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RSP Boiler Room No. 135: QB Will Grier (WVU) Off-Platform
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio examines 2019 NFL Draft Prospect Will Grier and an off-platform throw versus pressure that demonstrates a lot about his technical prowess as a thrower. Prior to the 2012 NFL Draft, Dan Marino told the media that if he could construct a Pro Day format, he’d force quarterbacks to workout in…
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RSP Boiler Room No. 137 RB Jacques Patrick (FSU): Downhill Thumpin’
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio examines Florida State running back Jacques Patrick and why this 2019 NFL Draft prospect bears some similarities to Leonard Fournette and Karlos Williams. Jacques Patrick isn’t as fast as Leonard Fournette or Karlos Williams. However, he’s a big downhill thumper who thrives behind a fullback and a gap scheme. Give…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room: QB Will Grier (West Virginia): The High-End Accuracy of Throwing Receivers Open
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio examines how 2019 NFL Draft prospect Will Grier makes one of the most difficult throws in football: throwing receivers open. What does Will Grier have in common with Drew Brees? Both execute one of the most difficult throws a quarterback can make: “throwing a receiver open.” When you see a…
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Talent, Leadership, and Jameis Winston’s Precarious Future in Tampa
Jameis Winston is charismatic in the locker room. A person with connections to the Buccaneers staff in the room during Winston’s NFL Combine team interview told me before the NFL Draft that teammates would “follow him off a cliff.” That person also shared that Winston’s personality and off-field track record — not including the rape allegations —…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast No. 9: Private Quarterback Training with Rich Bartel and Will Hewlett
Will Hewlett (above) and Rich Bartel, two nationally-known quarterback trainers, join Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast for a conversation about private QB instruction and why it’s getting more credit and criticism than it deserves in the national media when it comes to talent development and opportunity for advancement at the game’s highest levels. When the Raiders…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep. 8: Charles McDonald on Stats and Breaking Down Film
Charles McDonald of Football Outsiders and SB Nation joins Matt Waldman’s RSP podcast to discuss his presentation on stats and film at MIT’s Sloan Analytics Conference. If you don’t know McDonald (Twitter @FourVerts), he’s a frequent guest of the RSP Film Room and writes the Four Downs and Futures columns at Football Outsiders and he recently accepted…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Drew Lock NFL Draft Video Thread
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio examines the game of Missouri QB Drew Lock, a 2019 NFL Draft prospect. I listen to the draft community’s thoughts about the relative value of quarterback classes from one draft to the next. Then I file it away as noise. As an evaluator of talent, all that cursory analysis does is…
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RSP Twitter Moments: QB Justin Herbert, Oregon
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio examines 2019 NFL quarterback prospect Justin Herbert’s game with a four-video compilation on Twitter. Much like last year, I’ll be maintaining a running video analysis of prospects on Twitter for the 2018-19 season. After studying three of Herbert’s games, it’s clear that he has the physical talent of an NFL quarterback.…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep. 7: QB Summit with Mark Schofield
Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast pairs up with Mark Schofield of Inside the Pylon and Pro Football Weekly for a deep dive into quarterback evaluation. Quarterbacking is this week’s entree (and avocado ice cream as the dessert) at the RSP Cast and it’s always great to dig in with Mark Schofield: How our evaluation of the…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep. 6: Football And Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with John Owning
Football analyst John Owning, an instructor and international competitor in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, stops by Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast for a conversation about the martial art and how it helps him analyze football. If you subscribe to the RSP Film Room, you probably saw Owning and I break down Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa’s…