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Eric Stoner’s Cheesehead TV Podcast Appearance

Stoner joins Aaron Nagler for a “deep dive” on inside linebacker prospects. Download the podcast. Session Notes: The cluster of LBs in the the second and the roles they can fill. Erick Kendricks Stephone Anthony Bernardrick McKinney. Carl Bradford Killing Nagler’s Paul Dawson dreams. Why some freelancing LBs improve in the NFL. QBs Mariota, Winston, Hundley,…
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RSP Film Room No.45: RB Skills & Drills w/Chad Spann

If you want to learn what’s in the secret sauce of running back play in regards to footwork, pad level, leverage, and cuts, this is the episode for you. I don’t care if you watch this film room, because I’m going to be wearing out this episode on YouTube. 2010 MAC Offensive Player of the…
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Waldman 49ers Better Rivals Podcast Appearance

I had the pleasure of speaking with Oscar and David for an hour on the Better Rivals podcast. Session notes might not be completely accurate because the duo will be chopping up the podcast into two episodes. I’ll post the second episode when it’s out, but here’s the comprehensive menu: My pre-draft thoughts on Quinton…
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Sigmund Bloom On the Couch Podcast: Eric Stoner

RSP contributor Eric Stoner joins Bloom On the Couch 10 days before the draft for a great discussion from the trenches and off-ball linebackers: Who was part of the Draft Mehcca crew? The two archetypes of quarterbacks High-variance and efficient Examples of both Why Mariota compares to Matt Ryan On Leonard Williams’ prospects Why he’s already at his…
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RSP Film Room No.23: Leonard Williams (Best Player We’ve seen this year (so far…))

I just cut two RSP Film Room sessions with Ryan Riddle and they couldn’t be more different. The first features Shawn Oakman, a 6-7 defensive end with a freakish body, whose game is physically, technically, and conceptually raw. Let’s skip that film room session, I’ll profile it later. The second prospect from this twin bill…
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RSP Film Room No.44: Safeties Damarious Randall and Clayton Geathers

Ryan Riddle and I check out two safeties: One who could be overrated and one who might be underrated. Session Notes: Randall’s skill for tracking the ball. The pattern of less-than-impressive tackling technique. Randall’s tendency to bite on plays he shouldn’t. Geathers pass coverage skill. Notable points about Geathers’ production. and it says about his…
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RSP Film Room No.43: Ohio State DT Michael Bennett

John Owning and I examine Michael Bennett’s game and why he may not be Aaron Donald or Geno Atkins, but he’s still capable of being a disruptive pro. Session Notes: Examples of the arm-over/swim technique. The importance of pad level and pad orientation for a tackle. Why Bennett struggles with double teams. How line…
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RSP Film Room No.42: QB Coach Will Hewlett on Marcus Mariota

Why should a team adopt an Aaron Rodgers-like timeline to bring along Mariota? Here’s what a QB coach has to say. It’s not every day that I have a quarterback coach tell me that he likes my analysis of passers. This happened 10 months ago when Will Hewlett introduced himself to me. I didn’t know who Hewlett was–and…
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The Audible Thursday Night Live Show 4/16/2014

Todd “Curly” and other Bramel favorites from the Audible Live Podcast. Topics include: The Jene Bramel injury and IDP hour. Jaelen Strong injury update. Victor Cruz update Denzel Perryman update. Combine injury progress reports this week. Adrian Peterson’s conditioning. Edge and LB prospects. Mid- and late-round RB prospects. T.J. Yeldon David Cobb Josh Robinson Malcolm…
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ESPN Football Today Podcast Appearance

I spoke with Matt Williamson and Robert Flores yesterday on a podcast segment: A few thoughts on Bryce Petty. Why Marcus Mariota’s offense makes him a difficult evaluation? Where does Todd Gurley rank among the best backs I’ve studied? My thoughts on Kenny Bell and Tre McBride. How the RSP gives back. Short and sweet.…

