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The College Draft Podcast with Ross Tucker And Matt Waldman: UCF-Stanford, TCU-Purdue, And South-Carolina-Alabama
Ross Tucker and Matt Waldman preview nine NFL Draft prospects from three of the big college games this week, including two of the best receiver prospects in the country. Every week, Ross Tucker and I will be discussing nine big-time players from three marquee games on the college football schedule. I got carried away with…
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The College Draft Podcast with Ross Tucker And Matt Waldman: LSU-Texas and Clemson-Texas A&M
Ross Tucker and Matt Waldman preview nine NFL Draft prospects from two of the big college games this week, including a safety Matt thinks is one of the best football players in the country. Every week, Ross Tucker and I will be discussing nine big-time players from three marquee games on the college football schedule.…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.240 S Grant Delpit (LSU): Steps Ahead
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines LSU safety Grant Delpit, one of the best prospects Waldman has watched in 2019 because of his ability to execute steps ahead of his competition. Grant Delpit is one of the most intuitive players I’ve seen in a while. In the middle of executing a good decision, the LSU…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.86: Ross Cooper on Football Skill Training
Skills acquisition training and coach Ross Cooper joins Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast for an in-depth conversation on how to make sense of the training videos, what goes into effective training, and examples of NFL players who are executing as problem solvers at the highest level. This might have been the fastest hour of conversation I’ve…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens: CB Xavier Rhodes’ (Vikings) Patience vs. WR Dante Pettis (49ers)
Matt Waldman’s RSP revisits a 2018 play featuring Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes and 49ers wide receiver Dante Pettis that reveals good physical skills from the receiver but a superior conceptual understanding of the route and game by the defender. Listen to my commentary in this video made during Week 1 of the 2018 season and…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.85: Gaining Player Insights From the NFL in August
Matt Waldman shares insights he’s gained as well as those he gained from a conversation with J Moyer on what’s worth gleaning from August in the NFL. J Moyer and I had an excellent conversation that expanded on my recent article, How I Evaluate Football In August. Unfortunately, we experienced technical difficulties with the audio…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens: Patriots Secondary Tricking Deshaun Watson
Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens examines an excellent coverage technique by the New England Patriots secondary against Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. NFL quarterbacks face far more exotic and complex defenses than they did on Saturdays. Even so, it’s rare to see a cornerback on one side of the field trade-off a crossing route with a…
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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…
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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…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.43: Evaluating College All-Star Practices and Content Recommendations
Matt Waldman shares his advice on who, what, and how to watch college all-star games and gives RSP newbies recommended listening for past RSP Casts and YouTube RSP Film Rooms. In recent years, I’m often asked about college all-star games. What value do they hold for the players and the people who attend them? What…