The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)

Tag: RSP Writers Project

  • Bryan Frye’s Defense to Defend the Planet

    Bryan Frye’s Defense to Defend the Planet

    Kick’em in the head, Ted. Outlaw the forward pass, lock and load your defense with the most explosive, powerful, and agile big men for trench warfare, and you have Bryan Frye’s defense to defend the planet.  Rules – 1893 When Matt invited me to participate in this exercise, I gladly accepted and immediately started trying…

  • Waldman’s RB Cut-Down to Defend the Planet: No.2 Barry Sanders

    Waldman’s RB Cut-Down to Defend the Planet: No.2 Barry Sanders

    With all due respect to William Sanders, his son was better than his football hero. At least for my team.  Read the first quote to the last quote, and you’ll find the truth in between. “I’m so proud of Barry, but I’m also a realist,” William said. “I watched Jim Brown play for the Cleveland…

  • Bryan Frye’s Offense to Defend the Planet

    Bryan Frye’s Offense to Defend the Planet

    If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying. In this context, Bryan Frye’s team to defend the planet is busting ass. Team to Defend the Planet: Rules – 1893[1] When Matt invited me to participate in this exercise, I gladly accepted and immediately started trying to game the system. I wanted a defensive line made of 2012,…

  • Adam Harstad’s Defense to Defend the Planet

    Adam Harstad’s Defense to Defend the Planet

    Defensive Philosophy: Chaos The offense always has one key advantage over the defense in football: they know where the ball is going. The offense gets to call its plays, make its decisions, and then must attempt to execute them. The defense is tasked with preventing the offense from executing its plan. In short, the offense…

  • Matt Waldman’s RB Cut-Down To Defend the Planet: No.3 Adrian Peterson

    Matt Waldman’s RB Cut-Down To Defend the Planet: No.3 Adrian Peterson

    Adults don’t believe in the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, but I believe in Adrian Peterson on a football field with the ball in his hand. Adrian Peterson When I first saw Adrian Peterson at Oklahoma, he reminded me of Jim Brown. Their frames appear as if they have bones constructed of…

  • Matt Waldman’s RB Cut-Down to Defend the Planet: No.4 Jim Brown

    Matt Waldman’s RB Cut-Down to Defend the Planet: No.4 Jim Brown

    If this project was “One Bad Dude to Defend the Planet,” Brown would be the One Man Gang. Jim Brown This is the toughest one. Brown played in a far more lawless era of football than most and was its marked man. He dominated the sport to a degree that his records stood for another 20…

  • Eric Stoner’s Defense to Defend the Planet

    Eric Stoner’s Defense to Defend the Planet

    Stoner took a coast-to-coast approach with his defensive roster–with a pit stop near Arthur Bryant’s. Good call? Intro “They told us that they admire our species for our creativity, resilience, and skill to control and/or use emotion to our advantage either by direct or indirect intimidation,” writes Matt Waldman about the RSP Writers Project: The…

  • Matt Waldman’s RB Cut-Down to Defend the Planet: No.5 Emmitt Smith

    Matt Waldman’s RB Cut-Down to Defend the Planet: No.5 Emmitt Smith

    Watching Emmitt Smith again was essential football therapy. It’s hard to do, but don’t let the Dallas offensive line block your path to wisdom.   Emmitt Smith Smith was a good talent behind a team for the ages. He compiled great stats, but he had wide open holes to run through. This is the common…

  • Matt Waldman’s RB Cut-Down to Defend the Planet: No.6 Marcus Allen

    Matt Waldman’s RB Cut-Down to Defend the Planet: No.6 Marcus Allen

    Greatness remains focused during chaos and disruption. Considering the entirety of his career, few showed more greatness than Marcus Allen.   Marcus Allen If God put one person on this earth to be a professional football player it would have been Marcus Allen…He was the most instinctive, natural football player that I have ever been…

  • Eric Stoner’s Offense to Defend the Planet

    Eric Stoner’s Offense to Defend the Planet

    Stoner’s Team to Defend the Planet isn’t a collection of all-time individuals, but a choice of all-time units. Well played… Intro “They told us that they admire our species for our creativity, resilience, and skill to control and/or use emotion to our advantage either by direct or indirect intimidation,” writes Matt Waldman about the RSP…