11-11-2015, 03:29 PM
(11-10-2015, 09:09 PM)jason Wrote: Yes. There are exceptions, but you can't pretend that a lot of us don't overstate the contributions our rookies will make every year.
There was a lot of "Dawson and Burfict are gonna terrify OCs" and "Alford will be the reason Tate finally gets cut". I'm not saying they are scrubs. I'm just pointing out that we do that every year. We'll do it next year too. I'll bring it to your attention next May - August while it's happening.
This stuff is just the fans being silly and/or overly optimistic more than it is a fact of rookies not seeing significant playing time.
There are always people hyping every draft pick on these boards each year, and you're correct that it will absolutely happen again. Some random 5th rounder is going to be compared to Hall of Fame players and called a "beast" by at least a few people on here. People overrating our guys that haven't even seen an NFL field happens, but the coaching staff does play and start rookies if the situation calls for it.
We should just be happy that we don't have to rely on drafting a QB and WR to come in and start again. You usually don't go to the playoffs 4 (almost a lock for 5) straight seasons after you're forced into that type of situation.
You're correct that people overstate the contributions our rookies will make, but Fred is also correct that "our coaching staff doesn't play rookies" is a big ol' myth.
