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Boiler Room: ECU QB Shane Carden
One play can say a lot about a player: What he can do, what he can’t, and what might be possible 2-3 seasons from now. Today’s single-play analysis comes from ECU QB Shane Carden’s tape. The mission of the Boiler Room is to illustrate the pivotal areas of a prospect’s game and distill these areas…
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Futures: Florida DE/OLB Dante Fowler
Futures: Florida DE/OLB Dante Fowler By Matt Waldman I’m a big fan of Stephen White’s draft profiles. The former NFL defensive end-turned-blogger has a writing voice that transports me to a corner booth at a late-night Korean barbecue joint where, over the sizzle of pork belly, beef brisket, and kimchi on the iron-cast lid, we’re…
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The Return of Reads Listens Views 4/3/2015
2015 RSP, A Magpie & His Adopted Family, RSP Film Room No.36: Jene Bramel/Bud Dupree, Joan Jett & Nirvana, and other fun oddites . Listens: Joan Jett & Nirvana The Return of Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. Until last December, I used Fridays to post links to pieces…
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2015 Rookie Scouting Portfolio Now Available
The 2015 Rookie Scouting Portfolio is ready for download. “You won’t find a better resource. Matt Waldman delivers. Period. Cannot recommend more highly.” – Bob Harris, FSTA Hall of Famer The 2015 RSP Tale of the Tape Standing at 1414 pages and covering 147 skill prospects, the 2015 Rookie Scouting Portfolio is now available for download at http://www.mattwaldman.com. Because a post-draft…
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Futures at Football Outsiders: The Knife, the Pencil, and Rookie Rankings
I hate rookie rankings. You love rookie rankings. It’s a beautiful relationship. Seriously, I hate rookie rankings. It’s a black-and-white expression of 18 to 24 months of research and analysis that has more than 500 shades of grey. Why in the hell would I want to distill it to a “yes-he’s-good”/”no-he’s-not” proposition? Because as much…
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RSP Film Room No.35: Alabama S Landon Collins
GM Jr.’s Josh Liskiewitz visits the program and shares his assertion that the Crimson Tide safety is not the first-round value many believe. If attending the Senior Bowl to study players was like a year of elementary school, Josh Liskiewitz and I have known each other since the first grade. When I invited Josh on the show 6-8…
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Futures: Deep Diving for Small-School Sleepers
TE James O’Shaughnessy, WRs Darius Davis and Dezmin Lewis, and RB Zach Zenner are small-school players worth monitoring. By Matt Waldman In his recent article on CSU-Pueblo quarterback Chris Bonner, Mike Tanier referred to me and Optimum Scouting’s Eric Galko as “deep divers” of the draft analyst community. With my caps and “seafarer” grooming, I…
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RSP Film Room No.33: FSU C Cameron Erving
GM, Jr. analyst and Footballguys.com writer Scott Bischoff joins the program for a look at Cameron Erving, a player whose career may have been saved by a position change. Ever struggle at something for months or years only to try something new and it flows like water rolling down a hill? I have. I know my…
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LB ‘Press & Cut’: Baiting Offensive Linemen
While studying TCU linebacker Paul Dawson with Eric Stoner in Sunday’s RSP Film Room, I asked Eric if he’s ever seen linebackers bait linemen in a direction the way a running back would bait opponents with a press and cut? I could tell he had seen it, but couldn’t recall specific example. For the hell…
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RSP Film Room No.33: TCU LB Paul Dawson
Among Eric Stoner’s talents is his experience playing and coaching linebackers. The contributing writer for the RSP blog joined me Sunday morning for a look at Dawson, who was considered a top linebacker prospect before his disappointing combine performance. Should we throw out the numbers or does the tape underscore the data? Here are some…