02-27-2018, 11:47 AM
(02-26-2018, 08:01 PM)fredtoast Wrote: False. Marvin plays rookies as much as the average NFL head coach. (numbers from before '17 season)
According to profootballreference over the last ten years there have been 227 different rookies who started at least 14 games. Since there are 32 teams that is an average of 7.1 per team. Over the last ten years the Bengals have 7 different rookies who have started at least 14 games.
When we expand it beyond just rookie seasons it does not change very much. Looking at the first three seasons of every player's career over the last 10 years there were 785 who had at least one season with at least 14 starts in his first three years. That is an average of 24.5 per team, and the Bengals have had 24.
"Marvin doesn't play rookies" is one of the lines that caught hold here, and won't die, even when there is no merit to it. When Marvin does not play a rookie, it is because there is a veteran who is better already in that spot. And only here is that considered a bad thing. Everywhere else, having to play rookies is a bad thing.
