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RSP Sample: Steelers WR Martavis Bryant
Get the RSP pre-draft sample evaluation on Martavis Bryant, who has three touchdowns in two games since the Steelers made him an active contributor in the offense. Once in a while, I’ll provide sample excerpts of my pre-draft/post-draft evaluations and advice. Bryant’s mid-season emergence coincides with the RSP’s take from April and May. The Clemson…
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Reads Listens Views 10/24/2014
The Lullaby Project, Reception Perception, Sonic Tonic, Lance Zierlein, and Smart Football’s Career Epitaph for June Jones. What is Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. I post links on Fridays to content I’m saving for later consumption or pieces that I found compelling. You may not like everything listed here,…
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RSP Film Room No.9: Texas A&M OT Cedric Ogbuehi
Draft Daddy founder Matt Bitonti visits the RSP Film Room and shares his knowledge about offensive line play as we watch left tackle Cedric Ogbuehi against South Carolina. Bitonti and I cover a lot of ground in this 100-minute show: Obguehi’s quickness. When it’s ok for a lineman to give up ground against an opponent.…
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Boiler Room: UNLV WR Devante Davis
When the football world labels a prospect as “raw,” it can be a positive or negative connotation. How does one discern the difference? Devante Davis’ play provides some guidelines. It’s never as simple as I’m about to describe, but there are two general meanings for the term “raw prospect.” One describes the athletic talent not…
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Futures: Texas RB Malcolm Brown
DeMarco Murray is the toast of the NFL, but injury and team issues clouded some observers’ view of his talent. Texas RB Malcolm Brown might have the same problem this winter. By Matt Waldman More than a few times in the past ten months I have either read or had someone connected to the NFL discuss the…
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RSP Film Room Hangout: Iowa OT Brandon Scherff w/Lance Zierlein
Lance Zierlein of the Sideline View stops by and gives a clinic on evaluating tackle play. If you want to say you learned something about football today (and it be a dramatic understatement), watch and learn from Zierlein in this fantastic hangout. Co-owner of The Sideline View, Zierlein teams with former NFL coaches and personnel…
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Reads Listens Views 10/17/2014
From Phillips TV and Atomic Skis Hummingbirds, Gorillas, and Polar Bears; CFB Mid-Season All-American Team, Andrew Healey, Aut0-Correct Humanity? What is Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. I post links on Fridays to content I’m saving for later consumption or pieces that I found compelling. You may not like…
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RSP Flashback, Sr. Bowl Story, & Sample: DeMarco Murray
Murray was one of those “Yeah, but…” players for many during his draft class, but I liked him a lot. So did Earnest Byner and Sam Gash… I’ve done a Murray flashback in the past, but I have a little story to add. Murray was one of the options I most wanted to see at…
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Boiler Room: RB Joe Bergeron
Former Texas running back Joe Bergeron has size and strength, but these two qualities alone do not make a powerful NFL runner — see Andre Williams Joe Bergeron is 6-1, 232 pounds with thighs that resemble Earl Campbell’s. The big back scored 25 touchdowns in three years with the Longhorns, earning 1592 career yards from…
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Football Outsiders: Rutgers TE Tyler Kroft
There’s a growing diversity of players that are labeled tight ends in the NFL. Rutgers’ Tyler Kroft flashes upside to become more than a receiving specialist, but there’s no guarantee he’ll fulfill this potential. By Matt Waldman If there’s one prospect type in football that rarely lives up to the first-year hype of the general…
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