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Matt Waldman’s RSP Twitter Vids: WR Justin Jefferson’s Feel for the Game (Starry Night)
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio shares four clips from LSU wide receiver Justin Jefferson’s work against Auburn that illustrates how intangibles like Jefferson’s can be quantified in an evaluation. Justin Jefferson has feel for the game. This sentence is the out-dated way of describing one of the underlying traits of a football player’s work because […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.191 RB Zack Moss (Utah): Deconstructing the Nimble Bull
2020 NFL Draft running back prospect Zack Moss’s speed and quickness may not be elite but Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room reveals how Moss’s flexibility, mobility, vision, and strength are compensating factors in his scouting report. Flexibility and mobility aren’t the terms most football fans think about when studying running backs. However, they are the […]
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2020 Senior Bowl Practices Film Review: North Day 1
RSP author Matt Waldman shares his thoughts on the first day of Senior Bowl practices. The first day of all-star practices set the baseline for the week. Tuesday’s sessions reveal how the coaching staff will organize its sessions and which players start hot or cold. Depending on the film we’ve seen on a player, the […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP 2020 Senior Bowl Tight End Preview
Matt Waldman shares his thoughts on the 2020 Senior Bowl wide receivers. Here are the tight ends participating on each roster, some essential thoughts on their play, and in some cases, what I’d like to see from them this week in Mobile. Practices will reveal route refinement with footwork, hard breaks, framing the football at […]
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Links to Matt Waldman’s 2020 RSP NFL Draft Analysis
Links to all essays, analysis, Senior Bowl coverage, and scouting reports about 2020 NFL Draft prospects come from research Matt Waldman and the Rookie Scouting Portfolio staff undertakes to write the Rookie Scouting Portfolio Publication. Now in the 15th year of publication, the RSP is the best of both worlds: a summarized magazine of reports, rankings, and […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.220: Attacking and Winning with WR Tylan Wallace (Oklahoma St.)
One of Matt Waldman’s favorite 2020 NFL Draft prospects that he’s studied this summer, this RSP Boiler Room episode focuses on Oklahoma State WR Tylan Wallace’s ability to attack and win the football. Tylan Wallace is a confident receiver in traffic and a speedster who wins in the vertical game. Unlike many young vertical threats, […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.219: Hard Breaks For WR Tylan Wallace (Oklahoma St.)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler examines two hard breaks from Tylan Wallace’s performance against Texas that reveal learning opportunities for this highly talented NFL Draft prospect. One of my favorite prospects that I’ve seen this summer, Oklahoma State wide receiver Tylan Wallace is a fearless, physical wide receiver with speed and quickness. On the field, he […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.217: WRs Henry Ruggs III And Jerry Jeudy (Alabama)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines one successful play from the points of view of Alabama receivers Henry Ruggs and Jerry Jeudy, 2020 NFL Draft prospects with an abundance of athletic, conceptual, and technical skill at the position. We often miss important details about wide receiver play when that prospect doesn’t get the ball. This […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.215: WR Tyler Johnson’s (Minnesota) Diamond Release
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines a well-executed diamond release from Minnesota WR Tyler Johnson, a 2020 NFL Draft prospect. The funny thing about football—and many crafts that are a blend of science and art—is that few people, even in the highest reaches of the profession, possess complete mastery of the game. While there are […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.214: WR Marquez Stevenson (Houston) And Winning A Well-Covered Fade
In this episode of Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room on Houston receiver Marquez Stevenson, Waldman shows how the difference between an open and covered fade route can come down to the turn of a receiver’s head. Marquez Stevenson is a big-play slot receiver in the Houston offense. His speed and tracking of the football on […]