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RSP Sample Scouting Report: Titans RB Dion Lewis
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio shares its pre-draft scouting report on Titans running back Dion Lewis. Patience, Grasshopper. That’s the best phrase to encapsulate the running backs from the 2011 NFL Draft class. I thought 13 backs where draftable talents: Mark Ingram: An intelligent runner with as high of a floor as any running back prospect…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens: The Tyreek Hill Template for 2018 Tarik Cohen
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio examines how Bears head coach Matt Nagy could transition Tarik Cohen into a Tyreek Hill role. An excellent NFL weapon, Tyreek Hill was not remotely the caliber of running back that Tarik Cohen was when both were in college. Hill’s transition to the wide receiver position made sense. Cohen lacks Hill’s…
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Matt Waldman’s NFL Lens RB Tarik Cohen’s 2017 Review and 2018 Preview
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio NFL Lens examines Chicago Bears weapon Tarik Cohen, noting the successes in 2017 and the opportunities for more in 2018. Cohen was my top situational running back in my 2017 pre-draft publication of the Rookie Scouting Portfolio: An electrifying player, Cohen is a slippery athlete with phone booth quicks and…
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RSP Boiler Room No. 146 RB Karan Higdon (Michigan): Quality Over Quantity
Michigan running back Karan Higdon doesn’t see a lot of targets in the passing game. Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines one of those rare opportunities for the 2019 NFL Draft prospect. Michigan. Jim Harbaugh. Big offensive linemen. Power football. If we were sitting in a candle-lit room with incense and a crystal ball while chanting…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens: How RB Derrius Guice Enhances the Short Passing Game
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio illustrates how Derrius Guice will enhance pass plays from run-heavy looks. The influx of rookie running back talent into the NFL is the most promising I’ve seen since publishing the first Rookie Scouting Portfolio in 2006. Washington’s Derrius Guice is one of the headliners. A physical back with excellent footwork…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Flashback: Overrated-Underrated Running Backs (2006)
Matt Waldman shares his list of overrated and underrated running backs from the 2006 NFL Draft class — his first year publishing the Rookie Scouting Portfolio Author’s Note: 2006 was the first year of my publication. I had no idea about the time-commitment involved heading into the project. I was so far behind schedule with studying players,…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens Flashback: RB Chris Johnson (Tennessee)
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio examines former 2,000-yard back Chris Johnson and discovers that a subtle move could help him flip the field better than a dramatic jump cut. I missed on Chris Johnson when I studied him for the 2008 NFL Draft. I didn’t see enough tape and I didn’t grasp the subtleties of how…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No. 145: RB Myles Gaskin (Washington), All Broken Tackles Aren’t Equal
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines a touchdown run from 2019 NFL Draft prospect Myles Gaskin and broaches the topic of analyzing broken tackles. Myles Gaskin made a good decision to return to Washington in 2018. Although he’s handled the workload for three consecutive years and has been among the yardage leaders at his position,…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens: RBs Arian Foster and David Montgomery and Smart Footwork
While watching 2019 NFL Draft prospect David Montgomery exhibit intelligent footwork on a bounce-out, Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio remembered Arian Foster do the same thing. It’s a good technique that running backs should learn. While studying running back David Montgomery, I noticed him take consecutive steps with the same foot to set up a…
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Matt Waldman’s NFL Lens: RB Darren Sproles Has Independent Rear Suspension
Eagles running back Darren Sproles is a special NFL player. Matt Waldman’s RSP examines a facet of Sproles’ footwork that aids his balance and agility in tight spaces. What do Sproles and Marshawn Lynch have in common? Eric Stoner discovered the link when we took a Sproles video tangent during an RSP Film room on Donnel…