02-28-2018, 10:27 PM
(02-28-2018, 08:22 PM)corpjet Wrote: Marvin's Motto = We Cant Play Rookies
This continues to haunt us..........see below for those that road the bench for years under Marvin......
Darqueze Dennard
Dre Kirkpatrick
Jerome Simpson
Mo Sanu
Rex Burkhead
Christian Westerman
Actually this is just a message board myth. Marvin plays rookies just as much as the average NFL coach.
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.
(02-28-2018, 08:22 PM)corpjet Wrote: This continues to haunt us..........see below for those that road the bench for years under Marvin......
Darqueze Dennard
Dre Kirkpatrick
Jerome Simpson
Mo Sanu
Rex Burkhead
Christian Westerman
Dennard and Kirkpatrick were injured as rookies.
Jerome Simpson, Rex Burkhead, and Mo Sanu were not good enough to play as rookies.
The book is still out on Christian Westerman.
