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Matt Waldman’s RSP Reads Listens Views (Friday January 18, 2019)
Matt Waldman’s Reads Listens Views is back and devoted to a short list of recommended reads, listens, and views for the week. Welcome If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. Every Friday, I post links to pieces that I’ve found personally compelling or to content I hope will eventually scratch that itch…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.194: WR Hakeem Butler (Iowa State), Let It Whip
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines a failed target thrown to Iowa State receiver Hakeem Butler and why it contributes mightily to his compelling 2019 NFL Draft profile. The whip route is commonly a slot receiver’s tool. Keenan Allen, Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola, and several other NFL receivers with deer-like quicks frustrate safeties with this…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.193: RB Devine Ozigbo (Nebraska)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room showcases the patience, hip mobility, footwork, acceleration, and hands of 2019 NFL Draft prospect Devine Ozigbo of Nebraska. Mike Anderson and Michael Turner come to mind when I watch Devine Ozigbo play football. Ozigbo has the size, down-hill power, and acceleration of these two former NFL Pro-Bowl backs. He also…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.140: TE Jace Sternberger (Texas A&M)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room showcases the fluidity and physicality of Texas A&M TE Jace Sternberger, a 2019 NFL Draft prospect with viable growth potential. Presuming T.J. Hockenson declares (no guarantees as of writing this post), he and Irv Smith are the two most refined tight end prospects that I’ve watched in this 2019 NFL…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep. 44: Bill Walsh, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, and Quarterback Evaluation
The RSP Cast discusses Bill Walsh’s perspective on quarterback evaluation and how Matt has arrived at similar conclusions after 15 years of tape study. Bill Walsh was a titan of football — especially evaluation and development of players. This week’s podcast discusses how Patrick Mahomes would have fit what Walsh sought from a quarterback — even if not…
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Mark Schofield’s RSP NFL Lens: QB Baker Mayfield (Browns) and Chaos
Mark Schofield’s RSP NFL Lens examines Baker Mayfield’s tendency to invite chaos and why it has been an occasional detriment to his game as a collegian and pro. The conundrum of comfort in chaos. When I put that phrase together over two years ago writing about Baker Mayfield, I thought it encapsulated one of the…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.139: RB Joshua Jacobs (Alabama)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room profiles potential 2019 NFL Draft prospect Joshua Jacobs, a runner whose game has the potential to go the distance. Crimson Tide running back Joshua Jacobs has potential to follow in the footsteps of Frank Gore as one of those backs that your children will be sick of watching. His game is…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Reads Listens Views (Friday January 11, 2019)
Matt Waldman’s Reads Listens Views is back and devoted to a short list of recommended reads, listens, and views for the week. Welcome If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. Every Friday, I post links to pieces that I’ve found personally compelling or to content I hope will eventually scratch that itch…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.192: WR Riley Ridley (Georgia)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room highlights subtleties in 2019 NFL Draft prospect Riley Ridley’s game that the fantasy community often undervalues. Data and flashy plays are the chum that attract most in the fantasy football community to a prospect. When you consider that most in the fantasy community lean on the Red Zone Channel and…
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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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