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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.191: RB Travis Homer (Miami)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room profiles the 2019 NFL Draft prospect Travis Homer and his strengths as an edge runner and finisher. Although not known as ‘Running Back U,’ the University of Miami has fielded its share of stud NFL runners, including Ottis Anderson, Alonzo Highsmith, Edgerrin James, Clinton Portis, Frank Gore, and Willis McGahee. Recent Hurricane backs…
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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…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.185: RB Alexander Mattison (Boise State)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room showcases a run by NFL Draft prospect Alexander Mattison that illustrates the Boise State running back’s refinement at the position. Alexander Mattison is eligible for the NFL Draft (but hasn’t announced his decision). The first thing I read about him was an article discussing his enhanced summer workouts so he…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens: RB Frank Gore’s (Miami) Fundamentals in Space
Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens profiles two plays from the venerable Frank Gore in his December performance against the Patriots. Frank Gore is ending his career as a source of tremendous consternation to Kenyan Drake fans who are tired of seeing Drake breakaway from the field and then go to the bench for drives filled…
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Pre-Order Matt Waldman’s 2019 RSP Today!
The pre-order period of Matt Waldman’s 2019 Rookie Scouting Portfolio — available for download April 1 — is now underway. “@MattWaldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio is unique and important. A must-read every year.” – Doug Farrar, USA Today and Author of The Genius od Desperation: The schematic Innovations that Made the Modern NFL You’ve Been Waiting For This Day?…
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Players Studied for Matt Waldman’s 2019 Rookie Scouting Portfolio Publication
Matt Waldman’s running list of 2019 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 2020 publication. The opportunity to pre-order…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.136: RB Justice Hill (Oklahoma St.)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room breaks down Oklahoma State running back Justice Hill, a big-play threat whose game offers a glimmer of what made Reggie Bush an NFL big-play threat. Fans pay to see big plays and it’s why Justice Hill sells tickets. He’s a quick-twitch runner with moves and big-play speed. With the exception…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.182: The Triumvirate of RB Dexter Williams’ (Notre Dame) Game
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room showcases the footwork, vision, and knowledge of blocking scheme that Notre Dame running back Dexter Williams illustrates in his game. If I could outlaw one word in the lexicon of running back analysis, it would be “vision.” The term is too vague and it leads to a lot of incomplete…
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RB Justin Jackson (Chargers): Matt Waldman’s RSP Sample Pre-Draft Report
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio shares its pre-draft sample report of Chargers running back Justin Jackson. Melvin Gordon will miss multiple weeks with a Grade 2 sprain of his MCL. Austin Ekeler will earn the start in Gordon’s place but as we’ve seen in Los Angeles, there is room for two productive backs in the…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP: The Talent-Work Ethic Question
Matt Waldman’s RSP examines the talent versus work ethic question as it applies to football and the NFL Draft. What is the nature of talent? How much of it is inherent? How much of it comes from persistent training? Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-Hour Rule in his publication Outliers is a popular and hotly debated idea. I agree…