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Purdy, Robinson, Tight Ends, and Hard-to-Teach Skills: Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande
Montreal Alouettes’ head of scouting Russ Lande and the RSP’s Matt Waldman discuss the scarcity of a complete tight end in the NFL, Brock Purdy and the 49ers’ end-of-year strategy with the QB position, Jon Robinson’s firing, hard-to-teach skills, and thoughts on NFL players and prospects we’ve recently studied. Topics This week: A complete tight…
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RSP Scout Talk Podcast: Quarterback Evaluation Mistakes and Lessons with Russ Lande and Matt Waldman
Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk podcast with Russ Lande concludes its series devoted to evaluation misses and lessons learned with an episode on the quarterback, the most difficult position to evaluate in sport. Russ Lande and I have had our share of successes between us, ranging from Tom Brady and Marc Bulger to Russell Wilson…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande: Tight End Evaluation Lessons and Mistakes
Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk podcast with Russ Lande begins a series devoted to evaluation misses and lessons learned. This week’s episode on tight ends underscores the theme of waiting on a revolution. This episode of Scout Talk with Russ Lande is an informative conversation about the tight ends who we didn’t evaluate well and…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk Podcast with Russ Lande: WR Evaluation Misses And Lessons
Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk podcast with Russ Lande begins a series devoted to evaluation misses and lessons learned. This week’s episode on wide receivers offers a lot of players to choose from. This episode of Scout Talk with Russ Lande is a fantastic conversation about the wide receivers who we didn’t evaluate well and…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Scout Talk with Russ Lande: Interim Coaches, Media Scouting, Failure, and Organizational Management
This week’s edition of Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Scout Talk with Russ Lande discusses the value of coaches with varied experience, interim coaches, and advice to aspiring media-football scouts. Why is it important for football leadership to have a variety of experiences under different regimes? Why are desperation and failure vital components for organizational success…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast: Scout Talk with Russ Lande (Coaches, Coordinators, QBs, and WRs)
This week’s edition of Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast Scout Talk with Russ Lande debates the merits of Daniel Jones and Carson Wentz, the value of head coaches and offensive coordinators, Lamar Jackson’s current performance, and thoughts on a pair of intriguing wide receiver prospects for the 2021 NFL Draft. If all financials were equal, would…
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Matt Waldman’s Scout Talk with Russ Lande: NFL QB and WR Development Check-Ins
Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast brings back former NFL and current CFL scout Russ Lande for a 2020 season of Scout Talk. This week, they discuss the development trajectories of several NFL quarterbacks and receivers. Russ Lande and I had a blast doing Scout Talk last year and have brought it back once again as a…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast with Russ Lande: Inclusivity and Scouting
Russ Lande and Matt Waldman discuss why the tenets of inclusive thinking are naturally the most effective ways of scouting players in this week’s RSP Scout Talk podcast. Generalizations are dangerous. When applied to the evaluation of football players, generalizations can unnecessarily exclude talented, hard-working, and well-adjusted young men from NFL opportunities that could have…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Scout Talk with Russ Lande: NFL-CFL Scouting, All-Star Practices, CeeDee Lamb, and Tua Tagovailoa
In episode seven of Scout Talk, Matt Waldman and Russ Lande discuss the difference between scouting in the CFL and the NFL, why college all-star games must be placed in a proper context that takes years to do, trade thoughts on Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, and Matt delves into the RSP mailbag to answer reader…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Cast: Ep. 3 of Scout Talk with Russ Lande
Former NFL Scout and CFL scouting director Russ Lande and RSP author Matt Waldman continue their twice-monthly scouting podcast. This week, they discuss the Ravens’ decision to draft Lamar Jackson, Derek Carr and the Raiders’ improved offense, knockout factors in scouting evaluations, generating harmonious relationships between scouts and coaches, and 2020 prospects that have caught…