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Futures at Football Outsiders: Jameis Winston
Futures: FSU QB Jameis Winston By Matt Waldman Winston is an important prospect who requires coverage in a column like Futures. There are thoughts that I have about Winston’s off-field issues, how college football enables bad behavior, and the thorny decisions that NFL personnel directors face with talented performers involved in allegations like Winston’s. I […]
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Futures: Washington LB/DB/RB Shaq Thompson
Futures: Washington LB/DB/RB Shaq Thompson By Matt Waldman Author’s Note: For all of the RSP Film Room excerpts with Ryan Riddle, you’ll have to click the red and white play button in the center of the screen and then click the refresh symbol (the half circle with an arrow in the lower left corner of […]
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Futures: Brandin Cooks vs. Ifo Ekpre-Olumu
The Oregon State receiver may be a headliner, but Cooks was upstaged in this game in resounding fashion by a fellow junior with a higher draft stock that has chosen to stay in school. Futures: WR Brandin Cooks vs. Ifo Ekpre-Olumu On most Saturdays where he treads his feet, Oregon State junior Brandin Cooks is […]
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Futures at Football Outsiders: UCLA RB Malcolm Jones
Futures: Buy One, Get Three Free? by Matt Waldman “Fit” is a recurring theme in this year’s Futures. Talent plus fit can create a superstar. The stories about LaRoi Glover and John Randle’s career births are prominent examples. Drew Brees was a Pro Bowl performer in San Diego, but his fit with Sean Payton in New Orleans helped Brees […]
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Futures at Football Outsiders: UNC Guard, Jonathan Cooper
Explosive, agile, and purposeful, Cooper has what it takes to play in the NFL for a decade if he can stay healthy. There was an important decision to be made at the offices of Futures this afternoon: the boss or the wife? The work boss saw Knile Davis run a 4.30-forty at Indy; calculated the […]