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On the Couch Episode: 105 minutes w/Bloom
Fantasy owner, football fan? Check out Bloom and I doing what we do on the phone throughout the week (minus the conversation not fit for podcasts like this one). We cover at least half the teams this week: Thoughts on Tevin Coleman and Bloom’s thoughts on how his style has changed from Indiana. Rookie quarterback…
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Carlos Hyde RSP Sample
Carlos Hyde is a great example of a player that underscores my philosophy about evaluation. I enjoy when I have a player ranked accurately on a numerical scale, but it’s not even close to the most important thing about player evaluation. The most important thing about a good numerical ranking is that it brings certain people…
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Bills Offense or Colts Defense? A Look at Two Big Plays
Copyright Disclaimer on both videos: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of…
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Gut Check No.347: Week 2 Sanity Check
Attention department store employees, sanity check in the re-draft department…sanity check in the re-draft. Welcome to my in-season column. If you’re seeking strategic tips, match-up advice, game observations, IDP info, and dynasty advice with a little bit of current “football” events opinion (if anything involving the madness of the NFL commissioner’s office actually qualifies) added…
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RSP Film Room No.56: Florida CB Vernon Hargreaves
Charles McDonald joins the film room for an excellent conversation and analysis on cornerback play. Topics of discussion: The importance of “stillness” of mind and body for a defender. Integrating aggression and patience into defensive play. Playing correct angles as a run defender. Hip flexibility, footwork, and explosion. Ball tracking and team defense on deep…
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Reads Listens Views 9/11/2015
School Days, 9/11, Torturing Sons, New Boiler Room Vid, & Salman Rushdie. Remembering 9/11 Although I will never forget the morning, I don’t have a memorable 9/11 story. To any of you who lost a friend or loved one that day or eventually lost a friend or loved one due to fallout from this horrific event,…
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RSP Boiler Room Video No.4: TCU RB Aaron Green…Less Pretty, More Gritty
Aaron Green’s 7.1 yards per carry on 129 touches last year for the Horned Frogs epitomizes Saturday pretty. This week’s RSP Boiler Room examines whether the 5-11, 202-pound Green has what it takes to be Sunday gritty. The Boiler Room is a series featuring analysis that I would hypothetically share with NFL decision makers if I…
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Gut Check No.346: Week 1
Welcome to my in-season column. If you’re seeking strategic tips, match-up advice, game observations, IDP info, and dynasty advice with a little bit of current football events opinion added to the mix then you’ve come to the right place. Think of the in-season Gut Check column as a department store with a variety of areas:…
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Thoughts on Christine Michael in Dallas & RSP Sample
Christine Michael epitomizes everything I’ve been discussing about talent for years. Ross Tucker and I on “talent.“ Dan Hatman, Sigmund Bloom, Kyle Crabb and I on “talent.” A Game of Inches: The Talent Gap By the Numbers Bryce Brown and the Parable of the NFL Backup RB Michael is a lot like Bryce Brown, an…
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RSP Film Short: Jets DE Leonard Williams in 40 Seconds
I discuss play structure a lot in when it comes to player evaluation. Top players execute inside and outside the structure of a play. You’ll hear me mention it with quarterbacking, but Ryan Riddle broached the same idea with defensive line play in our recent RSP Film Rooms on Robert Nkemdiche and Adolphus Washington. Riddle…
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The Rookie Scouting Portfolio
A Seat in Matt Waldman’s Film Room: The Most Comprehensive NFL Draft Scouting Reports of Offensive Skill Positions (QB, RB, WR, TE) Available.
