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Perspective That 99% of NFL Draft Podcasts Can’t Share: Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande
CFL and NFL scout Russ Lande and the RSP’s Matt Waldman discuss the guts of the team building behind the scenes of the 2023 NFL Draft. If you want to understand the NFL Draft, this episode will take you a lot further down the road to getting there than 99 percent of the podcasts you’ll […]
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Purdy, Robinson, Tight Ends, and Hard-to-Teach Skills: Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande
Montreal Alouettes’ head of scouting Russ Lande and the RSP’s Matt Waldman discuss the scarcity of a complete tight end in the NFL, Brock Purdy and the 49ers’ end-of-year strategy with the QB position, Jon Robinson’s firing, hard-to-teach skills, and thoughts on NFL players and prospects we’ve recently studied. Topics This week: A complete tight […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande: Tight End Evaluation Lessons and Mistakes
Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk podcast with Russ Lande begins a series devoted to evaluation misses and lessons learned. This week’s episode on tight ends underscores the theme of waiting on a revolution. This episode of Scout Talk with Russ Lande is an informative conversation about the tight ends who we didn’t evaluate well and […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast: Scout Talk with Russ Lande (Coaches, Coordinators, QBs, and WRs)
This week’s edition of Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Scout Talk with Russ Lande debates the merits of Daniel Jones and Carson Wentz, the value of head coaches and offensive coordinators, Lamar Jackson’s current performance, and thoughts on a pair of intriguing wide receiver prospects for the 2021 NFL Draft. If all financials were equal, would […]
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Matt Waldman’s Scout Talk with Russ Lande: NFL QB and WR Development Check-Ins
Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast brings back former NFL and current CFL scout Russ Lande for a 2020 season of Scout Talk. This week, they discuss the development trajectories of several NFL quarterbacks and receivers. Russ Lande and I had a blast doing Scout Talk last year and have brought it back once again as a […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast with Russ Lande: Inclusivity and Scouting
Russ Lande and Matt Waldman discuss why the tenets of inclusive thinking are naturally the most effective ways of scouting players in this week’s RSP Scout Talk podcast. Generalizations are dangerous. When applied to the evaluation of football players, generalizations can unnecessarily exclude talented, hard-working, and well-adjusted young men from NFL opportunities that could have […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande: Rookies Who May Need a Second Team, On-Field Intangibles, and Camera Angles
In this episode of the RSP Scout Talk podcast, Matt Waldman and Russ Lande share eight rookies who may need a second team to achieve NFL success, on- and off-field characteristics of mentally and emotionally resilient players, and the value of studying players with the All-22 and the broadcast angle. What do Ben Barch, Denzel […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande: NFL-CFL Scouting, All-Star Practices, CeeDee Lamb, and Tua Tagovailoa
In episode seven of Scout Talk, Matt Waldman and Russ Lande discuss the difference between scouting in the CFL and the NFL, why college all-star games must be placed in a proper context that takes years to do, trade thoughts on Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, and Matt delves into the RSP mailbag to answer reader […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast: Ep.6 of Scout Talk with Russ Lande
In episode six of Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande, Russ and Matt discuss player leadership styles, the challenge of evaluating leadership ability pre-draft, the characteristics of successful long-term scouts, and common misconceptions about the profession of scouting. Whether he’s a vocal leader, a leader by example, a coach on the field, or […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast: Scout Talk with Russ Lande Episode 5
In episode five of Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande, Russ and Matt dive deep into the evaluation and management of prospects with high-risk behavior off the field, discuss successful NFL players that taught us valuable insights about scouting, and reveal two more 2020 NFL prospects who have caught their eye. Tuesday night, […]