Tag: Rookie Scouting Portfolio Blog

  • Reads Listens Views 11/6/15

    Reads Listens Views 11/6/15

    Garage A Trois, Force Player Watch List,  Shut `Em Down, David Igono on Dak. Charlie Hunter “Lively Up Yourself” Welcome If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome.  On Fridays I post links to pieces that I’ve found personally compelling or to content I hope will scratch that itch, but I haven’t read…

  • Fantasy Throwdown Turkey Day Challenge

    Fantasy Throwdown Turkey Day Challenge

    There are three NFL games on Thanksgiving. There are three NFL games used to form the player pool for a Fantasy Throwdown challenge. Sounds like a perfect match for a Fantasy Throwdown Turkey Day Competition! Fantasy Throwdown is free to play, drafts are quick, and the game is highly intuitive to pick up. Here’s a…

  • Emerging NFL Talents: RB Ryan Mathews

    Although my takes on the players in the next series of posts might be useful to fantasy owners, this isn’t a fantasy football article. I’m not projecting stats. I’m writing about talented players whose portfolio of work reveals techniques and behaviors that I think translate well to the NFL game. At the end of the…

  • Grinding Tape: NIU RB Chad Spann Part II

    In Part I of the Grinding Tape Series, Mid American Conference MVP Chad Spann explained the concepts behind plays that require a running back to understand blocking schemes, defensive tendencies, and reading keys. This week, he reveals how quickly a runner needs to be able to process information to choose a hole, ball security protocol,…