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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.78: Running Backs and New Schemes with J Moyer
Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast features RSP contributor J. Moyer in a conversation about new backs and or new schemes for prominent running back depth charts around the league. RSP contributor J. Moyer has coached at the high school level for several years. Last week, he joined the RSP Cast for a conversation about NFL running…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP: Yards After Contact (There’s A Better Way)
Matt Waldman examines the Yards After Contact statistic for running backs and concludes there’s a better way to track the data. Yards After Contact is a great statistic in theory. It’s the sum of yardage gained after contact from a defender. This sounds alright until you think about the way we track the data. If…
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RSP’s J Moyer’s Running Backs And The Coaching Carousel: Kenyan Drake And Kalen Ballage (Miami)
RSP contributor J. Moyer explores “the Chad O’Shea Effect” on Miami Dolphins running backs Kenyan Drake and Kalen Ballage in 2019. Coaching changes can have a profound impact on the production profiles of NFL offenses. Never was this more apparent than when Sean McVay took over the Rams in 2016. Building his offense around a…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP NFL Lens: Framing Expectations of Eagles QB Carson Wentz
RSP contributor Mark Schofield explains why it was smart for the Eagles to bet on its injury-riddled starting quarterback Carson Wentz One of the bigger storylines to come out of the NFL offseason this summer has been the decision made by Philadelphia Eagles’ General Manager Howie Roseman to sign quarterback Carson Wentz to a contract…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Scouting Lens: QB Jordan Love (Utah State) and Processing Speed
RSP contributor Mark Schofield shows us why Utah State quarterback Jordan Love is worth your attention for the 2020 NFL Draft. As the work begins on yet another class of draft prospects, many in the football evaluation world are truly excited about what could be a strong quarterback class. Tua Tagovailoa, Jake Fromm, Nate Stanley,…
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The RSP NFL Lens: J. Moyer’s Sleeper Archetype for NFL Running Backs
RSP contributor J Moyer shares a sleeper archetype for NFL running backs. Whether it’s the actual game or the fantasy version of the game, the running back position is especially vexing. Among the myriad of reasons: Significant dependence and interplay with the offensive line and offense as a whole. Counting and advanced statistics that do…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.71: Projecting 2019 NFL Offenses with Dwain McFarland
RSP analyst Dwain McFarland joins Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast for an in-depth discussion on individual and team offense projections for the 2019 NFL season. It’s about damn time I brought Dwain McFarland onto the show. You know Dwain from his RSP Film And Data column on the site. This week, we begin an ongoing podcast…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP Scouting Lens: QB Will Grier (West Virginia) and the Dangers of Assumption
Rookie Scouting Portfolio contributor Mark Schofield shares one of the areas where 2019 NFL Draft prospect Will Grier must improve his diagnosis of defenses in this week’s RSP Scouting Lens. We all know the idiom: “Never assume. It makes an….” As I said, we all know the idiom, so there’s no sense in completing it…
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Three Angles: Thoughts on the Kareem Hunt Signing
Rookie Scouting Portfolio creator Matt Waldman shares his thoughts on the Cleveland Brown’s signing of Kareem Hunt. I want our society to handle domestic violence and drug and alcohol abuse with nuance and care for both the victims and the perpetrators. This includes stricter laws, more severe punishments when needed, and better rehabilitation efforts…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP NFL Lens: Tom Brady’s 2018, Declines, and Non-Negotiables
Is Tom Brady in decline or are we undervaluing his non-negotiable traits because of video game production from other stars? Mark Schofield’s RSP NFL Lens dives into the state of Brady’s game. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about transitions. The human brain is a strange and fascinating organ and one that we may never…