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Matt Waldman’s RSP Scouting Reports: WRs Marvin Jones, T.Y. Hilton, and Thoughts on Sample Size
Matt Waldman shares sample scouting reports from wide receivers Marvin Jones and T.Y. Hilton—two vastly underrated players from the 2012 NFL Draft class where the difference in Waldman’s rankings came down to sample size of exposures. One of the difficulties of being an emerging independent scout is access to game film. Although the task of…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens QB Russell Wilson: Rule-Breaking Like An Artist
Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens posts a throw from the film portfolio of Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson to illustrate the unwieldy application of technical rules in football evaluation. “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” — Pablo Picasso “Any fool can make a rule And any fool will…
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Futures: Studying the Asterisk (My pre-draft analysis of Russell Wilson)
I’m going to show you why Wilson has NFL starter potential and why the 6-foot-0 Drew Brees is a good template for how an NFL team can win with Wilson. Note: This is a bit of blog housecleaning on my part. If you’ve subscribed to my blog for more than two years, odds are likely…
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RSP Flashback: Alshon Jeffery Pre-Draft Analysis
How did I grade Alshon Jeffery in the 2012 NFL Draft? A potential cross between Michael Irvin and Cris Carter if Jeffery demonstrates he wants to work like a pro. Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina (6-3, 216) Cris Carter-Michael Irvin is also a good best-case scenario for a player of Jeffery’s talents. However, where Criner has a dash…
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On Scouting Wide Receivers
I believe analytics have value, but the grading of wide receivers based heavily on speed, vertical skill, and production is an ambitious, but misguided idea. Further the application is the torturing of data to fit it into a preconceived idea and making it sound objective and scientific due to the use of quantitative data. Unless…