The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)

Tag: Matt Waldman Writers Project

  • GM Cian Fahey on RSPWP III Scenario No.1

    GM Cian Fahey 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…

  • GM Scenario No. 4: Double Down or Stand Pat?

    GM Scenario No. 4: Double Down or Stand Pat?

    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 Scenario No.3: The Freak Getting Freaky

    GM Scenario No.3: The Freak Getting Freaky

    Imagine a freakish athlete of Randy Moss’ caliber of skills as a left tackle but with the charisma of a veteran QB and the party habits of Manziel. A GM wouldn’t know whether to hug him or hit him. What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I…

  • GM Scenario No.1: To Cut or Not to Cut? (RSPWP3)

    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…

  • Announcing The Third Annual RSP Writers’ Project

    Announcing The Third Annual RSP Writers’ Project

    The mission of the RSP Writers’ Project is to encourage writers and readers to expand their understanding of pro football through a written exercise. The first RSPWP was an exercise in team building with a salary cap. Several football writers, analysts, and former NFL scouts built teams and provided a written account of their process,…

  • 2nd Annual RSP Writers Project: Project Draft

    2nd Annual RSP Writers Project: Project Draft

    Editor’s Note: Sigmund Bloom will be leading the 2nd Annual RSP Writer’s Project. If you missed the first Writer’s Project, we fielded teams with a salary cap. Here is Bloom’s letter to last year’s participants inviting them to the second iteration of this project. More coming soon. By Sigmund Bloom, Senior Writer/Co-Owner, Footballguys Football talk…