The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)

Tag: NFL draft

  • Matt Waldman’s RSP Writer’s Team Q&A

    I will have two teams in this project because I had too much fun just building one. I’m also learning too much from the process to build just one. If you’ve tried building a team, I think you know what I mean. However, I’ll make this squad my official roster despite how much I like…

  • Matt Waldman’s RSP Writers Team

    Matt Waldman’s RSP Writers Team

    I will have two teams in this project because I had too much fun just building one. I’m also learning too much from the process to build just one. If you’ve tried building a team, I think you know what I mean. However, I’ll make this team my official roster despite how much I like…

  • WR Josh Gordon: Hands are for more than catching the football

    Warning: Although the video clips illustrating the analysis of this post are more than adequate to get the point across, they are amateurish, at best. Future analysis will likely be in still frames as I’ve used in the past. Josh Gordon’s current skill and style of play reminds me of a mix between a raw…

  • Quick Breakdown on Supplmental RB Ed Wesley, TCU

    I watched Ed Wesley this time last week, presuming he would be playing another year. A few days later, he applied for the NFL’s supplemental draft. Wesley was a rising senior at Texas Christian and in a committee situation with fellow runners Waymon James and Matthew Tucker. He’s a 5’9″, 200-pound runner with potential to…

  • RSP Writers Roster: DraftBreakdown’s Eric Stoner

    Eric Stoner is a legal assistant by day, and a writer and video guy for DraftBreakdown.com for the remaining hours he’s awake. He specializes in quarterback evaluation. His YouTube videos are a quality service for football fans seeking more than the typical highlight packages that fans put together of college stars. Stoner’s videos are actually…

  • Writers Team: Nick Whalen’s RSP Squad, Dynasty Rogues

    Writers Team: Nick Whalen’s RSP Squad, Dynasty Rogues

    Nick Whalen’s RSP Writers Team Nick Whalen is a regular at the Footballguys.com message board and a guy I’ve corresponded with frequently over the years. He’s a writer at Dynasty Rogues. Whalen has a variety of experiences in football and he’s person I’ve enjoyed trading info. A former high school quarterback, Whalen also has experience…

  • The Guardian NFL Writer Cian Fahey’s RSP Project Q&A

    The Guardian NFL Writer Cian Fahey’s RSP Project Q&A

    Cian Fahey covers the NFL for The Guardian. He also writes for Irish Central and at one time contributed for The Bleacher Report. Fahey is a Steelers fan and also contributes for Steelers Depot. If you’ve never read his work or followed him on Twitter, he’s not afraid to give his unfiltered opinion. You can follow…

  • Random News and Notes

    Fantasy Football At Footballguys.com, I kicked off my Gut Check column with what I’m calling the Insanity Series: Players that will drive you mad in 2012. You can find column at Footbalguys and I’ll also link to them on this page. The first two published pieces in the series are on Adrian Peterson and Brandon…

  • 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…

  • How to (and how not to) Throw the Bomb

    This is one of my favorite posts in a while, because it is two very different angles of one play. The first angle will leave you shaking your head at the wide receiver. The second angle will provide a more sympathetic feeling towards him and less so for the quarterback.