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QB Kyler Murray’s Short Fuse (Oklahoma): An RSP Film Room Preview
Matt Waldman has few worries about 2019 NFL Draft prospect Kyler Murray’s height. He’s more concerned with the quarterback’s short fuse in the pocket. The concerns about Kyler Murray’s height will dominate the draft season analysis about the Sooner quarterback’s NFL potential. However, it’s Murray’s speed and quickness that often crosses the line from a…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.141: QB Dwayne Haskins (Ohio State)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room features 2019 NFL Draft prospect Dwayne Haskins and draws from seven of the Ohio State quarterback’s games to illustrate why Haskins will likely be an early pick. The 2019 quarterback class doesn’t carry the gravitas of its 2017-18 predecessors. Still, Dwayne Haskins has the talent to develop into an NFL…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.52: 2019 Draft Narratives with Sigmund Bloom, Footballguys.com
Footballguys.com staff writer Sigmund Bloom joins the RSP Cast for a conversation about 2019 NFL Draft narratives, thoughts on coaching and running back value. The NFL Draft is always rich with storylines and it’s the narratives that emerge from the events prior to draft-day that make the event so compelling for football fans. It’s why…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.51: Players Whose Games Are Growing on Me
In this RSP Cast, Matt Waldman reveals five players who he values more than he did when he began his evaluation of them. This podcast has a deceptive title because these players haven’t gotten dramatically better over the course of subsequent evaluations of their games compared to my first exposures to them. This title has…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.201: WR Jovon Durante (FAU), Compensating Qualities
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines three plays from FAU WR Jovon Durante’s tape and shows some compensating qualities that can make a lighter than average receiver a compelling prospect. Whether they realize it or not, a lot of people use a positional template for their evaluation of players. These boundaries that govern physical dimensions…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.200: RB Elijah Holyfield (Georgia)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines three plays of 2019 NFL Draft prospect Elijah Holyfield and reveals the value of the connection among the eyes, mind, and feet in the running back’s game. I’m about to put a few details of Elijah Holyfield’s game under close scrutiny. For some, it means I’m about to nitpick.…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.50: Matt’s Most Intriguing Skill Prospects (Pre NFL Combine Edition)
Matt Waldman shares six skill players from this 2019 NFL Draft Class that he finds most intriguing as we gear up for the 2019 NFL Combine and Pro Days. This is the time of year where I’m immersed in film study, which is as obvious a statement as saying it gets cooler in Chicago during…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.199: RB James Williams (Washington State), Slippery Is An Advanced Quality
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines the unconventional and advanced footwork of Washington State running back James Williams, a slippery NFL Draft prospect. It’s easy to see the exceptional traits in Saquon Barkley’s game. He has layers of elite qualities that lead to an unusual volume of transcendent plays for an individual player. .James Williams…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP on the RosterWatch Podcast (Running Backs and Wide Receiver Discussion)
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio joins Alex Dunlap of the RosterWatch Podcast for a conversation about the RSP process and 2019 NFL Draft prospects at wide receiver and running back. Mobile, Alabama is a hopping place for football during the third week of January. I ran RosterWatch analyst Alex Dunlap while enjoying a meetup with…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.198: WR Parris Campbell, Jr. (Ohio St), A Projection Worth the Investment
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines the fundamentals of Ohio State wide receiver Parris Campbell, Jr. — a likely projection pick in the 2019 NFL Draft that Waldman believes is worth the investment. If we remove the hair-splitting that is draft analysis, all prospects are projections. Still, in this subset of football culture, the “projection pick” is…