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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…
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Ross Tucker Podcast: “Talent”
I had another opportunity to cross paths with Ross Tucker. We spoke on his podcast about talent. It’s always a fun talking about the game with Ross Tucker on his shows. The nature of talent is an ongoing conversation I’ve been having with a number of people, including Dan Hatman of the Scouting Academy, Sigmund…
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Reads Listens Views 9/4/2015
More organ, risk analysis metric, crimes against fantasy, and master penmen. Listens: Joey DeFrancesco & City Rhythm Orchestra…As Jene Bramel says, “More organ!” YEAH! If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. On Fridays I post links to pieces that I’ve found personally compelling or to content I hope will scratch that itch, but…
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Gut Check No.345: Crimes Against Fantasy
The Gut Check Commission investigates teams and players that are under suspicion of crimes against fantasy. Investing in a talent and watching him fail has its own special room in the fantasy owner’s house of horrors. Often the blame goes to the player, especially when he has the capacity to thrill and he can’t deliver…
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RSP Film Room No.53: Trent Richardson in Hindsight
Ryan Riddle and I look back at Trent Richardson’s Alabama game against a top-ranked Florida defense and then explore the game in context of his NFL career. What is there to learn from watching Trent Richardson’s college tape in 2015 and early-career NFL tape? Ryan Riddle posed this question on Twitter and I invited him…
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The Football Educator Podcast Appearance
Last week, I had the honor of joining former Broncos GM Ted Sundquist on his Football Educator Podcast. I had a good time last Thursday night talking football, prospect evaluation, pancakes, and Georgia public school geography lessons with Sundquist, Brandon Thorn and Zach Grasinger. You can check out the episode here. An inside look at the…
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Mock Auction: Taking the Aggressive Route
Last week, the Footballguys staff held a mock auction for a 12-team, PPR league with a $200 cap. Here’s how I prepared plus third-party coverage of the auction. Below is an excerpt from the article that goes through a list of questions to owners of each team in the league. Read the rest at Footballguys. 1. Explain…
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RSP Sample Evaluation: Lions RB Zach Zenner
Read and watch the pre-draft analysis of Zach Zenner from the 2015 Rookie Scouting Portfolio This post includes my ranking summary, my scouting checklist, and play-by-play reports on Zenner. For the most comprehensive analysis on rookie skill players available, download the 2015 Rookie Scouting Portfolio and 2015 Post-Draft. It’s one package at an incredible price…
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RSP Film Room No.52: QB Carson Wentz w/Mark Schofield
The RSP Film Room had a great guest, a fine prospect, and an excellent game. Inside the Pylon’s Mark Schofield chose Carson Wentz a few weeks ago when I asked the writer and former D-III QB to join me in the RSP Film Room. Neither Schofield nor Wentz disappointed. We watch the championship game between…
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