GM Arif Hasan on RSPWP III Scenario No.1

    Your team is finally coming together and is poised to make its first playoff run under your tenure as GM, but will your tight end derail it? What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I will have 15-20 written scenarios based on true NFL stories provided to…

  • GM Scenario No.5: Change Horses in the Middle of the Stream?

    GM Scenario No.5: Change Horses in the Middle of the Stream?

    You’ve inherited a QB capable of one-of-a-kind moments–great and terrible and the staff is divided on what to do with him. What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I will have 15-20 written scenarios based on true NFL stories provided to me from current and former NFL employees…

  • GM Scenario No.9: The Interview

    GM Scenario No.9: The Interview

    You’ve just had an interview for your first GM position, but you’re ambivalent about the club’s organizational leadership. Will you take the job if offered?   What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I will have 15-20 written scenarios based on true NFL stories provided to me…

  • RSPWP2: Waldman’s Early Thoughts

    RSPWP2: Waldman’s Early Thoughts

    I love this draft. It has defensive-minded Jene Bramel taking gunslinger Jay Cutler, yours truly ditching offense for two monolithic bad boys with wheels on the defensive line, and Football Outsiders’ founder Aaron Schatz talking intangibles. Intangibles! I have to admit, this project is a lot more fun that I even anticipated. The writers we have…

  • RSP Writers Project No.2 (RSPWP2): Draft In Progress

    RSP Writers Project No.2 (RSPWP2): Draft In Progress

    The RSP Writers Project is a collection of football writers, analysts, and former scouts who participate in a now-annual event designed to share thoughts about pro football through an exercise. Last year we selected full rosters with salary caps and required each writer to develop a scheme on each side of the ball and even…