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RSP Football Writers Project
Secretly, we all want to build a football team. It’s why we’re passionate about every player recruited, drafted, traded, and signed. It’s why we play fantasy football. It’s why many of us are fanatical about the NFL draft. After a few weeks of my rants to Footballguys writer Sigmund Bloom about Steelers tight end Heath…
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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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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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Reads, Listens, Views 11/4
“Welcome aboard the S.S. Campbell. This is your captain, Cecil Lammey!” I couldn’t resist… It’s that time of the week where I like to take a moment to thank all of you for making it a habit to read the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog. Hopefully you find the content as enjoyable to read as it…
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Reads Listens Views 10/21
Check out Walter Payton’s 75-yard reception. It’s been a great week at the RSP blog. Chad Spann not only provided great information for an enlightening interview series about his training camp experience with Indianapolis, but he’s now a part of the Buccaneers practice squad and in London for the team’s match up with the Chicago…
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Jene Bramel: What the TV Angles Don’t Show You
By Jene Bramel Television makes football look and sound amazing. They give us HD video and surround sound, on-field suspended cameras, and parabolic microphones. But the TV production crews – including many of the color broadcasters and their spotters – still miss showing us crucial chapters of the game story. Thankfully, football geeks can get…
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Jene Bramel: Play Defense, not defenses
[Editor’s note: Jene Bramel is an excellent football writer best known for his expertise with individual defensive players at Footballguys.com. One of the reasons he’s so good in this area (as well as the offensive side of the ball) is that he analyzes the game. He enjoys watching games and breaking down what he sees. Jene…
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Conversation with Jene Bramel Part IV
In the final part of our conversation, Footballguys IDP guru Jene Bramel discusses the possibilities for Mathias Kiwanuka’s role in New York, the roles of tiers in fantasy drafting, and what I believe is the absolute best scoring system to reflect the value of very position in an IDP/Offensive Player combo league. You have to…
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Jene Bramel Part III
If you’re an offensive-centric fan of the NFL or you play fantasy football the same way your older brother taught you then you need to read this interview with Jene Bramel. The Footballguys.com staff writer is one of the best fantasy writers you don’t know about because he is recognized as one of the go-to…
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Eye Catching Tweets 8/9
Norv Turner announces San Diego will use a two back system (Ryan Mathews, Mike Tolbert) SigmundBloom: Two back system in SD: chargers.com/news/article-1… – Tolbert is not going away, folks. evansilva: Ryan Mathews to miss preseason opener w/ leg strain. Has also battled conditioning, toe inj, “general soreness” in camp http://bit.ly/pikOX3 My Take: Of course…