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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.53: The Secret Sauce of the RSP
In this week’s RSP Cast, Matt Waldman discusses the secret sauce of the Rookie Scouting Portfolio and uses Kyle Van Noy’s recent anecdote about the Lions’ coaching staff as an example to why it’s often missing in the NFL. Imagine shortly after a company hires you that your boss tells you that you don’t fit the…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.203: WR Kelvin Harmon (NC State), Tandem Movements
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler room showcases NC State wide receiver Kelvin Harmon’s execution of skills in tandem — a sign of a refined receiving prospect. While hanging out in the hotel lobby of Senior Bowl Central waiting for the introductory press conferences to end, Dallas Morning News writer and frequent RSP Film Room guest, John Owning…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room Preview: QB Brett Rypien (Boise State)
Matt Waldman shares a play from quarterback Brett Rypien’s portfolio work that illustrates why he shares some of the love that his Rookie Scouting Portfolio colleague Mark Schofield has for the 2019 NFL Draft prospect from Boise State. Watch us on YouTube or listen to us on iTunes and you’d think Mark Schofield spend our…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.145: QB Daniel Jones (Duke)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room shares excerpts from six games of Duke quarterback Daniel Jones, a 2019 NFL Draft prospect that is held in high esteem by some quarters of the draftnik community. For better or worse, some players’ games are not the sum of their parts. Bill Walsh shared this thought in his quarterback…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.202: QB Daniel Jones (Duke), Fast and Slow Processing
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room profiles examples of fast and slow processing from the pocket from Duke quarterback and 2019 NFL Draft prospect Daniel Jones. I understand the buzz surrounding Daniel Jones. Big Draft covets tall quarterbacks and Jones is not only tall, but he also has a good feel for the pocket and skill…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room: The Value in Defining Your Scouting Process — Quarterbacks
Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room uses his 50-yard touchdown pass by 2019 NFL Draft prospect Gardner Minshew II to discuss the importance of defining your evaluation criteria before scouting players. Imagine you’re a head coach for an NFL team that needs a quarterback. During preliminary meetings with your organization’s scouting director and general manager in…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.53: Mark Schofield and Difficult Quarterback Evaluations
Rookie Scouting Portfolio contributor Mark Schofield visits the podcast for a conversation about difficult quarterback evaluations for this 2019 NFL Draft class. Spoiler Alert: it’s almost all of them. Mark Schofield and I delivered analysis on Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray at the RSP site this week. Our thoughts on evaluating Murray sparked further conversation about difficult…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.143: QB Kyler Murray (Oklahoma)
Matt Waldman delivers a 10-game, hour-long analysis on 2019 NFL Draft prospect Kyler Murray that includes roughly 50 plays, and the player comparison is not what you’d expect. Kyler Murray is a challenging evaluation. He has elite physical skills in a below-average frame. A first-year starter in an offense that Baker Mayfield parlayed into a bright…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.142: RB Bruce Anderson (North Dakota State) with Michael Kist
Bleeding Green Nation writer and producer, Michael Kist joins Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room for an in-depth film study of NFL Draft prospect Bruce Anderson, the talented North Dakota State running back. The weekend before the Senior Bowl, I tweeted that there would a running back participating in the week of practices whose style of…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Scouting Lens: QB Kyler Murray (Oklahoma), Is He a Mold-Breaker?
Rookie Scouting Portfolio contributor Mark Schofield delivers his analysis of Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray and it comes down to one question: Is he the mold-breaker? This week, Oklahoma Sooners quarterback and Heisman Trophy Winner Kyler Murray announced that he was 100% committed to playing quarterback in the NFL. Murray’s announcement comes in the wake of…