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Reads Listens Views 6/20/2014
Extradition, Austin Peralta, Audible Hangouts, Oregon Coast, RSPWP3, and RSP Post-Draft What is Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. I post links on Fridays to content I’m saving for later consumption or pieces that I found compelling. You may not like everything listed here, but you’re bound to like something. Listens/Views…
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Reads Listens Views 6/13/14
Wisdom of a fool, vodka-infused dip, the big room, RSPWP3, and RSP Post-Draft What is Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. I post links on Fridays to content I’m saving for later consumption or pieces that I found compelling. You may not like everything listed here, but you’re bound to…
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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…
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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…
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GM Scenario No. 4: Double Down or Stand Pat?
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GM Scenario No.3: The Freak Getting Freaky
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GM Scenario No.1: To Cut or Not to Cut? (RSPWP3)
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…
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Reads Listens Views 5/2/2014 + My Take on MMQB Manziel Roundtable
My critique of Peter King’s Manziel roundtable, Beats Antique, Hangouts, Cramps and crablegs What is Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. I post links on Friday to content I’m saving for later consumption or content I’ve viewed that I found compelling. You may not like everything listed here,…
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Futures: My Expansion Franchise
You’ve just been awarded an NFL expansion team and must build your personnel department. Go. Futures: My Expansion Franchise By Matt Waldman When the writer of Smartfootball.com suggests that, “you should storify that series of tweets,” it’s a take on a subject worth further exploration. The topic came courtesy of Luke Easterling (@NFLDraftReport) who, on…
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Rehabbing the Wonderlic
The Wonderlic and the NFL’s misguided use of it continues to fascinate. I propose a solution. If you’ve seen the Audible Podcast where I commented on the Wonderlic exam, then you know my suggested alternative to the Wonderlic. This test was designed in 1936 and the military adopted it for measuring a pilot’s ability to think fast. One…