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Reads Listens Views 4/18/2014
Fran Duffy’s Scouting Notebooks, Voodoo Chile Trip, Trio of Doom, and Solar in the Dark What is Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. I post links on Friday to content I’m saving for later consumption. You may not like everything listed here, but you’re bound to like something.…
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Futures: Alabama MLB C.J. Mosely
Seeking an lesson in playing middle linebacker? C.J. Mosely’s game is instructive. Futures: Alabama MLB C.J. Mosely By Matt Waldman He can’t catch, he’s had numerous injuries, and a well-executed read-option keeper can trip him up. But if these are the only damning aspects to middle linebacker C.J. Mosely’s game, and his injuries don’t present…
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Gray Matter: RBs Andre Williams and Anthony Dixon
I see the good from Andre Williams, but will he show it often enough on the field? I’m often asked about my “misses.” Who were they? What did I learn? The answers aren’t always as simple as the questions. Sometimes the outcome is wrong, but the process is right. Cincinnati running back Cedric Peerman hasn’t…
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2013 RSP Post-Draft Video Tour
“I first experienced the RSP last year and after reading several pages, you got me for only god knows how much time you’ll be doing it. I’d prepay this for the next ten years easily. I mean it in the most sincere way, this has become my most anticipated read of the year and once again, I know it will…
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2014 RSP Ready For Download . . . Really!
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Futures: Wake Forest WR Michael Campanaro
A Lesson In Zone Routes By Matt Waldman The depth of the wide receiver class is one of the headlines of the 2014 NFL Draft. The subtext of this storyline that deserves more attention is how the volume of talent at the position generates massive variation of player grades from team to team across the…
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Futures: BYU OLB Kyle Van Noy
Van Noy has all the tools to become a quality starter in the NFL. He also has the vision and decision-making to become potential star. Futures: BYU OLB Kyle Van Noy By Matt Waldman When my friend Ryan Riddle, Cal’s all-time sack leader, says outside linebacker Kyle Van Noy has great instincts, that’s a player…
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Player-Coach: Questioning Process vs. Questioning Authority
It’s not often discussed, but the quality of coaching and leadership adds another layer of complexity to evaluating prospects. One of the great things about the Internet – specifically social media – is having conversations with people who don’t go with the herd. Ryan Riddle is one of those individuals. So when my friend says…
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Futures: “I am smarter than ‘Phillip’ Rivers”
The Wonderlic is great for testing future loan officers, but Matt Waldman would rather have Wonderlic failures like Jim Kelly or Ray Lewis as his on-field CEOs. Futures: I Am Smarter Than “Phillip” Rivers by Matt Waldman “You scored a 32 –- that’s better than Phillip Rivers. He scored a 30. Rivers’…
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QB Jimmy Garoppolo: Knockout
Jimmy Garoppolo’s draft stock in the media is gaining steam, but the quarterback is a player whose whole does not equal the sum of his parts. In this week’s Futures, I wrote that scouting quarterbacks remains an untamed wilderness for the NFL. While easier for scouts to identify details like height, weight, arm strength, base accuracy,…