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When the New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady was eight years old, he found himself in the San Francisco Giants’ locker room, where he asked Chili Davis, a star for the team at the time, for an autograph. Davis refused, but said, «Maybe later, kid, maybe if you come by after the game.»

So the young Brandy stuck around, and after the game he re-approached his favorite player, only to be refused again with a «No, I’m not signing autographs after the game.»

The effect stuck with Brady, both in terms of the disappointment it brought him and in Brady’s future outlook on autographs when he found himself in similar situations.

«I certainly was hurt,» Brady told Tuff Stuff magazine. «But at the same time, I was in the guy’s clubhouse and now I look at it from a different perspective than I did when I was that age. At the time, though, it seemed like such a little request.»

One would expect that walking into the Patriot’s locker room and asking for autographs might be a fast way to get your butt kicked, but there are certain ways you can position yourself in the autograph-giver’s radar.

First, you must have something to sign. Having a player sign you arm may seem like a fun idea at the time–and they may well oblige–but it’s largely a pointless act since you’re going to eventually wash it off. Here’s a good rule of thumb: if you’re not going straight to the tattoo parlor to have a tattoo artist trace the autograph, don’t bother with body signing. Always carry a good-quality pen. What’s the point of handing a player something to sign if you don’t give him the means to do so?

Next, know who the heck you’re talking to. If you can call him by name, or say something that shows you have taken an interest in him, he’s going to look at you more sympathetically than some fan with a Giant «P» painted on his beer gut.

The next important thing to remember is location, location, location. It is far easier to get a player to sign something from a front row seat than from a seat in the second balcony. If you do get a good seat and also get to the game early, you can try to talk to the players as they walk by. If you can get a guy in conversation for a while, you might just end up with a few players stopping by to chat.

Sometimes a player will star signing autographs and a crowd will quickly form. This is another reason to get there early. Fighting a crowd for signatures–or worse–being in your seat as dozens of people start crowding around you, is likely to get you more than annoyed.

If you can learn where the players enter into and out of the stadium, that’s another great place to find them ready to sign, pose for photos, and shake hands. If they’re not in a hurry, they’re far more likely to stick around for a while.

There’s also always the traditional way of getting an autograph: write away for it. Most team clubs will accept mail and forward it on to the player. When writing an athlete for an autograph, the same rules apply for any mailed autograph request:

* Always include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE).

* Enclose a photo and/or an index cards for the player to sign.

* Do not send food, money, or gifts.

* Always include a letter acknowledging the player and his accomplishments.

* Be patient.

Sending Fan Mail:

To send fan mail to a football player, simply write him at his team’s address.

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Splatter Tackling Drills

We are huge fans of splatter tackling and splatter tackling drills when you are coaching youth football. These drills are great ways to ease your kids into full contact. We think it is imperative to prefect blocking and tackling technique at the youth level. Too many youth football coaches just don’t spend enough time or demand the perfection of detail that makes kids great blockers and tacklers.

Ruining the Potential of Good Kids

Despite what many youth coaches think, most kids aren’t born to be great blockers and tacklers, they are made. Unfortunately there are a bunch of kids out there that have the potential to be very good football players that are ruined by their youth football coach. These coaches rush kids into contact before they have perfected perfect blocking and tackling technique with their players WITHOUT contact. Too many kids get rushed into full speed blocking and tackling in space well before they are ready for it. That’s a coaching problem, not a kid problem. Coach is too busy trying to quickly see who is studs are, before giving his average and weaker kids a chance to develop the skills and confidence to be able to survive and compete in a full speed tackling or blocking drill in space.

Splatter Drills

In our book «Winning Youth Football a Step-by- Step Plan», we detail exactly how you can do it. One of the key steps is using «Splatter» drills. The Splatter Drill lets a player learn how to accelerate through contact without experiencing the consequence of a reciprocal blow. This drill also allows the player to take another player to the ground without a hard ground impact. This drill can also help you drill the correct landmarks for feet placement, head placement and hip roll.

