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Futures at Football Outsiders: QB Brett Hundley
Beyond the immediate considerations of Hundley’s potential, the quarterback’s tape raises larger questions about the position. Futures: UCLA QB Brett Hundley By Matt Waldman I’m so happy that I’m a married man. Atop the list of reasons why is the obvious: I love my wife. However, the fact that I no longer have to experience…
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Boiler Room: KR-PR-WR Christion Jones, Alabama
I’ve never published a post about a special teams prospect. Alabma senior Christion Jones is my first. I have written two spotlights dedicated to players with special teams prowess out of the nearly 900 posts on this blog, but I never published them. The prospects were former Tulsa (now Texans) star Damaris Johnson and Georgia…
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Jameis Winston: Leadership (On Stage and Behind the Curtain)
I find it wholly appropriate that I’m writing about Winston two years to the night that a FSU freshman accused the quarterback of rape, because the man’s off-field behavior requires analysis within the context of evaluating his NFL prospects. I could pretend to be objective about Winston, but I won’t. His off-field behavior disturbs me. I…
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RSP Film Room No.15: A Duo of WR Devantes
Matt Harmon and I review two receivers by the name of “Devante” and if we had our druthers, it’s the lesser-known one we’re more excited about. Batman and Robin. Chad Johnson and Terrell Owens. DeVante Parker and Devante Davis. When I think of the comic book duo Johnson and Owens come to this football writer’s…
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RSP Film Room No.14: QB Jameis Winston w/Sigmund Bloom
Sigmund Bloom returns to the RSP Film Room for a first look at Jameis Winston and the FSU quarterback makes it look easy under difficult circumstances. Say what you will about the Florida State quarterback off the field, but when he dons the pads and helmet he’s impressive. Bloom and I studied the 2014 Notre…
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Futures: Dorial Green-Beckham
Futures: Oklahoma WR Dorial Green-Beckham By Matt Waldman In the end, we’re going to overcomplicate the simple, and they’re likely to oversimplify what’s complicated. “We” are the media and fans, “they” are the NFL, and wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham embodies both “simple” and “complicated.” The ridiculously talented football player with a hyphenated last name (which…
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RSP Film Room: Miami LB Denzel Perryman
Starring Perryman and Bleacher Report’s Ryan Riddle; co-starring LB Thurston Armbrister (No.34), and featuring RB Ameer Abdullah as “the scene stealer.” In his return appearance to the RSP Film Room, Ryan Riddle joins me to watch the University of Miami middle linebacker, whose game engendered more questions than answers. Perryman, a short, stout defender at…
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Futures at Football Outsiders: FSU TE Nick O’Leary
Need a player who will do the dirty work to keep your quarterback looking and playing clean like Heath Miller does for Roethlisberger? Nick O’Leary is your man. A pervasive theme of this year’s Futures is the profiling of football players who transcend the typical boundaries of their position. Hines Ward comes to mind as…
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Futures: K-State WR Tyler Lockett
I remember reading about Kansas State wide receiver Kevin Lockett as one of Mel Kiper’s underrated players in a draft guide from 1997. The second-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs had a career with four teams, amassing eight starts, 130 catches, 1,738 yards, eight touchdowns, and seven fumbles. Although not a storied NFL career, any…
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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.…