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Reads Listens Views 9/11/2015
School Days, 9/11, Torturing Sons, New Boiler Room Vid, & Salman Rushdie. Remembering 9/11 Although I will never forget the morning, I don’t have a memorable 9/11 story. To any of you who lost a friend or loved one that day or eventually lost a friend or loved one due to fallout from this horrific event,…
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RSP Boiler Room Video No.4: TCU RB Aaron Green…Less Pretty, More Gritty
Aaron Green’s 7.1 yards per carry on 129 touches last year for the Horned Frogs epitomizes Saturday pretty. This week’s RSP Boiler Room examines whether the 5-11, 202-pound Green has what it takes to be Sunday gritty. The Boiler Room is a series featuring analysis that I would hypothetically share with NFL decision makers if I…
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RSP Film Room No.54: Ole Miss DT Robert Nkemdiche
Part I of a comparative analysis with Ryan Riddle featuring two DT prospects against Alabama’s offensive line. Riddle and I spent two hours watching Nkemdiche and Ohio State’s Adolphus Washington against Alabama. We learned a lot about both players who have similar dimensions on paper, but the tape showed a lot of differences. I split…
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Reads Listens Views 9/4/2015
More organ, risk analysis metric, crimes against fantasy, and master penmen. Listens: Joey DeFrancesco & City Rhythm Orchestra…As Jene Bramel says, “More organ!” YEAH! 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…
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Reads Listens Views 8/28/2015
Thanks to FieldGulls for this funky shirt idea. Listens: DJ DKO Duo A lot of the music you’ll be hearing this year on the RSP Boiler Room Videos will be Darren’s work. What’s the Deal With This Post? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. Until last December, I used Fridays to…
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RSP Boiler Room No.3: TCU WR Josh Doctson
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Gut Check No.343: Complete ADP Desirability Rankings
Sigmund Bloom and I have a lot of conversations throughout the course of a week. One vibrant, on-going topic is the state of fantasy football rankings. There’s value to a linear set of rankings spanning 1-250 that are based on statistical modeling. It’s the safest way to create a blueprint for a draft. There are…
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Gut Check No.341: Updated PPR Tiers w/Safe, Balanced, High-Risk Team Builds
Waldman updates his PPR tiers and applies risk-reward thinking as he builds three teams along the way. ABOUT MY TIERS My 2015 tiers have greater subtlety of detail than previous incarnations. It’s not a fully realized fantasy TripTik. I’m not sure it will ever be. One of the differences between my tiers and others is…
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Waldman’s Receivers to Defend the Planet: Jerry Rice, the Perfectionist
He’s the best receiver in the history of the game and arguably the greatest football player of all time, but was Jerry Rice a good teammate? Depends on your team. Watch A Football Life episode on the 49ers great and it’s clear that Rice was an emotionally distant, obsessive perfectionist, whose pursuit of individual greatness was a…
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Brandon Thorn’s Defense to Defend the Planet
Brandon Thorn creates a hybrid defense with many players I know you’ll see again soon. Defensive Coordinator: Bill Belichick Belichick is the more notorious, defensive-oriented counterpart version of “The Genius” Bill Walsh. “The Evil Genius” is a coach renown for finding the smallest weakness in his opponent and mercilessly exposing it by any means necessary.…