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Lessons from Tom Brady’s Career, Sr. Bowl Red Herrings, What to Make of Michael Wilson: Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande
CFL and NFL scout Russ Lande and the RSP’s Matt Waldman discuss the lessons gained from Tom Brady’s career, what’s to gain from all-star games like the Senior Bowl, and what to make of a prospect like wide receiver Michael Wilson. Topics This week: What lessons did Tom Brady potentially learn about football from competing…
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Links to Matt Waldman’s 2022 RSP NFL Draft Analysis
Links to all essays, analysis, pre-draft coverage, and scouting reports about 2022 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 17th year of publication, the RSP is the best of both worlds: a summarized magazine of reports, rankings, and analysis…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Quick Game with Mark Schofield: Playoffs, Senior Bowl, QBs Moving On
Mark Schofield and Matt Waldman deliver an RSP Cast Quick Game focused on the NFL playoffs, the 2021 SeniorBowl, and quarterbacks moving on from their teams, if not the league. This week’s RSP Cast menu: Is it over for Drew Brees? What we learned about quarterbacking from watching him. Are the media’s calls for [insert…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Quick Game: Senior Bowl, Super Bowl, and the Grind with Mark Schofield
In this episode of the RSP Quick Game, Matt Waldman and Mark Schofield share their impressions of the Senior Bowl practices, preview the Super Bowl, broach Joe Burrow’s arm strength, and discuss the grind of football analysis as a living. Here are the specifics of our Quick Game conversation: What must SF do to have…
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2020 Senior Bowl South Wrap-Up
Matt Waldman shares his thoughts about the NFL Draft prospects who participated in this week’s 2020 Senior Bowl practices. What did I learn about the skill prospects at the Senior Bowl? If you read the North Wrap-Up, skip ahead to my position-by-position reviews. I’d like to tell you that I learned dozens of definitive things…
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2020 Senior Bowl North Wrap-Up
Matt Waldman shares his thoughts about the NFL Draft prospects who participated in this week’s 2020 Senior Bowl practices. What did I learn about the skill prospects at the Senior Bowl? I’d like to tell you that I learned dozens of definitive things about the players I observed this week that will be predictive of…
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2020 Senior Bowl: Note about Day 3 and the Game
Matt Waldman shares his coverage plans and schedule for the remaining events of the Senior Bowl. Due to inclement weather in Mobile on Thursday, Senior Bowl practices were relocated to the South Alabama facility. Due to limited space in the practice bubble and fuzzy and late communication about its availability to media, I decided to…
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2020 Senior Bowl Practices Film Review: Day 2
RSP author Matt Waldman shares his thoughts on the second day of Senior Bowl practices. For the sake of time, Day 2’s coverage of the South Practice will be broken up by drills and I’ll mention notable reps within these headings rather than summarize each player’s resp as I did in North Practice. I will…
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2020 Senior Bowl Practices Film Review: North Day 2
RSP author Matt Waldman shares his thoughts on the second day of Senior Bowl practices. The Lions staff left observers wanting more after Day 1 of Senior Bowl practices. Detroit gave a lot more to its audience on Day 2. We saw a lot more 11-on-11 opportunities, one-on-one drills, as well as a stalk-block drill…
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2020 Senior Bowl Practices Film Review: North Day 1
RSP author Matt Waldman shares his thoughts on the first day of Senior Bowl practices. The first day of all-star practices set the baseline for the week. Tuesday’s sessions reveal how the coaching staff will organize its sessions and which players start hot or cold. Depending on the film we’ve seen on a player, the…