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Reads Listens Views 11/6/15
Garage A Trois, Force Player Watch List, Shut `Em Down, David Igono on Dak. Charlie Hunter “Lively Up Yourself” Welcome 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 I haven’t read…
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Reads Listens Views 10/30/15
Footballguys DFS Town Hall, Myles Jack RSP Film Room, Space Drum, ‘Escape Rooms’, and D&D turns 40. Welcome 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 I haven’t read yet. As…
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The Chicken or the Gravy: A Player Evaluation Parable
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Reads Listens Views 8/7/2015
A twin bill from Emory Hunt and crew at Football Game Plan leading off Reads Listens Views. Reads: Football: A Love Story & What Did Football Teach Me This duo of publications compiled by the crew at Footballgameplan.com is time well-spent. I found myself 30 pages into Football: A Love Story while standing next to my mailbox. Both books…
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Angle of Pursuit Podcast Appearance: RBs and UDFAs
I joined Kyle Robert and Dennis Dunbar on the Angle of Pursuit for 45 minutes of talk on RBs: 49ers backfield Dolphins backfield Falcons backfield, plus a good pro-cons debate on Tevin Coleman Lions backfield UDFA RBs and WRs Listen here. Like what you heard and want to learn more about rookie prospects at the…
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RSP Film Room No.49: Eagles WR Nelson Agholor
Footballguys and Backyard Banter writer Matt Harmon joins the show for a long-awaited look at former USC receiver Nelson Agholor. Matt Harmon asked me to save Nelson Agholor for him. The Eagles’ rookie is a favorite of ours and we examine Agholor’s Cal and Stanford performances and discuss his potential in Philadelphia during this 90-minute…
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Ross Tucker Podcast 5/28/15
Ross Tucker had me on his big show this week in what will be the first of a number of appearances over the next couple of months. We talked about OTAs and how teams evaluate these players after the draft: Coaches pigeon-holing players too fast Ryan Riddle’s The Hidden Advantage of Being a High-Round Pick …
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Ross Tucker Sirius Show/Podcast: Picks I Didn’t Like
Yep, another fun appearance on the Ross Tucker show. Glad to know you and Ross enjoyed the first two. Ross Tucker had me on his Sirius Morning Kickoff a week after the draft to discuss landing spots I didn’t like: Thoughts on Dante Fowler (a player I wasn’t happy with the original landing spot). Thoughts…
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2015 RSP Post-Draft Now Available!
Waiting to buy the RSP for the Post-Draft Analysis? Wait no longer . . . “I’m not sure it would be a good business decision, but I [would] probably pay $100 for the Matt Waldman Rookie Scouting Portfolio.” -Mike Beckley, @NFLLionBlood on Twitter See what people have to say about the pre-draft publication that comes…
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RSP Film Room: WR Breshad Perriman
Football Gameplan’s Gene Clemmons and I discuss the details missing in the Ravens receiver’s game as he enters the league. Football Gameplan’s Gene Clemmons joins the RSP Film Room for a look at Ravens draft pick Breshad Perriman. Clemmons and I have watched several games of Perriman’s, but we decided on the N.C. State game to profile…