If Star could somehow win DROY

[pilot2011]

I may just be having a brain fart, but are there any REAL good defensive rookies outside of D-lineman this year? I know Luke didn't come on strong until about week 5 or so last year, so there may be some good linebackers or cornerbacks that will show up big. But this may be the year a D tackle wins it...

 

Ansah from Detroit is pretty good too, but he's at D-end.

[jasonluckydog]

The man has heart.....

problems....NOT!!!

I love that all these teams passed him up!!!

[nickzz]

if we finish strong and make the playoffs while maintaining a great defense, star will definitely get consideration.

 

if we finish 7-9 or somewhere near that mark he  probably won't get much attention.

[bigdog10]

In my opinion, he would need about 8 sacks to have a shot.

 

As many have said, he will be absolutely disruptive on the line in some games and may only record two tackles.

 

I hope he wins though, a three-peat would be awesome.

[SgtJoo]

 

[SevenSixes]

We keep blowing up QB's and O Lines like we have and I don't think there will be any competition except for Star as DROY.

 

Wait until Drew, Matty and Tom get a load of what Eli got last Sunday..

 

Tongues will be waggin.. 

[skarbar001]

Probably someone like Kiko Alonso will win it since it is based on stats. He's currently 10th in tackles with 27, 1 sack, 4 pass defenses and 2 INTs.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

Freakbg honey snatcher will probably win it

[Rules&Regulations]

If that happens, our scouting department will be considered the best in the league.

 

Maybe by us. Everybody else will just write it off/ignore it/diminish it/make excuses for it.

[carolina-chuck]

Would be AWESOME if Star could give us a 3 peat at ROTY. Likely wont happen though. Everything is based on statistic. Star's production on the field likely wont show up on the stats sheet like the other guys.

Some early candidates atm:

Kiki Alonso

Zingy Ansah

Mingo

Eric Reid

Mathieu

[iamhubby1]

No doubt about the fact that Star has already shown he can be disruptive, and needs to be doubled. Although in and of themselves they are impressive. It usually is the stats guys that get the attention.

That said, if he can up his sacks, and continue to get those tackles for loss. He will get recognized. But, he may not win DROY. Hellz, he is already getting recognition. He just needs to add some of those eye popping stats to give us the 3peat.

It may all be well and good as far as DROY goes. But as far as I'm concerned. He has made our D-line better. And I can live with that.

[teeray]

He should be under consideration if he keeps at even nearly the level he is playing at now.

The problem is what he is doing for this defense won't be reflected in individual stats but the stats of the defense as a whole

[carolina-chuck]

I may just be having a brain fart, but are there any REAL good defensive rookies outside of D-lineman this year? I know Luke didn't come on strong until about week 5 or so last year, so there may be some good linebackers or cornerbacks that will show up big. But this may be the year a D tackle wins it...

Ansah from Detroit is pretty good too, but he's at D-end.

Alonso is putting up some good stats.

[carolina-chuck]

I believe 5 more sacks totaling up to 6 will easily make him a top candidate. Thats not impossible too. I've been keeping up with Star for the last two years at Utah and from my amateur scouting, I thought that Star was a much better interior rusher than giving credit for by some of the top draft experts such as Mike Mayock the man himself.