Category: 2019 NFL Draft

  • Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.46: Senior Bowl Trench and Skill Player Preview with John Owning

    Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.46: Senior Bowl Trench and Skill Player Preview with John Owning

    Dallas Morning News football analyst John Owning returns to the RSP Cast for a preview of the linemen participating in the Senior Bowl and then Owning flips the script to ask Matt Waldman questions about the skill talent.  John Owning is one of my favorite analysts. He has a terrific grasp of the technical and strategic…

  • Matt Waldman’s RSP 2019 Senior Bowl Preview: Tight Ends

    Matt Waldman’s RSP 2019 Senior Bowl Preview: Tight Ends

    Matt Waldman is once again covering Senior Bowl practices and continues his previews of the skill position players in attendance with thoughts on the tight ends Tight end is a difficult transition from Saturdays to Sundays. Few tight ends have the all-around skills to become playmakers at the line of scrimmage and the vertical receiving game,…

  • Matt Waldman’s RSP 2019 Senior Bowl Preview: Wide Receivers

    Matt Waldman’s RSP 2019 Senior Bowl Preview: Wide Receivers

    Matt Waldman is once again covering Senior Bowl practices and continues his previews of the skill position players in attendance with thoughts on the wide receivers.  Of all the positions, the practice week of the Senior Bowl provides the greatest intel on wide receivers. The drills do a better job of showcasing the skills and…

  • Matt Waldman’s 2019 Senior Bowl-RSP Page

    Matt Waldman’s 2019 Senior Bowl-RSP Page

      Bookmark this page for Matt Waldman’s coverage of the 2018 Senior Bowl practices. For analysis of skill players, get the 2019  Rookie Scouting Portfolio, now available for pre-order. If you’re a fantasy owner the Post-Draft Add-on is included for May download for the 2012 – 2019 RSPs. Best, yet, 10 percent of every sale is donated…

  • Matt Waldman’s RSP 2019 Senior Bowl Preview: Running Backs

    Matt Waldman’s RSP 2019 Senior Bowl Preview: Running Backs

      Matt Waldman is once again covering Senior Bowl practices and continues his previews of the skill position players in attendance with thoughts on the running backs.  Running back is one of the least understood positions in football evaluation because it’s viewed too often has all about athletic ability and instincts. The end product of…

  • RSP’s Mr. Jackson on Edge Rusher Josh Allen (Kentucky): Second-Best Is Plenty Good Enough

    RSP’s Mr. Jackson on Edge Rusher Josh Allen (Kentucky): Second-Best Is Plenty Good Enough

    Nick Bosa may be the top edge prospect in the 2019 NFL Draft class but Kentucky’s Josh Allen is a close second, and Rookie Scouting Portfolio contributor Jackson Block showcases clips of Allen’s gifted play. Long, strong, and graceful in space, Josh Allen is an athletic freak who set Kentucky’s single-season (14) and career sack…

  • Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.45: 2019 NFL Draft Talk with Ben Fennell (NFL Network)

    Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.45: 2019 NFL Draft Talk with Ben Fennell (NFL Network)

    NFL Network researcher Ben Fennell joins Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast for an extended conversation about college all-star games, 2019 NFL Draft prospects, and how to study football. Ben Fennell has worked with and learned from the likes of Mike Mayock, Matt Millen, Brian Baldinger, Charles Davis, and Daniel Jeremiah. Fennell watches college games to produce supporting…

  • Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.194: WR Hakeem Butler (Iowa State), Let It Whip

    Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.194: WR Hakeem Butler (Iowa State), Let It Whip

    Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines a failed target thrown to Iowa State receiver Hakeem Butler and why it contributes mightily to his compelling 2019 NFL Draft profile.  The whip route is commonly a slot receiver’s tool. Keenan Allen, Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola, and several other NFL receivers with deer-like quicks frustrate safeties with this…

  • Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.193: RB Devine Ozigbo (Nebraska)

    Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.193: RB Devine Ozigbo (Nebraska)

    Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room showcases the patience, hip mobility, footwork, acceleration, and hands of 2019 NFL Draft prospect Devine Ozigbo of Nebraska. Mike Anderson and Michael Turner come to mind when I watch Devine Ozigbo play football. Ozigbo has the size, down-hill power, and acceleration of these two former NFL Pro-Bowl backs. He also…

  • Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.140: TE Jace Sternberger (Texas A&M)

    Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.140: TE Jace Sternberger (Texas A&M)

    Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room showcases the fluidity and physicality of Texas A&M TE Jace Sternberger, a 2019 NFL Draft prospect with viable growth potential. Presuming T.J. Hockenson declares (no guarantees as of writing this post), he and Irv Smith are the two most refined tight end prospects that I’ve watched in this 2019 NFL…