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The College Draft Podcast with Ross Tucker And Matt Waldman: UCF-Stanford, TCU-Purdue, And South-Carolina-Alabama

Ross Tucker and Matt Waldman preview nine NFL Draft prospects from three of the big college games this week, including two of the best receiver prospects in the country. Every week, Ross Tucker and I will be discussing nine big-time players from three marquee games on the college football schedule. I got carried away with…
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The Fantasy Film And Data RSP Cast Ep.2: Week 1 with the Chiefs, Eagles, Ravens, And 49ers

Rookie Scouting Portfolio contributors Dwain McFarland and J. Moyer deliver in-depth Week 1 analysis of the Chiefs, Eagles, Ravens, and 49ers offenses in their second episode of The Fantasy Film And Data RSP Cast. This week, Dwain and J spend an hour breaking down a four of the most intriguing offenses in the NFL, discussing…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.93: Sammy Watkins (Chiefs) Development with WR Coach Drew Lieberman

The Sideline Hustle’s Drew Lieberman joins Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast to discuss his analysis and interview with Chiefs receiver Sammy Watkins, a player who has finally developed his technique to a level commensurate with his talent. When I evaluated Sammy Watkins at Clemson I thought he was an excellent route runner who had limited opportunities…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens QB Russell Wilson (Seahawks): Footwork Is The Window Into A Quarterback’s Soul

Matt Waldman deconstructs an off-script completion from Russell Wilson to D.K. Metcalf and reveals how a quarterback’s footwork is a window into his football soul. Bill Walsh said the best way to learn about a quarterback is to watch his feet. It’s one of the elegant truths of scouting the position. A quarterback’s feet are…
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Matt Waldman’s Top 10 At Footballguys (Free Preview)

Matt Waldman’s weekly Footballguys article covering the NFL is available for free this week. Most of you know I am a Senior Staff Writer at Footballguys.com. I’ve been with the site since 2009 and I love working there. One of my favorite parts of writing for one of the oldest and best sites of its…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room RB Alvin Kamara’s (Saints) Tackle-Breaking And Contact-Balance

Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Lens examines the precision behind Saints running back Alvin Kamara’s tackle-breaking and contact-balance. I’m not a football skills coach, but I watch enough runners that I notice patterns that the best running backs display. Many of you watch enough to do the same—I’m simply in a position to articulate them. Alvin…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP NFL Lens: QB Aaron Rodgers (Packers) And The Lesson of Making the Game Easy

Mark Schofield shows how Aaron Rodgers’ quarterbacking against the Chicago Bears exhibits a lot of common sense. Football, even at the NFL level, does not have to be a hard game. There are some simple tenets that are always applicable. Tackle the guy with the football. Throw to the open receiver. Run to daylight. Tackle…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.244 RB Gerold Bright (Utah): Open-Field Basics

Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room shares the basics of open field running with a play from Utah State running back Gerold Bright. There’s way too much emphasis on open-field running in football analysis these days. Even so, there are fans who haven’t really thought about some of the basics that go into this arena of…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.243 WR Cedric Byrd (Hawaii): How Ingrained Is A WR’s Catch Technique

Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines the pass-catching prowess of Hawaii wide receiver and 2020 NFL Draft prospect Cedric Byrd to offer insights on ways to assess how ingrained a receiver’s hands positions are relative to the target. Below are two targets intended for Cedric Byrd during last year’s Hawaii-Navy game. Byrd is a slot…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.242 RB D’Andre Swift (Georgia): Patience Independent of the Offensive Line’s Results

Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room uses two plays from 2020 NFL Draft prospect D’Andre Swift’s performance against Vanderbilt to illustrate that we can often assess the patience and decision-making of a running back independent of his offensive line’s performance. Running back is a position of greater skill than the current state of football analysis leads…

