Day: May 17, 2022

In the modern-day NFL, it's often in Year 2 when an eventual star quarterback comes into his own, finds his groove, and parlays previous flashes into consistent albeit not flawless high-level play. There was Carson Wentz in 2017, Patrick Mahomes in 2018, and Lamar Jackson in 2019. Josh Allen took a mammoth third-year leap, although in his second season the rookie-year mishaps melted away into signs of the imminent MVP-vote-getting season ahead. And of course last year, Joe Burrow built on a strong rookie season cut short due to injury, and led the NFL in completion percentage and yards-per-attempt average en route to leading the Cincinnati Bengals to the AFC title. Of course, past results from other quarterbacks don't guarantee the New York Giants Jersey second (or third) year eru...

We're all looking for instant impact rookies. Let's go further than that. How about instant-impact entire draft classes? Sounds fun. Getting valuable contributions from multiple rookies is worth its weight in gold, as these players are as cheap as they come in the NFL. Let's rank the top 10 instant impact classes from the 2022 draft. Before I begin, It's important to remember that teams with lesser rosters are naturally more reliant on rookies and young players than established contenders, so just because, say, a team favored to win its division isn't featured, that doesn't mean I believe it had a poor draft. Honorable Mention: Washington Commanders Impactful rookies: WR Jahan Dotson, DT Phidarian Mathis, RB Brian Robinson, S Percy Butler The Commanders are exciting until yo...

It's May in the NFL. The month of OTAs and hope springing eternal. Except where it really doesn't. Because we all know this is a league of haves and have nots. And it seems more extreme than ever as best I can tell, after an offseason of team after team making power moves. I believe this league is more divided than ever between the owners who are really going for it, and the ones mired in a rebuild and the ones on cruise control content – or relatively content – to reap the fiscal rewards while going through the motions on the roster side of things. Regardless, this is a time of looking forward. With the schedule posted last week, Chicago White Sox Jersey  Vegas now has early odds for every game next season. The futures betting market is at least a smidge more secure, I suppose, n...