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RSP Boiler Room No.79: QB Patrick Mahomes (Texas Tech) – Off-Script Pass Placement
The Texas Tech-Oklahoma tilt featured some great trick-shot passing from Patrick Mahomes. The RSP Boiler Room examines one of those plays and why it bodes well for the QB prospect. I get it. You’re afraid of your team drafting a gunslinger. They’re unpredictable. They make dumb mistakes. Their brand of football gets sloppy. Many of…
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Senior Bowl Practice Wrap: Defense – 2017 NFL Draft Prospects
The week of Senior Bowl practices is a worthwhile evaluation period. NFL coaches take teaching drills seriously and are encouraging but demand improvement. Many of these players are facing the best competition they’ve seen all season. However, it’s important to understand the limitations of the week. Practices are non-contact and repetitions are limited. This year’s…
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Senior Bowl Practice Wrap: Offense – 2017 NFL Draft Prospects
Conclusions from this week of practices. As someone who studies film yearlong, the Senior Bowl has a different purpose for me than those in the media who are just getting acquainted with prospects. While I haven’t studied every player before traveling to Mobile, I’ve usually seen 85-95 percent of them. The Senior Bowl offers a…
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RSP Boiler Room NO.75: Christian McCaffery (Stanford) – Runner
I value plays that go off script when studying prospects. Here’s one with Stanford’s star runner. Christian McCaffery is growing on me. In terms of ranking, I don’t know exactly what that means yet. What I can tell you is that I like him and if subsequent viewings help me answer remaining questions in a…
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Senior Bowl Day 2: Offense – 2017 NFL Draft Prospects
It was an action-packed day for both teams. Continuing the theme that players are on different development tracks and coaches recognize it, there’s no better place to begin on Day 2 than with the South wide receivers and Al Saunders.The work that the venerable receiving coach of the Browns revealed great intel on each of…
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Senior Bowl Day 2: Defensive Practice Report – 2017 NFL Draft Prospects
The second day of Senior Bowl practice confirms first impressions and highlights the players who quickly grow comfortable with newer concepts and better competition. We’re still seeing limited repetitions in non-contact situations but, many players take a day to understand a drill they haven’t seen in college or fully assimilate the alignments and schemes they’ll…
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RSP Boiler Room No.74: Christian McCaffery (Stanford) – Blocker
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RSP Film Room No.95: QB Deshaun Watson (Clemson) – Reading the Field
The idea that Watson doesn’t read the field is bunk. An NFL employee that I have an opportunity to talk with frequently asked me what I thought about Deshaun Watson after his National Championship Performance. The bottom-line verdict: While I’m still studying him, I haven’t seen any major flaws with his game that should make…
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RSP Film Room NO.94: RB Joe Mixon (Oklahoma) – Extended Look
A deeper look at Mixon’s footwork and on-field decision-making. My business is about the evaluation of NFL talent at the skill positions. The scope of that business isn’t the evaluation of that prospect’s character. I’ll write editorials about it. I’ll share my life experiences as it relates to character. And I’ll philosophize about leadership, the…
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RSP Film Room No.92: WR Chris Godwin (Penn State) – Extended Look
