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 what we learned from it:

* Lande's story about Butch Davis and Jeremy Shockey.

* Waiting for Godot: Why scouts were often too early with their valuation of players who would fit in the NFL today but no 7-10 years ago.

* Jason Witten and What Is Athletic Enough? Witten is much quicker than fast as well as a troublesome template for evaluating the athletic ability of good receiving tight ends who can block but not win downfield.

* Joe Don Duncan: Strong enough, quick enough, and tough enough, but size matters.

* Nick Vannett and the first-game bias that can occur with an evaluation.

* Chase Coffman and the issue with high-cut builds.

* It's All About the Shoe Size: A story about safeties that applies to builds for specific positions.

If you missed the episode on wide receivers or the show on running backs, they are worth a listen.

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