Bengals rank 28th in rookie snaps

[wolfkaosaun]

(02-01-2017, 05:20 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Yep. They relied heavily on rookies.

21 of their 63 players that were on their roster this year were rookies.

RGIII got hurt after week 1. So they put in McCown, who then got hurt during the Ravens game, and they had to put in Kessler.

There were 8 games where a rookie QB played for the Browns, whether Hogan or Kessler.

In all 8 of those games, a rookie QB started the game. They drafted Coleman in the 1st round, and had a need at WR.

Ogbah actually did decent, and numerous people on these boards wanted him or Nassib.

The Bengals were a Super Bowl caliber team for years. The Browns have been rebuilding and are under new regime.

There's so many differences. Sometimes you need rookies to come in and step up.

I mean, the Bengals needed that in 2011 with AJ Green and Andy Dalton. Those two alone had close to 2000 snap counts in 2011. Then throw in that Boling played in 5 games and started 3. Oh, and Andrew Hawkins was also a rookie who played in 11 games.

Sometimes it's better to play rookies. It worked out for us in 2011.