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Which rookie will have the most impact in 2008?

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View Poll Results: Which rookie will have the most impact in 2008?
Thomas 70 40.94%
Kelly 37 21.64%
Rinehart 17 9.94%
Brooks 30 17.54%
Davis 14 8.19%
Brennan 0 0%
other 3 1.75%
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Old 05-13-2008, 02:07 PM   #1
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Re: Which rookie will have the most impact in 2008?

I went with Kelly.. While I think Thomas will get more playing time and may have a higher spot on the depth chart, Kelly has a ton of red zone potential for this season. Campbell has had only two red zone reads so far in his career. Either it goes to Cooley or Sellers. Not anymore. With Kelly he can throw the fade, the jump ball and the slant because of the big body who can make the plays that Moss and ARE can't.

Brooks is a close second, I expect him to beat out Frost in camp (thankfully!) and have a solid season.
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Old 05-13-2008, 06:54 PM   #2
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Re: Which rookie will have the most impact in 2008?

For me it's a toss up between Brooks and Rhinehart. Right now I think that ARE and Moss will both have great years, in part because this seems to happen a lot when teams draft future replacements.

Actually now that I think about it, it'll probably be Brooks. If anything the easiest transition from the college to pro's is Punter, even more so then Running Back. In fact it might even be slightly easier in terms of transition since you're doing exactly what you did in college except this time with better protection. That is unless more kicks get blocked in the pro's, but in my opinion it seems to happen a lot more often on the college level.

With college kickers you always have to wonder how they'll adjust without a kicking block. Of course the angles are a lot easier but that kicking without that block on field goals is a huge transition for some kickers.

The downside to being a punter in the NFL of course is the fact that theres only 32 spots available. Maybe slightly more if a team decides to add you as a kickoff specilist, but that doesn't really seem to be the norm.
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