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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.224: WR Bryan Edwards (S. Carolina) Differentiating Leverage And Power
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines the differences between leverage and power with excerpts of 2020 NFL Draft prospect Bryan Edwards’ tape versus Georgia. Bryan Edwards is a 6’3″, 220-pound wide receiver prospect with excellent speed. He’s an explosive player and with explosion often comes power. It’s obvious that a 6’3″, 220-pound receiver will display…
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Matt Waldman’s 2019 RSP Sample: WR Reggie White, Jr. (Giants)
Matt Waldman’s RSP shares its sample evaluation of UDFA receiver Reggie White, Jr., a player who could compete for a roster spot and playing time this year in New York. With the Giants’ wide receiver depth chart suffering injuries to Sterling Shepard and Corey Coleman on consecutive days, many analysts and writers will mention Auburn…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.223: RB Scottie Phillips (Ole Miss) And Setting Up Blockers In Gap Schemes
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room reveals how NFL Draft prospect Ole Miss RB Scottie Phillips helps his blockers in a gap running scheme. When comparing run schemes, less diagnostic skill is necessary on gap plays like trap, counter, power, and toss. Running backs still need some amount of sophistication to run gap — especially in…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.222: RB Scottie Phillips (Ole Miss) Pass Protection
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room shares the details he seeks when studying running backs in pass protection using the tape of Ole Miss running back Scottie Phillips (Ole Miss) against Alabama. I love watching running backs face defenses that outmatch that runner’s teammates. The disadvantages played out on the field provide a great environment to…
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Protected: Dwain McFarland’s RSP Paths to Volume: Josh Jacobs (Exclusive to RSP Subscribers)
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Sample NFL Scouting Report: WR Robert Woods (Rams)
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio delivers a sample NFL Draft Scouting Report on Rams wide receiver Robert Woods, a player many deemed a consolation prize in the 2013 NFL Draft, but the RSP saw skills that made him a straight-up gift. Preface I’ve often shared with readers and listeners that the 2013 draft class was…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens: The Micro-Movements That Make RB Ezekiel Elliott (Dallas) Great
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio examines the tiny details that make a huge difference with Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott. The best four running back prospects that I’ve graded during the past 5-6 years are Nick Chubb, Saquon Barkley, Todd Gurley, and Ezekiel Elliott. Despite each having their own style, there was little difference…
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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 Boiler Room No.221: WR Devin Duvernay (Texas) And the Mechanics of An Acrobatic Catch
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines a diving touchdown reception of Texas WR Devin Duvernay and reveals the mechanics behind the acrobatic catch. Football captured my imagination at an early age. One of the first types of plays that left me spellbound was the diving catch—especially those where the receiver had to fully extend his…
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Links to Matt Waldman’s 2020 RSP NFL Draft Analysis
Links to all essays, analysis, Senior Bowl coverage, and scouting reports about 2020 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 15th year of publication, the RSP is the best of both worlds: a summarized magazine of reports, rankings, and…