For the player playing the role of the «patsy», the player providing zero resistance to the block or tackle and is getting slammed into a soft landing matt on every rep, the job doesn’t sound like much fun. But what I’m hearing from coaches all across the country is that their kids love to be the one holding the shield and getting slammed onto the landing pad every play. I thought our kids were weird, they all want to play the pasty, but I guess everyones kids are as odd as mine.

Problems With Splatter Drills

One of the things that always bothered me about this drill was the fact you need to have 4 long dummys to use as landing pads. Well at about $100 each, that is $400, out of the reach of many youth programs. Lugging these dummies around is a big hassle as well. Then once on the field, you have just one landing pad for 25 kids. As most of you know I’m not a fan of having kids standing in long lines, so that means whenever we do splatter drills. It is only part of a circuit, it is never a drill we want to do on it’s own, even if we need it.

The Solution, Tony Holland to the Rescue

My good friend Tony Holland from Maryland solved this one. He went to Walmart and bought several camping air mattresses for $65 each. Each mattress is big enough to be a landing pad all by itself. These things roll up into a small box too, so you don’t need a pickup to lug them around. Tony bought a small electric air compressor for $20 that not only inflates each mattress in less than 2 minutes, it also sucks the air out as well when you are finished. Tony has several of these mattresses so his kids can all do Splatter Drills at the same time and in much smaller groups. He didn’t have to repair a single leak and he said all of his are good to go for next season.

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It is always best if you want to be a great football passer like Tony Romo to start young. You can always pick up those skills but it works better if you learn them early because it can be more difficult to change bad habits.

Tony Romo is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL and has guided the Dallas Cowboys to another exciting season. Many people may ask themselves if they can grip and throw a football like Romo. It is good if you have large hands because it makes it easier to grip the ball.

Next you want to study the way Romo rotates his shoulder when he throws the ball. It is important that you rotate your shoulder so that you can get the momentum behind the ball. It makes it easier for you to throw the ball 30 to 40 years if your timing with this is good. So practice this to get better at rotating.

Next the grip is one of the most important things you can do. You want to use the laces and put your last three finger over the laces so that it feels comfortable. You may need to practice this so that you get the grip that feel best for your hand. There are some variations form quarterback to quarterback but most of them grip this way.

Finally if you are just starting to throw the football then it is always better to learn how to throw it correctly form the beginning. It is hard to change the way you throw it if you have been taught a bad grip then starting with a great grip form the beginning.

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I started playing Fantasy Football in 1987 I started 23 years ago when I was 10. The landscape has changed dramatically since then.

It all started when my dad had the opportunity to join a dynasty league. Two teams had not renewed and there was to be a draft to split up their players. My dad, older brother Ben and myself went to his office to conduct the draft over the phone with the other new owner. The rookies for that year had already been drafted so I remember the big prize was Vinny Testaverde. The other QB’s of note were Warren Moon and Randall Cunningham. I know I felt nervous because the stakes seemed so high. We did a coin flip over the phone which seemed to require an incredible level of trust through the eyes of a 10 year old boy. We lost the coin flip and drafted 2nd and 3rd. Testaverde went first and we eventually got both Moon and Cunningham. It worked out well for us and I have always had an affinity for Cunningham because of that early connection to him.

After that draft the three of us were totally hooked. So much so we organized another league for that same season so we could each manage our own team. It was a league that redrafted every year. Ben, my Dad and I each had our own team. I never felt so much responsibility having control of my own fantasy team. The first draft was held at our house. My dad fronted our buy in of $10 or $20. I don’t remember how much but it seemed like a lot at the time. The other players were all adults except for one guy who brought his two sons; the older of which had his own team and the younger shared with his dad. Clearly, my dad had a lot of faith in me.

To prepare for the draft my dad bought Cliff Charpentier’s Fantasy Football Digest 1987. It was a full 200+page book. It had a solid color for the front and no flashy pictures. This book was incredible to me. There was so much to learn. It was laid out by position and in the various scoring methods. We were the playing basic scoring method. Which awarded 4 points for thrown TD’s, 6 points for rushing and receiving TDs, 3 points for field goals and 1 point for extra points. That was it. No points were awarded for yards. It seems barbaric now but this was how we played and we loved it. The book was laid out by position with rankings that had tiers. Starting with the «Best of the best» and going down from there. I remember thinking this was like a text book and not to be questioned. I had one resource and I studied it hard. I remember doing countless mock drafts on my own. We did not determine draft position until the night of the draft which made preparing infinitely more difficult.

