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The NFL Lens: The Mechanics And Elegance Of A Pump Fake
Matt Waldman’s RSP profiles Derek Carr’s manipulation of the Cowboys Cover 2 defense with a pump fake that sets the standard for evaluating college prospects. The Rookie Scouting Portfolio evaluation process is based on defined criteria for the positions that I evaluate. The standard for that criteria is the NFL game. This includes processes as…
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RSP Boiler Room No. 107, QB Mason Rudolph (Oklahoma St.): Processor Speed
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines 2018 NFL Draft QB Prospect Mason Rudolph and the speed of his recognition-to-action versus coverage. Processor speed is an incomplete term for what this week’s RSP Boiler Room covers on Rudolph. It’s really about emotional intelligence, which on this play is the combination of recognition and action. The best…
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Dallas Cowboys QB Cooper Rush RSP Pre-Draft Sample Report
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RSP Film Room No. 117: RB Nick Chubb’s 2016 Injury Return vs. North Carolina
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio examines Nick Chubb’s 32-carry, 222-yard, 2-TD return from injury in this RSP Film Room. Georgia running back Nick Chubb had a better freshman year than Leonard Fournette. If you don’t believe me, ask Fournette (he said it). On the first play of Chubb’s sophomore effort against Tennessee, Chubb tore his…
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RSP Boiler Room No. 101: QB Lamar Jackson (Louisville) Drops And Accuracy
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio examines the footwork of Lamar Jackson, a top quarterback prospect for the 2018 NFL Draft. A quarterback’s footwork is a window to his mind. As I continue studying Lamar Jackson’s game, I see an intelligent, patient, and accurate passer when he begins the play with a plan. Even if the defense…
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RSP Film Room No. 116: TE George Kittle (Iowa)
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RSP Film Room No. 115: OLB Haason Reddick (Temple)
Reddick, a high-upside edge defender in the 2017 NFL Draft, earns a look in this RSP Film Room episHode with Dan Hatman and Matt Waldman. Scouting Academy Founder Dan Hatman began his pro football career in scouting with the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants. That experience comes to play during our film session on…
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RSP Film Room No. 114: DE Tanoh Kpassagnon (Villanova)
Kpassagnon, a high-upside developmental defensive end in the 2017 NFL Draft, earns a look in this RSP Film Room episode with Emory Hunt and Matt Waldman. Emory Hunt returns to the RSP Film Room for a look at Villanova defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon, a player that he’s been talking about for years. It’s no surprise…
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RSP Film Room No.103: DE Tarell Basham (Ohio)
Philadelphia Eagles video content manager Fran Duffy presents the compelling value that Basham will offer an NFL team as a contributor. One of the best parts of the RSP Film Room is the way that ideas, concepts, and wisdom about scouting players emerge, overlap, and build on themselves in these sessions. Fran Duffy’s presentation highlights…
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RSP Boiler Room No.76: QB Alek Torgersen
Then Penn Quaker’s film reveals that the “easy” passes are sometimes the most difficult. One of the old-school tenets of scouting quarterbacks is completion percentage. If a quarterback completes at least 62 percent of his passes, he gets to ride the scouting rollercoaster with NFL personnel men trained in the ways of Parcells. It’s a…