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Matt Waldman’s RSP: Reads Listens Views 9.30.22
Matt Waldman’s Reads Listens Views is back and devoted to a short list of recommended reads, listens, and views for the week. Welcome If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. Friday is my one day off from football. It’s a day I devote to music lessons, reading, movies, and other mediums of […]
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Knowledge/Metaknowledge, Contrarians, and Is the NFL Returning to the Run? Matt Waldman’s RSP Film And Data with Adam Harstad
Footballguys staff writer Adam Harstad joins RSP Film and Data as Matt Waldman’s cohost for the 2022 football season to discuss practices that will make you a better fantasy GM and NFL fan. There are a lot of excellent writers and analysts in the fantasy industry. There are few that I hold in as high […]
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What Made Him Great? Bears QB Jim McMahon: Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast
Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast kicks off a new podcast series devoted to scouting reports of past NFL players and what made them great. This month, Matt reviewed the film and explains why Bears’ Punky QB Jim McMahon’s greatness is vastly underrated. Jim McMahon Was A Cultural Stamp of the 1980s He arrived at the Chicago […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande: Brian Daboll’s WR Management, Scheme/Matchup Players, and Why QBs Need Narcissism in their Life
Montreal Alouettes’ head of scouting Russ Lande and the RSP’s Matt Waldman discuss Brian Daboll’s management tack with his wide receiver corps, scheme and matchup players, notable scouting reports of the past, gamesmanship between coaches and GMs, and behaviors that attract/repel NFL teams. This week’s Scout Talk provides valuable perspective on how the league operates […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Scouting Glossary: The Coverage Triangle
Matt Waldman defines the Coverage Triangle in this edition of the RSP NFL Scouting Glossary with the help of a play from Ohio State NFL Draft Prospect, Jaxon Smith-Njigba. What is the Coverage Triangle? And why do receivers have to possess knowledge of it for the NFL? One way of answering this question is […]
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RSP Cast: Feel It or F#@k It…NFL Week 2
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. And of course, if you want to know about the rookies from this draft class, you will find the most in-depth analysis of offensive skill players available (QB, RB, WR, and TE), with […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room: WR Kayshon Boutte (LSU)
Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room examines the budding skills of Kayshon Boutte, one more in a recent line of LSU receivers with the NFL Draft in his sights. Even if you try to ignore the narratives of college football, it’s hard to block out who everyone in your industry is talking about. Boutte is on […]
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RSP Quick Game with TD Wire’s Laurie Fitzpatrick and Matt Waldman
TD Wire’s Laurie Fitzpatrick joins Matt Waldman and the RSP Quick Game podcast for the 2022 NFL season. I cut Mark Schofield. He missed one too many skinny posts and it’s time to go in another direction. You know this is far from the truth. Mark has earned an excellent full-time opporutnity that will preclude […]
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RSP Cast: Feel It or F#@k It…NFL Week 1
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. Feel It or F#ck It is our instant verdict on the fantasy value of a player or situation, not the ability, effort, or character of the player. This is how two […]
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Pre-Draft Scouting Report Sample: Texans WR Nico Collins
Matt Waldman’s RSP shares its pre-draft scouting report of Houston Texans’ ascending talent, Nico Collins. Waldman graded Collins as an immediate rotational starting talent with additional growth potential. WR Nico Collins Scouting Profile RSP Ranking: WR27 Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 School: Michigan Comparison Spectrum: Courtland Sutton-X-Allen Lazard Depth of Talent Score: 79.2 = Rotational Starter: […]