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Mark Schofield’s RSP Interception Project: Oregon’s Justin Herbert
The second installment of Mark Schofield’s Interception Project continues at Matt Waldman’s RSP with an examination of Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert. When the season began, it was assumed that the battle for QB1 would come down to Herbert and Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Well, the Rise of Burrow obviously played a part, as perhaps did…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Interception Project: LSU QB Joe Burrow
Mark Schofield’s RSP Interception Project kicks off with a look at Joe Burrow’s 2019 interceptions and what we can learn about Burrow from them. Interceptions can inform. A few years ago at Inside the Pylon I embarked on a quest. A quest to break down all the interceptions thrown by the top quarterback prospects in…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Scouting Lens: The Rise of Burrow
Mark Schofield shows Matt Waldman’s RSP readers why LSU QB Joe Burrow’s rise as a top prospect for the 2020 NFL Draft is for real Not to be confused with The Rise of Skywalker… But now that more and more people are turning their attention to the NFL Draft, the question I get most often—whether…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Scouting Lens: Jalen Hurts (OU) and Growth Potential
Player evaluation is an art of projection. The process of looking at young athletes and trying to determine how their current level of play will translate to the professional level is an imperfect art at best. Part of the reason for this is that you are making determinations before critical pieces to the puzzle are…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Scouting Lens: QB Tyler Huntley (Utah) and Pressure
Mark Schofield invokes some Chris Rock wisdom as he evaluates the pocket play of Utah quarterback Tyler Huntley, one of the 2020 Draft prospects you’ll be hearing a lot more about this winter. “They should just call it ‘incaseshit.’” Like many, my first exposure to Chris Rock came before his 1999 stand-up special “Bigger and…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Scouting Lens: QB Jacob Eason (Washington) and Reading the Middle
Matt Waldman’s RSP contributor Mark Schofield examines the middle-of-the-field prowess of Washington quarterback and NFL draft prospect Jacob Eason. It might be time to let you in on a little secret. I barely watch live football anymore. Outside of New England Patriots games, which I watch live because I have to do a postgame podcast…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Scouting Lens – The Curious Case of Mr. Montez
Matt Waldman’s RSP contributor Mark Schofield examines Colorado quarterback Steven Montez in this week’s RSP Scouting Lens. We all have our biases. Mine should be rather obvious by now. But if not, well, here goes: I can be a bit of a softie when it comes to evaluating quarterbacks. Perhaps it is due to my…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Scouting Lens: QB Anthony Gordon (Washington St) and Feel
RSP contributor Mark Schofield finds Washington State quarterback Anthony Gordon’s game ugly but intriguing. It is amazing how the human mind works. Specifically, it is amazing the things that stick in your brain that you can recall years— or decades—later. For example. I can not tell you much about my high school English class during…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Scouting Lens: Revisiting Justin Herbert
Mark Schofield takes an in-depth look into the non-negotiables of quarterbacking through the tape of Justin Herbert and remains impressed with the Oregon quarterback despite the perception that Herbert’s draft stock is sliding. If you ask any draft evaluator or draftnik, the race for QB1 has come down to two players, Tua Tagovailoa from Alabama…
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RSP’s Mark Schofield with Doug Farrar with a Ravens-Patriots Breakdown
RSP contributor Mark Schofield hosts a podcast conversation with football analyst and author Doug Farrar on the intricacies of the Ravens-Patriots showdown. As you might expect, the contributors to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio create football content for a number of media outlets. RSP contributor Mark Schofield writes for a number of sites, including Pats Pulpit…