The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)

Tag: NFL

  • Fond Memories(?) of a Violent Game

    Fond Memories(?) of a Violent Game

    The sum of my experience playing organized football is one season in a DeKalb County Pop Warner league in Atlanta, Ga. I missed tryouts because my family had just moved there from Cleveland, Ohio and I joined the team a week before its first game. I had no experience playing in pads and like most…

  • Crossing the Divide: Titans WR Damian Williams

    Last week, I wrote about the great emotional divide that NFL prospects must cross in order to transition from college talent to productive pro player. A player currently attempting to cross this divide is Titans wide receiver Damian Williams, a third-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft currently starting in place of the injured Kenny…

  • Travelle Gaines: API Director of Elite Athlete Development

    Travelle Gaines gets people to do things they never thought they could. Considering that most of these people are elite college and pro football athletes makes his job fascinating. Gaines lacks the formal education of a trainer (kinesiology, physical therapy, etc.). His educational process was more old school: apprenticeship and experience. A former college football…

  • RSP Readers Poll: 2011 NFL Season

    I have great readers and I’m curious about your takes heading into the 2011 NFL season. Since I’ve spent all summer giving my takes on the NFL, now it’s your turn to share yours.  Below are 15 questions.

  • Unearthing Potential Surprises: Clue No.1

    Clue No.1: Decisiveness Reggie Bush: Last night Bush looked as good as I’ve seen him in the NFL. Like I remember seeing at USC,

  • Eye Catching Tweets: NFL Preseason Week 1 (8/15)

    Randall Cobb @gbpressgazette #Packers rookie receiver Randall Cobb shows ability to do damage in slot position: gbpg.net/n4FREL @MattBowen41 I am impressed with #Packers rookie WR Randall Cobb. Post up at NFP at 11 E The gist of the situation: Cobb’s 60 yards on 3 catches – 2 of them third down conversions – has everyone…

  • Reads, Listens, and Views…and Tweets 8/5

    A great week of football at the Rookie Scouting Portfolio. A healthy dose of training camp helps. Special thanks to all of you who have subscribed to the blog or have made it part of your daily ritual. If you like what you’ve seen thus far, please consider these three acts of kindness:

  • Sigmund Bloom Part III

    In this part of my conversation with Sigmund Bloom, Footballguys senior staff writer and Draftguys co-founder, we discuss under appreciated NFL players, emerging NFL players, the Bloom 100, what he’s watching when he’s evaluating players, and why he plays in 25-plus fantasy leagues . Waldman: Aside from fantasy football, just as a fan of the…

  • Eye Catching Tweets From NFL Camps 8/3

      Twitter is a great place to get camp updates but they come so fast and furious, I thought I’d pick a few about rookies from various beat writers and provide my takes on these quick reports.     Blaine Gabbert: @Taniaganguli‘ s piece on Blaine Gabbert’s defense of David Garrard provide a glimpse of…

  • Reads, Listens, and Views 7/29/11

    Another nice week here at the Rookie Scouting Portfolio. It helps that the NFL has a CBA agreement that lasts a decade with no opt-out clause. Special thanks to all of you who have subscribed to the blog or have made it part of your daily ritual. If you like what you’ve seen thus far,…