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RSP Flashback: DeMarco Murray Q&A and Analysis
DeMarco Murray’s 25-carry, 253-yard debut as the Cowboys starter bested Emmitt Smith’s single game rushing record for the team. As with most accomplishments of this kind, the performance tends to be the product of a confluence of factors: a weakened defense, a big lead, and talent allowed to get into a rhythm. With Sam…
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Sunday Mailbag 10/23
Rob McClean: Now that San Diego and Indianapolis have released running backs Jordan Todman and Darren Evans, do either get a shot with the Detroit Lions after the voided Ronnie Brown trade? Waldman: On the surface it would make sense that the Lions would take a look at this pair of rookies, but after a…
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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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Walk on the Wild Side Exposed: Rex Grossman is impersonating Cecil Lammey!
Author’s Note: This was my planned defense for John Beck in our Fantasy Court segment scheduled for the October 20 broadcast of The Audible Roundtable. Unfortunately, we have suspicions that Rex Grossman tampered with my phone line so he could continue to impersonate our beloved host Cecil Lammey for the entire two hours and persecute…
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Challenge me to a Game of one-on-one Fantasy Football
If you follow me on Twitter then you might have seen that I was looking for people to play me in a game of one-on-one fantasy football. The game is FantasyThrowdown. It’s a one-on-one fantasy football game that is simple, but strategic and addictive. Drafts can take as little as 5-10 minutes and you can…
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Behind the Blue Curtain – Part III: Making the Cut the Hard Way With RB Chad Spann
Imagine 15-years of work riding on a 60-minute performance that is only partially choreographed and half of the individuals sharing the stage with you are trying to undermine everything you do. Now imagine suffering an injury three minutes into that performance. Welcome to rookie free agent Chad Spann’s world the night he faced the Cincinnati…
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John Beck Redux
If you’ve only been following this blog recently, you might have missed my post on John Beck. The Redskins quarterback was named the starter this morning. If you want to learn more about him check out my take. It has been my belief that one of the reasons Mike Shanahan opted for Rex Grossman to…
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Quick Post: Cam Newton shades of Steve McNair
Watching Cam Newton this weekend move around the pocket with poise, deliver lasers off balance, and run with the speed of a tailback and the toughness of a fullback reminded me of my all-time favorite NFL player, Steve McNair. The similarities are striking to me. I just hope Newton is willing to work and deal…
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Behind the Blue Curtain – Part II: A Glimpse at Colts Training Camp With RB Chad Spann
Former Northern Illinois RB Chad Spann led college football with 22 touchdowns in 2010, but it didn’t get him drafted. No matter, Spann was a local star in Indianapolis and no team offered him a scholarship at his position and that didn’t deter him from finding a team that would give him a chance to…