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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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RSP Film room No.55: Ohio State DT Adolphus Washington

Part II of a comparative analysis with Ryan Riddle featuring two DT prospects against Alabama’s offensive line. Riddle and I spent two hours watching Washington and Ole Miss’ Robert Nkemdiche against Alabama. We learned a lot about both players who have similar dimensions on paper, but the tape showed a lot of differences. I split…
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RSP Film Room No.54: Ole Miss DT Robert Nkemdiche

Part I of a comparative analysis with Ryan Riddle featuring two DT prospects against Alabama’s offensive line. Riddle and I spent two hours watching Nkemdiche and Ohio State’s Adolphus Washington against Alabama. We learned a lot about both players who have similar dimensions on paper, but the tape showed a lot of differences. I split…

