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Weapon RBs, Rookie Risers/Fallers, Young Vets Emerging: Going Deep w/ Brandon Angelo & Matt Waldman
This week on the Going Deep podcast, Brandon Angelo and Matt Waldman discuss the rise of multi-faceted RBs, rookie risers and fallers in training camp, and emerging young vets. Going Deep will feature podcasts twice a month. You can either watch/listen on YouTube, listen from the player at the bottom of the page, or download…
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2025 NFL RB Draft Class Review: Going Deep with Brandon Angelo and Matt Waldman
This week on the Going Deep podcast, Brandon Angelo and Matt Waldman discuss running backs from the 2025 NFL Draft class and why Ashton Jeanty is the headliner. Going Deep will feature podcasts twice a month. You can either watch/listen on YouTube, listen from the player at the bottom of the page, or download the…
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Sr. Bowl RB Roundtable Part II (Cobb, Langford & Abdullah)
Last year, I created a roundtable discussion featuring Senior Bowl wide receivers. This year, I shared similar questions about technique and concepts to North squad running backs David Cobb, Jeremy Langford, and Ameer Abdullah. Their answers reveal that there is a lot more to successful running back play than meets the eye and many notions…
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The Stiff-Arm Collection
The other night, I watched Auburn WR Sammie Coates deliver a stiff-arm so violent that I half expected the Texas A&M cornerback to bounce a few feet off the ground. Based on his body language after the play you could tell the defender was embarrassed to be on the end of this thorough smack down. You…
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Futures: 2014 Speed Score Leaders
If I had a laboratory fitting of a mad scientist, Football Outsiders’ Speed Score would have its application. What about now? Futures: The 2014 Speed Score Leaders By Matt Waldman Indulge me in a bit of fantasy. Imagine an old football field. It’s a practice field at the rear of an abandoned high school with…
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Futures: The Hybrid RB Evolution
March is the month that I take 14-to-18 months of research and use it to generate rankings and analysis for the April 1 Rookie Scouting Portfolio publication. The labor involved in this compressed time period involves a workweek with hours averaging in the triple digits. I believe this will be the last year I have to…
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Instinct or Practice: Demystifying the Nature of Running Back
Is it instinct or practice? Nothing is as simple as it looks. Here’s a 2nd-and-five run by USC running back Silas Redd in the middle of the second quarter against Utah this year that begs the question. Nice run. Some might say Redd demonstrated excellent balance. Others might go further and say it was nice…
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Flashes: RB Benny Cunningham, MTSU
This installment of Flashes profiles the play of Middle Tennessee State University runner Benny Cunningham. The senior, who was on the Doak Walker Award Watch List this summer, had a 217-yard, 5-touchdown afternoon against Georgia Tech in September. By November, he was out for the season with a torn patella tendon. what quality did he…
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Quick Bursts: RB Michael Dyer and the Context of Patience
Do you judge a player’s decisions play-by-play or with a group of plays? There is no clear answer. Michael Dyer’s performance against Clemson is a good example A common refrain that ESPN radio host and Footballguys writer Cecil Lammey used to describe former Texas A&M running back Cyrus Gray before the Chiefs drafted him was…