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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No. 299: RB Keontay Ingram (Texas/USC): Creating Space
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines new USC starter Keontay Ingram, a well-rounded running back with a subtle skill for creating space who has a shot to increase his 2022 NFL Draft profile. Good players that handle the football gain yardage. It’s a simple concept. The skills needed to do so are anything but simple,…
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DLF 2021 Rookie Prospect Break Down with Matt Waldman
Matt Waldman had the pleasure of hanging out with Cal Shoemake for an 80-minute conversation about dynasty prospects and the Rookie Scouting Portfolio. After doing two podcasts with Cal Shoemake, I’ve become a big fan of his work as a host. One of the things I appreciate about Cal is his willingness to take different…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room RB Michael Carter #UNC: A Tip for Scouting Beyond “The Competition”
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room delivers a play from North Carolina running back Michael Carter’s film portfolio to teach a point about scouting beyond the competition and focusing on what a player can control. How do you account for a player’s competition when scouting his talent? It’s one of the most astute questions I get…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.290 #UNC WR Dyami Brown: Releases and Route Setups
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines a release pattern and a trio of route setups from 2021 NFL Draft prospect, WR Dyami Brown of North Carolina. Dyami Brown sounds like a marketing name for a model of wide receiver. Yes sir we have several colors in the Dyami Deep Threat receiver series: Dyami Blue, Dyami…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.271: Stair-Stepping with RB Kylin Hill (Miss St.)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room shows how 2021 NFL Draft prospect Kylin Hill stair-steps a downfield route, an advanced skill for a college runner. In what seems like an unending series of posts debunking the notion that running backs are mindless yardage machines in a similar way that wildlife channels of my youth ignorantly characterized…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No.269: RB Kennedy Brooks (Oklahoma) and Corner Blitz Pickup
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines the pre-snap diagnostic skills and post-snap positioning, setup, leverage, and execution of Kennedy Brook’s blitz pickup. The draft media is too apt to give college running backs a free pass when evaluating their blocking. The underlying reason is that if the running back displays effort and desire to engage,…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room: Welcome RB Trey Ragas (Louisiana) to the Jordan Howard-Spencer Ware Zip Code
Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room examines skills of Louisiana running back Trey Ragas, a 2021 NFL Draft sleeper who belongs in the same vicinity where Jordan Howard and Spencer Ware reside in the pantheon of power backs. If Trey Ragas were a boxer, he’d be a body puncher who works through your shots until he…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No.199: WR Sage Surratt (Wake Forest)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room examines the body control, hand strength, and separation skills of Wake Forest wide receiver Sage Surratt, and how the Deamon Deacons tailor the scheme to Surratt’s strengths. Donte Moncrief captured the imagination of draftniks thanks to his frame and above-the-rim game at Ole Miss. I was never a fan because…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room: WR Jauan Jennings (Tennessee)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room takes a deep dive into the game of Tennessee wide receiver Jauan Jennings—pound-for-pound, the most physical wide receiver in this 2020 NFL Draft class that’s an embarrassment of riches. Jauan Jennings is without a doubt, one of my favorite prospects in this class. A 208-pound receiver who plays like he’s…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room WR Quintez Cephus (Wisconsin): Physicality
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room dives into the tape of Wisconsin’s Quintez Cephus, a receiver who can take and give physical play like an NFL starter and has ball skills and route potential to build on. If Quintez Cephus’s workouts meet the baselines I expect from him—which is a lower bar than you might expect—remember…