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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room: WR Warren Jackson (CSU) Tough Ain’t Enough
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines Colorado State WR Warren Jackson’s skill with winning in tight quarters and why that’s important as a 2021 NFL Draft prospect. One of my favorite podcast episodes of the past five years is boxing trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas’ appearance on Joe Rogan’s show when he talks about Mike…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Scout Talk with Russ Lande: Running Back Evaluation Mistakes
Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk podcast with Russ Lande begins a series devoted to evaluation misses and lessons learned. This week’s episode on running backs offers a lot of players to choose from. This episode of Scout Talk with Russ Lande is a fantastic conversation about the running backs who we didn’t evaluate well and…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room: WR Elijah Moore #OleMiss Tracking And Zone Concepts
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines Mississippi wide receiver and NFL Draft prospect Eli Moore, a player comfortable with tracking the football in difficult scenarios and skilled with finding openings in zone coverage. Elijah Moore checks a lot of boxes. He has the quick and precise footwork of a sudden receiver who can weave through…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Quick Game Week 16 with Mark Schofield
Rookie Scouting Portfolio writers Mark Schofield and Matt Waldman discuss the NFL, college prospect evaluation, the football writing industry, and non-football topics in this 90-minute, holiday episode of the Quick Game. This week’s RSP cast covers a lot of football and non-football territory. Which NFL player has demonstrated significant improvement this year? Do backups of…
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American Football Stories Podcast: SEC Championship Skill Player Preview w/Matt Waldman
American Football Stories hosts Nick Knudsen and Robert Parker welcome Rookie Scouting Portfolio author Matt Waldman on to breakdown individual prospects in the 2020 SEC Championship Game. I had a terrific time talking ball with Nick and Robert as we looked at the well-known draft prospects at the offensive skill positions for the upcoming SEC…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk Podcast with Russ Lande: WR Evaluation Misses And Lessons
Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk podcast with Russ Lande begins a series devoted to evaluation misses and lessons learned. This week’s episode on wide receivers offers a lot of players to choose from. This episode of Scout Talk with Russ Lande is a fantastic conversation about the wide receivers who we didn’t evaluate well and…
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Links to Matt Waldman’s 2021 RSP NFL Draft Analysis
Links to all essays, analysis, Senior Bowl coverage, and scouting reports about 2021 NFL Draft prospects come from research Matt Waldman and the Rookie Scouting Portfolio staff undertakes to write the Rookie Scouting Portfolio Publication. Now in the 16th year of publication, the RSP is the best of both worlds: a summarized magazine of reports, rankings, and…
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Players Studied for Matt Waldman’s 2021 Rookie Scouting Portfolio Publication
Matt Waldman’s running list of 2021 NFL Draft prospects who will appear in the April 1 RSP publication. Each year, I like to list the players who will be in the Rookie Scouting Portfolio publication. If any of these players return to school, I will save them for the 2022 publication. The opportunity to pre-order…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast: Scout Talk with Russ Lande (Coaches, Coordinators, QBs, and WRs)
This week’s edition of Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Scout Talk with Russ Lande debates the merits of Daniel Jones and Carson Wentz, the value of head coaches and offensive coordinators, Lamar Jackson’s current performance, and thoughts on a pair of intriguing wide receiver prospects for the 2021 NFL Draft. If all financials were equal, would…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room: TE Kyle Pitts (Florida)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines the potential of 2021 NFL Draft prospect Kyle Pitts, a compelling move tight end with massive development potential from the University of Florida. Kyle Pitts will remind many of Raiders’ tight end, Darren Waller. Both are tall, thin, and sleek athletic prospects who adjust well to targets and win…