The night of the drafts were always incredibly exciting for me. The first couple years were conducted at our house and then it moved to a different owner’s business conference room which seemed extremely official. Draft position was determined by dealing cards Ace through 9. The drama was incredible. There were pretzel sticks to be eaten like cigars and this would be the first time I had ever seen beer in my house. It was whole new world to me. It was about as much fun as preteen boy could handle.

Sundays had a whole new excitement to them. Watching the games was torture, we got 1 maybe two games at noon and of course we had no DVR. So you were at the whim of the ticker across the top of the screen and the very rare game break to gauge how you were doing. The halftime recaps were a whirlwind of information to track. I can remember begging the announcers «How did they score the third TD?» This would go on for both the Noon and 3:00 games and then we had to wait the agonizing couple hours until NFL Primetime which also launched in 1987. I have so many memories of one of my fantasy players running across the screen and hearing Chris Berman shouting «Rumbling stumbling TOUCHDOWN!!!!» The high was amazing. In some ways I miss those days. With today’s instant information that anticipation is never able to build like it did back then.

Ben and my dad took on the duties of commissioner. This was a ton of work. They learned to use a spreadsheet on our green screen Apple IIC. Lineups were called in to our house phone Saturday nights or Sunday morning with last minute calls coming in just before noon. I do remember these calls being highly annoying to my sister who could not possibly comprehend their level of importance. Official results had to wait for the box scores in the Monday morning paper. All of the sudden I was extremely excited about the newspaper and so glad we had morning delivery. I was one of the only kids in grade school who would go to the library and venture over the newspaper section. I would pour over the box scores to plan my drop and adds.

After Monday night’s game the results would be entered in the spreadsheet and printed off. We would mail them out to the rest of the league the following day. It is a testament to how much fun fantasy football is that even with what now seems like such a crude way of receiving and distributing data that we gladly went through it to play. You certainly had to be more dedicated then to have a league that endured due to the shear about of work required.

I have nothing but fond memories of playing fantasy football in the 80’s and early 90’s. I am glad it has become more accessible to the masses and has reached the popularity it is at today. There is a little piece of me though that misses waiting through the commercial breaks hoping to hear Chris Berman scream like only he can, «The Nigerian Nightmare bulldozes his way to the end zone».

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As is usually the case, the NFL draft can have a huge impact on the fantasy football fortunes of the rookies that are chosen. In dynasty leagues it’s all about the rookie draft. Many rookie drafts begin immediately after the NFL draft ends, some wait until later in OTAs, training camp or pre-season in order to provide the most opportunity to evaluate player situations. For those that draft quickly, it’s important to have opinions on the value of these rookies so with that in mind, here is my post-draft rookie top 12 rankings. This represents the first round in most rookie drafts. Let’s get right to it:

