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QB Leadership Stereotypes, NFL Trades, and the Colts’ Benching Ryan and Firing Brady: Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande

Montreal Alouettes’ head of scouting Russ Lande and the RSP’s Matt Waldman go position-by-position and discuss productive NFL players who fit or don’t fit our desired archetypes at each position. This week: What makes a good leader at the quarterback position? Where are the critiques of Russell Wilson fair/unfair? Why are onsite visits to scout…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast–Scout Talk with Russ Lande: The Pandemic and Scouting Football

In this episode of the RSP Cast’s Scout Talk, CFL, and former NFL Scout, Russ Lande joins Matt Waldman for a conversation about the impact of the global pandemic on NFL scouting in 2020 and 2021. What do scouts and coaches do immediately after the NFL Draft and how will that change thanks to the…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Scout Talk with Russ Lande: Evaluation Intricacies

Matt Waldman and former NFL scout and current CFL Scout Russ Lande discuss a small but magnifiable flaw with Jimmy Garoppolo’s game, how they organize their film study sessions, and why a coach talking about a player’s potential to the media requires careful investigation as a scout. Every other week, Calgary Stampeders evaluator Russ Lande—a…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep.92 The Quick Game: NFL Week 1 with the RSP’s Mark Schofield

Rookie Scouting Portfolio writer and quarterback analyst Mark Schofield joins Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast for an unveiling of our new bi-weekly series called, “The Quick Game.” One of the things I loved about working with Mark Schofield (Twitter @markschofield) before bringing him aboard the RSP was our rapport on podcasts and RSP Film Room. We…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Ep. 12: Josh Norris (Rotoworld) and Post-Draft Press Conferences

Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast catches up with Rotoworld NFL Draft analyst and podcast host Josh Norris for a discussion about the value of post-draft press conferences. Why it was accidentally fitting that I referred to Josh as “Dan Morgan,” at the beginning of the show. Patterns Josh has discovered that give readers a better sense…
