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How Matt Waldman Evaluates Quarterbacks Once They Begin Their NFL Careers
RSP Founder Matt Waldman shares how he evaluates young NFL quarterbacks as they acclimate to the NFL. A reader/listener asked how I “re-evaluate” pro rookie quarterbacks on X/Twitter earlier this evening, and I thought this was worth sharing with most of you who don’t frequent the app. Excuse the misspellings, I’m all thumbs on my…
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NFL Combine, Draft Class Fantasy Strengths, Free Agency…Feel It or F#@k It: A Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast with Bob Harris
A weekly phone conversation between fantasy veterans Bob Harris and Matt Waldman is a quick and dirty run-down of NFL players, units, or teams. Topics Derek Carr a Saint. Chris Olave has WR1 upside with Carr at QB. Teams making an offer if Lamar Jackson gets a nonexclusive tag Daniel Jones is worth $45 million…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Solo Cast: QBs A-W from the 2023 NFL Draft
Matt Waldman delivers a solo RSP Cast with pre-NFL Combine thoughts on 14 quarterbacks from the 2023 NFL Draft class. Topics Three points about quarterback evaluation that have thematic underpinnings for this class and really, every class. Box score accuracy is a flawed evaluation tool. Raw is a vague term that can mean vastly different…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk: Football Disciplines, Building Evaluation Processes, And Grades vs. Rankings
This week, Matt Waldman RSP Cast breaks down different disciplines of football analysis, the building blocks for a helpful film-grading process, and why grades are far more important than rankings. Laurie Fitzpatrick is off this week, so I did a solo cast on the scouting of player film: Why understanding the disciplines of football analysis…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Scouting Glossary: Focus at the Catch Point vs. Contact with WR Parker Washington (Penn State)
Matt Waldman’s RSP defines how he grades focus versus contact at the catch point for NFL Draft prospects with the help of a play from Penn State Wide Receiver Parker Washington. Football Will Always Be A Collision Sport Even if tackle football goes the way of the dodo and the game evolves into a…
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NFL Pre-Draft Scouting Report of Green Bay Packers WR Christian Watson: Matt Waldman’s RSP Sample
Matt Waldman’s RSP shares his sample scouting report of Green Bay Packers’ WR Christian Watson, whose highs and lows as a rookie were expected based on the combination of his athletic ability and technical lapses. Christian Watson’s Pre-NFL Draft Scouting Report The report below is the draft profile from the 2022 Rookie Scouting Portfolio, the…
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Thank You for the Shout-Out, Jerry Hooton–2020 FFPC $500K Winner
High-Stakes Fantasy Player Jerry Hooton, winner of 2020’s FFPC ($500K) was kind enough to thank a trio of analysts for their work that he credits as helpful research for his winning season and Matt Waldman’s RSP was one of them. For the fourth time in 10 years, I’ve had a high-stakes winner credit my work…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room: QB D’Eriq King (Miami)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines the pocket play and coverage-reading promise of Miami Hurricanes Quarterback and NFL Draft Prospect D’Eriq King. I had a strong first impression of D’Eriq King after studying a few of his games when he lit up defenses as a Houston Cougar. King’s arm talent, decision-making, dynamic mobility, and red-zone…
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5-Yard Rush Podcast: Player Evaluation with Rookie Scouting Portfolio Author Matt Waldman
Matt Waldman’s Rookie Scouting Portfolio heads across the pond for a conversation on the 5-Yard Rush Podcast about the RSP and 2020 NFL Draft. In this very special Pre-Draft episode Stocks & Murf are joined by RSP author Matt Waldman. The Rookie Scouting Portfolio is an in-depth Scouting Guide on 151 players for Fantasy Football.…
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The Saturday2Sunday Podcast with the RSP’s Matt Waldman
Matt Waldman joins Matt Caraccio and Paul Perdicchizzi for a deep dive into the 2020 NFL Draft class. Paul and Matt are joined by special guest Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman) of the Rookie Scouting Portfolio to discuss the 2020 NFL Draft class in great detail. The prospects discussed include Denzel Mims, Henry Ruggs, Laviska Shenault, Bryan…