Disregarding the inevitable turmoil of this thread, I think Mackenzie is a hell of an evaluator. I wanted to give him some publicity and I'm sure we'll hear from him again.
Even if I have to do it.
My only hesitation the past few days was concern that Dolphin fans would bombard his twitter, or similar.
But I don't fear too much, other than 30 more years of our failed stadium.
I forget which capsule I read first, after stumbling upon the site a month or so ago. It was an immediate eye opener. Such a contrast to the typical safe garbage conventional wisdom. Extraordinarily detailed and thought provoking. He asks questions then answers them defiantly. Covers aspects that others ignore, like Dion Jordan's use of his hands. My only frustration was the gap between entries, once I caught up with everything. I expected the typical cram session leading up to the draft. Instead, it followed the normal schedule. He didn't detail Sims until a week prior to the draft. I disagreed with that one -- overly positive -- but that's never a concern when the caliber of writing is so high and the opinion commanding.
The format is fantastic, far superior to standard methods. Mackenzie provides flash positives and negatives first, instead of wandering text. I can't believe so many scouting reports do it the other way. It enables a quick vision of the player, and captures the reader. When I'm reading Pro Football Weekly's preview book, no matter how impressive it is, I tend to fall asleep, or forget who I'm reading about, when Nolan Nawrocki leads off every player with a high school summation.
Mackenzie deftly expands on everything. The ending is well done also, with a comparison to a prominent NFL player. That serves to tie everything together, a mental image. Then he announces where he would draft the player, and where he expects him to be picked.
Probably the most brilliant aspect of all is Mackenzie's reliance on scouting reports he wrote months and months ago, sometimes nearly a year ago. There's no panic to update and conform.
