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RSP Film Room: WR Breshad Perriman
Football Gameplan’s Gene Clemmons and I discuss the details missing in the Ravens receiver’s game as he enters the league. Football Gameplan’s Gene Clemmons joins the RSP Film Room for a look at Ravens draft pick Breshad Perriman. Clemmons and I have watched several games of Perriman’s, but we decided on the N.C. State game to profile…
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RSP Roundtable Podcast: Alan Dandar and Dan Hatman
Get a whole new perspective on scouting and NFL decision-making and listen to this show before the draft tonight. The NFL Draft begins today and rather than talking about prospects, I spoke with two experienced NFL football operations and personnel people about scouting, management, and strategy of building a team. This is easily one of…
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RSP Film Room No.46: LB/DE Dante Fowler w/Dan Hatman
An instructive session with a former NFL scout who does a methodical job of breaking down a player with potential to play multiple positions. Dan Hatman is the founder of the Scouting Academy, an educational service devoted to teaching the fundamentals of the game and player evaluation to fans, aspiring scouts, media, and football professionals. While…
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RSP Film Room No.45: RB Skills & Drills w/Chad Spann
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RSP Film Room No.23: Leonard Williams (Best Player We’ve seen this year (so far…))
I just cut two RSP Film Room sessions with Ryan Riddle and they couldn’t be more different. The first features Shawn Oakman, a 6-7 defensive end with a freakish body, whose game is physically, technically, and conceptually raw. Let’s skip that film room session, I’ll profile it later. The second prospect from this twin bill…
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RSP Film Room No.44: Safeties Damarious Randall and Clayton Geathers
Ryan Riddle and I check out two safeties: One who could be overrated and one who might be underrated. Session Notes: Randall’s skill for tracking the ball. The pattern of less-than-impressive tackling technique. Randall’s tendency to bite on plays he shouldn’t. Geathers pass coverage skill. Notable points about Geathers’ production. and it says about his…
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RSP Film Room No.43: Ohio State DT Michael Bennett
John Owning and I examine Michael Bennett’s game and why he may not be Aaron Donald or Geno Atkins, but he’s still capable of being a disruptive pro. Session Notes: Examples of the arm-over/swim technique. The importance of pad level and pad orientation for a tackle. Why Bennett struggles with double teams. How line…
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RSP Film Room No.42: QB Coach Will Hewlett on Marcus Mariota
Why should a team adopt an Aaron Rodgers-like timeline to bring along Mariota? Here’s what a QB coach has to say. It’s not every day that I have a quarterback coach tell me that he likes my analysis of passers. This happened 10 months ago when Will Hewlett introduced himself to me. I didn’t know who Hewlett was–and…
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RSP Film Room No.41: WR Devin Smith
Matt Harmon of “Reception Perception” fame returns to the film room. The Footballguys.com and Backyard Banter writer joins me to study a player we both like a lot: Ohio State’s Devin Smith. Session notes: Fluid, integrated processing that Smith, Maxx Williams, and other projected starters display. Why underneath routes are so important to the vertical…
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RSP Film Room No.40: TE Maxx Williams
The RSP Film Room has studied 39 prospects and not a tight end among them. Kyle Crabbs of NDTScouting.com visits the film room to put that streak to an end. We break down Maxx Williams with looks at the Iowa and Missouri games on Draftbreakdown.com. Notes from the Film Room: A player’s “frame” and what we’re…