Rookie Tracking - Some Good Signs

[Bear Hands]

First off, I know, it's just stats, but I do think there's been enough shown to warrant some love here--

Here's what they are tracking/on-pace for in 17-games this year.  And honestly, it could be more given the rookie receivers are now getting more target share:

 

R1 Xavier Legette WR

48 rec, 459 yards, 9.4 avg, 8 TDs

He's fun.  He's got a nose for the ball in the RZ.  Has proven he can get open at this level.  Happy to have my suspicions on him proven wrong.  

 

R2 Jonathan Brooks RB

zilch - okay...expected here lol

 

R3 Trevin Wallace LB

81 tackle, 53 solo, 4 FFs, 2 FRs

He's got some work to do but he's shown a lot for being thrust into the role he has this early.  Some promise here -- don't let the volume fool you, there's some development to be had, but he could make strides under the right mentors/coaching.  

 

R4 Ja'Tavion Sanders TE

45 rec, 462 yards, 10.1 avg- no TDs yet but I imagine he'll get one

He had his best game so far today.  He showed a lot of fire and I like the whole report I'm seeing grow between JT and XL.  Those two are buds and could be good here.  Has already shown more than most of our drafted TEs in the 2000s.    

 

R5 Chau Smith-Wade NB

34 tackles, 17 solo

He's had some blunders, but has also played alright at times.  Better than others we've experimented with at NB but may not stick.  Still, good to see him getting snaps and he landed 5 tackles today.    

 

UDFA Jalen Coker WR

40 rec 629 yards 15.9 avg 3 TDs 

A legitimate sleeper we may have found - he wasn't active/given snaps until CHI so he he's pacing higher.  Awesome route running, knows how to create leverage, just a really smart player.  

*edit: add

UDFA Demani Richardson DB

41 tackles, 27 solo

I’ll admit wasn’t entirely keyed in on him last week — he had a series where they tried to pick on him and he held his own. He’s shown nicely. He gets after it quickly

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

XL, Coker, JT Sanders, and hopefully Brooks when he gets healthy is solid core of young weapons

[mav1234]

Edit: woops misread 

Even with their current stats the rookies are really contributing on O. It's really good to see

Edited November 4, 2024 by mav1234

[ProcessBlue2]

This can't be right, I was told Dan Morgan was a bad GM.

[SOJA]

This is better than our last three drafts combined under Tepper. Look it up if you don't believe me 

[Navy_football]

And Demani Richardson- UDFA

[Jon Snow]

So far they look like they belong in the league at least. That's a good start. 

[frankw]

59 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

This can't be right, I was told Dan Morgan was a bad GM.

You guys slurping Dan Morgan might want to slow your roll. After the Giants we've got Chiefs Bucs Eagles Cowboys Cardinals. Suffice to say there's going to be a few bumpy games that will put a bit of a dent in this Dan Morgan can do no wrong parade.

[Navy_football]

1 minute ago, frankw said:

You guys slurping Dan Morgan might want to slow your roll. After the Giants we've got Chiefs Bucs Eagles Cowboys Cardinals. Suffice to say there's going to be a few bumpy games that will put a bit of a dent in this Dan Morgan can do no wrong parade.

I think this is more about rookies actually contributing to the team than the team winning. And you're right, probably not winning many/any more this season. 

[jb2288]

1 hour ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

This can't be right, I was told Dan Morgan was a bad GM.

Yeah still blows my mind people on here say that after what he did in 1 offseason. Im not proclaiming him the savior or anything but what he’s done in 1 offseason was impressive and it’s really not even close. Filled major holes and drafted what seems pretty well 8 games in. Flipped a 7th into a starting CB, drafted what seems to be a future legit 1/2 WR combo, someone got us a 2nd next year (that was some black magic poo), no stupid cap decisions to date. Excited to see what he does this year 

[Donald LaFell]

13 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

So far they look like they belong in the league at least. That's a good start. 

Yeah that’s the insane part. We need this 3 years in a row at least lol 

[SmokinwithWilly]

22 minutes ago, jb2288 said:

Yeah still blows my mind people on here say that after what he did in 1 offseason. Im not proclaiming him the savior or anything but what he’s done in 1 offseason was impressive and it’s really not even close. Filled major holes and drafted what seems pretty well 8 games in. Flipped a 7th into a starting CB, drafted what seems to be a future legit 1/2 WR combo, someone got us a 2nd next year (that was some black magic poo), no stupid cap decisions to date. Excited to see what he does this year 

I find what he's done less than impressive. We've got a historically bad defense, an offense that can barely average 2 tds a game, and a QB that wouldn't be on a practice squad after last season if he wasn't the 1st overall pick.

The biggest issue I have is going into the season without bringing in competition for BY. As a former MLB, there is no way he looked at BYs footage and said this guy is so good he shouldn't have any camp competition, only to have him benched after 2 games. We dumped an insane amount of resources to answer a question this MB already knew the answer to, BY ain't it, and for what, 2 wins against terrible defenses? And the best he's looked so far came against a shitting of the bed so bad it literally set an NFL record. 

What we're seeing from this team is not good. Maybe we've gotten a few possible good pieces, but this overall team is not impressive in the slightest. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

16 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Maybe we've gotten a few possible good pieces, but this overall team is not impressive in the slightest

And Morgan is supposed to fix it all in one season? 

I think the point is, you have to give him more time. I think he's heading in the right direction. 

 

[DaveThePanther2008]

1 hour ago, frankw said:

You guys slurping Dan Morgan might want to slow your roll. After the Giants we've got Chiefs Bucs Eagles Cowboys Cardinals. Suffice to say there's going to be a few bumpy games that will put a bit of a dent in this Dan Morgan can do no wrong parade.

Why are you here?  I've gone through just about every post and you have nothing positive. Just bitch and moan, bitch and moan. 

I get it, you think we suck. (and for the most part we do) It's loud. And clear. Maybe we should fire every coach and GM after 1 game until we blow someone out and they get two games.  

Sure we beat a lousy injury riddled Saints team. A team that destroyed us in New Orleans.  So revenge is sweet no matter how good or bad. 

Other than our owner sucks. every player sucks, every coach sucks and our GM sucks why not focus on how we need to improve and who is trending in the right direction. 

No one is saying we've turned the season around and will make the playoffs.  How about enjoy the F_ing win. 

As a member of this forum for over 20 years I can honestly say you're near the top as one of the most negative poster ever.