- 122 Rookie Profiles at the
QB, RB, WR, and TE positions.
- A 1-2 page analysis of each
player that explains the player’s checklist grades
and play-by-play examples and game stats that support
the evaluator’s commentary.
- Position-specific rankings
and summaries for each player based on their on-field
talent and less on their likely draft position.
- Long-term projects at each
position with the talent to be future fantasy surprises.
- Key Overrated and Underrated players
in this year’s draft class.
- A combine-adjusted ranking, based
on a formula that illustrates how workout scores can impact
a player’s draft position or perceived potential.
- Each prospect is graded with a full-page
checklist with at least 20, position- specific, criteria
points.
- All players are graded on a clearly
defined, 100-point scale.
- The best and worst evaluated performers
at position-specific skill sets.
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The
intent is to provide the fantasy owners and draftnik information
that goes beyond the general, one and two paragraph summaries of
player strengths and weaknesses. Instead of telling you a player
simply has good speed, nice hands, and a strong arm, The 2008
Rookie Scouting Portfolio contains actual, play-by-play analysis
to describe a prospect’s strengths and weaknesses where it
matters most: the field of play.
The emphasis of game film to evaluate a player is based on the philosophy
shared by some of the NFL’s best personnel men in the history
of the game such as Joe Thomas and Ron Wolf. Commissioner Pete Rozelle
recommended Thomas to the Minnesota Vikings in the 1960’s
as their first personnel manager. Thomas went against the grain,
and built a team around scrambling QB Fran Tarkenton, a player that
didn’t have ideal measurements but possessed far greater qualities
that could only be seen on the field.
Former Packer’s GM, Ron Wolf credits Thomas as someone from
whom he learned valuable lessons about the art of personnel decisions.
Wolf was the driving force behind the Packers acquiring Brett Favre.
The choice of Favre was one of the cornerstones of the Green Bay
franchise when they became Super Bowl Champion. Wolf was convinced
Favre was a special player, not because what he saw from Favre at
the combine, but film study of the future Hall of Famer’s
junior season at Southern Mississippi.
 The Checklist: The driving force of this concept is the method and format in which the film is broken down and delivered. Each player's game performance is scored on a position-specific checklist containing all the necessary fundamentals that answer the key questions about a prospect's potential to develop into an NFL starter, and fantasy asset:
- Does the player demonstrate consistently sound techniques and decisions in game-day situations?
- Does the film provide examples that support or differ from the combine results?
- Does the player translate his physical skills to the football field?
- What is the player's comfort level with physical contact?
In-game commentary accompanies each checklist and is provided to illustrate the reasons behind the player score. Instead of generically describing a player's skill set, The 2006 Rookie Scouting Portfolio describes how the player failed or succeeded in performing each skill set in specific detail. The intent is to provide you a frame of reference behind the information and a clearer understanding of the overall assessment.
The Scoring: When you examine a scouting evaluation that tells you Reggie Bush received a 9 on a scale of 10 as a receiver, how do you know what the grade is really telling you? Did the evaluator watch Bush catch the ball 9 times out of 10 opportunities? Was it 90 out of 100? Or was it just one highlight and the way a coach lauded the player's skills as a pass catcher? There can be a big difference.
While evaluation of human performance will always have some subjectivity, there is a way to limit the amount of variation in the scoring process and build-in more objectivity. The best way to accomplish this feat is the two-fold approach used here as the basis for the game film analysis:
- Clearly define the criteria in writing.
- Score the criteria with a grade of "Yes," or "No."
The Glossary: defines and assigns a numerical value for every graded skill set in these checklists. The more essential the defined criteria point to the player's projected NFL performance at their position, the higher the assigned point value for that particular skill. The player earns all the points for a score of "Yes," or none of the points for a "No."
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