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RSP Writers’ Project: 9.5 Seconds To Fall In Love
By Laurence (Laurie) Horesh, Host of ‘Hard Count’ NFL on FOX Sports Australia. Twitter: @LaurieHoresh When thinking on the task presented by Matt – one person, one play – so much opens up to your sprawling imagination. There’s a whole library of excitement to choose from and throw your mind into. And yet, with a tapestry…
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Futures: Miami RB Duke Johnson
Is Johnson capable of NFL brilliance? Burst will ultimately tell the tale. by Matt Waldman The 2015 running back draft class is a potential embarrassment of riches. It may test the collective sentiment of recent claims from football media that running back is no longer an early-round position. To give full disclosure, I’ve often tried…
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Boycotting the Corner Store: A Lesson for RBs
Isaiah Pead is an NFL running back prospect for the 2012 NFL Draft. The 5’11”, 198-pound University of Cincinnati senior is agile, and quick. He earns his tuition gaining yards from spread and pistol sets. This morning I’m watching Pead gain 191 total yards from scrimmage and score two touchdowns against NC State. I’m not…
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The RSP Blog’s Top 20 RBs (2006-2011) Pt II
The idea of compiling a rankings analysis across several years of Rookie Scouting Portfolio publications has been a popular request by readers for years, but something I have resisted doing. For a complete explanation why please read Part I. If you want to know how my ranking of these players differs from the actual process…
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RSP Flashback: RB Jamaal Charles
He was going to make the school forget Adrian Peterson. That’s what Jamaal Charles told the media when he arrived at the University of Texas after Peterson had spurned the Longhorns for Oklahoma. Bold stuff, but Charles did enough to back it up that at times, you at least had a momentary lapse of memory…