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RSP Writers Project Q&A: Matt Williamson ESPN
For more about the RSP Writers Project, featuring some of the best football analysts on the Internet, go here. Matt Williamson unveiled his RSP Writers Squad yesterday and the offensive firepower is obvious. The ESPN analyst was gracious with his time to kick the tires on this project before releasing it to the public. I […]
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RSP Writers Project: Matt Williamson, ESPN
Matt Williamson’s story is well-known to us at the RSP blog. The former Cleveland Browns scout graciously served as our unofficial quality assurance tester for the writer’s project player values. Due to a communication error on my part, some of the writers built rosters with only two quarterbacks. I’m letting it slide due to the […]
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Reads Listens Views 6/11/2012
Film Study is a Dangerous Job My life has been a whirlwind these past two months. In addition to writing the 2012 Rookie Scouting Portfolio here’s the rest of the past eight weeks: Writing a 50-plus-page, RSP Post-Draft Edition Penning three columns as a preview for my forthcoming Futures column at FootballOutsiders.com. Contributing heavily to […]
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Reads, Listens, Views 12/16
Bill Walsh and the art of quarterbacking Reads Coming this spring to the RSP Blog is an exercise I am calling The RSP Football Writers Project. Some of the top football writers and analysts I have the fortune of knowing will be given 4-6 weeks to construct their own teams from top to bottom with […]
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Dan Shonka Part II: War Room Stories
I think it’s accurate to describe Ourlads’ Dan Shonka as one of the ultimate practitioners of football evaluation. Shonka has 39 years of football experience as a player, college recruiter, college coach, and a combined 16 years as a NFL scout for National Scouting Service, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Washington Redskins, and the Kansas City […]
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Greg Cosell Part IV: The Craft of Evaluation
Entering my third year of studying film for The Rookie Scouting Portfolio, I had just finished a year of film study that included a player who continues to be one of the bigger lessons I have encountered, Arkansas running back Darren McFadden. The highly coveted prospect had some raving fans, but I wasn’t one of […]