1. Todd Gurley (STL) – Gurley was a surprise pick by the Rams, but it makes a lot of sense. Jeff Fisher is a run-minded coach and Gurley can carry the load much better than Tre Mason over the long term. Over the short-term, don’t be surprised to see Tre Mason start the year as the lead dog and still share carries in the second half of the year. As long as you’re thinking long-term, Gurley is your man.
2. Amari Cooper (OAK) – Cooper finds himself in a pretty darn good situation. Solid young QB in Derek Carr, absolutely no competition for the WR1 gig, though that also could impact him with a lot of double teaming. There is no reason here to believe Cooper won’t grow into the lead role in year 1. In PPR leagues, you can probably swap Cooper for Gurley and feel pretty good about it.
3. Kevin White (CHI) – Chicago has a lot of transition going on, so this pick is not without some risk. Cutler is a solid QB but obviously won’t be there for long. John Fox is not known as an offensive coach, though he lit it up with Peyton Manning in Denver. I just don’t think this offense will have the same fire power. That said, Alshon Jeffrey will make it hard for defenses to focus on White, which will help him. At the end of the day, his talent wins out here to put him in this slot.
4. Melvin Gordon (SD) – San Diego traded up to get Gordon and I have to say I love where he landed. While there are decent RBs already on the roster, there is no doubt that both A) Gordon is more talented than all of them and B) San Diego wanted him very badly. I think this makes a terrific fantasy football scenario that could put Gordon as the #1 producing rookie running back in the 2016 season.
5. DeVante Parker (MIA) – Another perfect fit. The Dolphins have quietly cobbled together one of the best young receiver corps in the NFL. Parker is the perfect X split end to Kenny Stills Z receiver and Jarvis Landry’s Y slot receiver. Add in Jordan Cameron and you’ve got yourself some weapons. Tannehill is developing in to a quality starter which makes this situation all the better. The only risk here is that in the last few years the Fins receivers really didn’t produce much. That should change going forward.
6. Breshad Perriman (BAL) – Baltimore was in dire need for a WR infusion and got it in the first round with Perriman. Perriman was one of those guys that was on the outer edge of the first round and will jump up now that the Ravens have made this commitment. What’s not to like here, he has a mentor in Steve Smith, very little quality competition and a solid QB situation. He’ll need some time to grow into this role for sure, he’s not a finished product, but the upside is higher than is was pre-draft.
7. Dorial Green-Beckham (TEN) – I would consider this point in the draft to be a break point. The first five are dynasty money IMO, Perriman has a very solid situation, here at #7 it starts to get a bit based on your taste and needs. DGB has incredible potential and has been placed in a good situation. Marcus Mariota will be his QB and as long as he develops, DGB develops with him. I’ve never been impressed with the other WRs on the Titans, so if he keeps his head straight, DGB can be an absolute steal at this point in the draft. That’s a big IF though…
8. TJ Yeldon (JAX) – Another guys who, like Perriman, will fly up the post-NFL draft rookie rankings IMO. Yeldon, while not the best athlete at the combine, is good enough to be a three down back in the NFL and the Jaguars have drafted him to be that back. That’s good enough for me! With very little competition in this backfield and a solid group of young offensive players to build around, Yeldon could be a poor man’s Gordon or Gurley in this draft.
9. Nelson Agholor (PHI) – In the end, Chip Kelley tried but could not trade up for Marcus Mariota, so he sat back and took Jeremy Maclin’s replacement instead. Virtually identical to Maclin in many ways (height, weight, speed), Agholor should fit right into Chip’s offense and be a quality fantasy player. Why, you ask, do you rank him below two guys that went later in the draft? Good question, one reason is talent, DGB and Yeldon are more talented than Agholor in their respective positions. Second, while being a receiver in Kelly’s offense is coveted, I’m not convinced Agholor will be the #1 receiver on this team, which to me, limits his upside. In PPR I’d probably put him ahead of Yeldon, but that’s it.
10. Jameis Winston (TB) – Winston moves up into the first round on my board because of the weapons he has at his disposal. Mike Evans, Vincent Jackson, Austin Sefarian-Jenkins and now Kenny Bell. Winston and his immaturity is a risk no doubt, but so was Cam Newton and he provided fantasy ballers four straight top 5 fantasy seasons. I’m not 100% on it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Winston did the same thing.
11. Tevin Coleman (ATL) – Coleman is a warrior. He played half his senior season on a broken foot and still had a 2,000 yard season. He comes into a situation where his only competition is Devonta Freeman. Now many will tell you that’s now competition but don’t believe it. This looks to me like a committee for at least the first year, while Colemen gets used to pass pro and the speed of the game. If he does well purely running the ball this year, look for him to take over in year 2.
12. Devin Funchess (CAR) – This guy just sneaks into my top 12 in getting picked up by Carolina. Here’s the thing, if they play him at WR, which I think they will, then Cam Newton has the weapons to succeed. I think this offense has more potential than it’s shown in the last two years and with a healthy Cam, Kelvin Benjamin on one side, Funchess on the other, Olsen in the middle and Stewart in the backfield, the pie can get a little bit bigger for everyone.

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