The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)

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  • Boiler Room: Wisconsin RB Melvin Gordon

    Boiler Room: Wisconsin RB Melvin Gordon

      Running Backs don’t have to be “five-tool” ball carriers to succeed in the NFL — especially if a couple of tools compensate for a lack of others. Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon might be this kind of prospect.  “There’s no running back who can start and stop faster in all of college football.” This is what former…

  • RSP Sample Report: KC TE Travis Kelce

    RSP Sample Report: KC TE Travis Kelce

    Every once in a while I provide a sample of my work — good or bad. Today, I sharing a promising one: Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. The former Bearcats tight end missed his rookie year with a knee injury, but Kelce is looking like a star in the making after three preseason games. Here’s…

  • Applying An Ounce of Skepticism to Practice Reports

    Applying An Ounce of Skepticism to Practice Reports

    I’m gradually reaching the conclusion that the most unreliable aspect of football journalism is the practice report. When done well, they’re invaluable. But how do you know that the observations are sound? Vinnie Iyer of the Sporting News posted a trio of tweets about Brandin Cooks this morning and it was a reminder of this point.…

  • William Andrews vs. Ronnie Lott

    William Andrews vs. Ronnie Lott

    A couple of years ago I recalled a childhood memory of William Andrews taking a swing pass and running through Ronnie Lott. After scoring from 70-plus yards, a woozy Lott was helped off the field. I’ve been looking for this play online for years to see if my memory was accurate. I found the play…

  • Vision Quest: The Artfulness of LeSean McCoy and Jamaal Charles

    Vision Quest: The Artfulness of LeSean McCoy and Jamaal Charles

    Vision is a magical term in football. It’s not a single skill, but an integration of several. It requires anticipation, awareness, confidence, creativity, pacing, and split-second processing of all these traits (and others) to determine optimal risk-reward. Vision is a dazzling illustration that the game of football is not a science, but performance art. Science…

  • Reads Listens Views 7/4/14

    Reads Listens Views 7/4/14

    FantasyPros Accuracy Rankings, Matt will do fantasy rankings this year, Lester Young, George Adams, RSPWP3, and RSP Post-Draft  Listens What is Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome.  I post links on Fridays to content I’m saving for later consumption or pieces that I found compelling. You may not like…

  • GM Scenario No. 4: Double Down or Stand Pat?

    GM Scenario No. 4: Double Down or Stand Pat?

    Do you trust your scouting intel on a player that you value higher than most or do you stick to your board? What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I will have 15-20 written scenarios based on true NFL stories provided to me from current and former…

  • GM Scenario No.1: To Cut or Not to Cut? (RSPWP3)

    GM Scenario No.1: To Cut or Not to Cut? (RSPWP3)

    Your team is finally coming together and is poised to make its first playoff run under your tenure as GM, but will your tight end derail it? What is 2014’s Writer’s Project? This year’s RSPWP is a different take on team building. I will have 15-20 written scenarios based on true NFL stories provided to…

  • Reads Listens Views 5/23/2014

    Reads Listens Views 5/23/2014

    Rene Marie, gubernatorial debate worth watching, 20 Surreal Places, and RSP Post-Draft Update. What is Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome.  May is normally a lighter month for me on the blog due to the short turnaround time for the RSP Post-Draft and the magazine schedule at my…

  • 2014 RSP Post-Draft Ready for Download!

    2014 RSP Post-Draft Ready for Download!

    Waiting to buy the RSP for the Post-Draft Analysis? Wait no longer . . .  “I’m not sure it would be a good business decisions, but I [would] probably pay $100 for the Matt Waldman Rookie Scouting Portfolio.” -Mike Beckley, @NFLLionBlood on Twitter The 2014 Rookie Scouting Portfolio Post-Draft Add-On is ready for download.  If you’re in…