Thursday, January 15, 2009

Rookie of the Year 3-6

Alright, alright, I know it's a bit early to be talking about who will win rookie of the year. We don't even have voting out there right now. I'm just saying, we have some good candidates this year. Ever sence the Captains acquired Luther Hodges and Adrian Justice and are actually starting them, this is where things get interesting. So who do you pick? A starting rookie HB on a team that has been consistently passing with the lowest run average in the NFA in the past 2 years, or a starting rookie QB for a team that just got rid of Stephen Garner a 2 time pro bowl player with about 6 years of expierence? Don't forget about some of the other rookies, Duece Foley of the Timberwolves is the fastest player in the NFA, faster then Mack Pleasant, for crying out loud if someone who was actually intelligent enough to realize they could live off the big play with this guy this would for sure be a rookie of the year. Then you have Roscoe Terrel of the Yukon Yeti. Yukon has their Wide Recievers just stacked; T.J. Oliver, Richard Cummings, Lamar Craig, Mack Pleasant, and Roscoe Terrel. Now somehow Yukon keeps every single one of their recievers in the game. They're all big threats, with Terrel leading special teams after the departure of WR Wade Thomas in a trade with the Captains he has some potential if he can turn into a dangerous return man and still be one of Torry Mathis' favorite targets. There are plenty of good rookies this season, but if you have to ask me I'm picking HB Luther Hodges, because I think that the Captains offence will take a while to adapt their gameplan to the presence of Adrian Justice. Hodges has already proved himself after just 2 games with 100 rushing yards or more in each. Bar Harbor hasn't had a running back like that sence the retirement of J.J. Shields in 2004. If they continue to give the ball to Hodges, defences will take a while to adapt due to the fact that Bar Harbor has been throwing the ball all the time. So if Hodges continues to handle the ball I can imagine him topping 1300 yards this season. There are some great candidates for rookie of the year, I'll report when voting begins...

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