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  • April 21, 2008 08:45 AM ET

NFL All-Rookie team

erwin: Back Again. (65-56-14) vs cowace2 (67-27-8)
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QB: Matt Ryan

RB: Darren McFadden
RB: Rashard Mendenhall

WR: Malcolm Kelly
WR: DeSean Jackson
WR: Devin Thomas

OL: Jake Long
OL: Ryan Clady
OL: Branden Albert
OL: Chris Williams
OL: Jeff Otah

DE: Chris Long
DT: Sedrick Ellis
DT: Glenn Dorsey
DE: Vernon Gholston

OLB: Keith Rivers
MLB: Jerod Mayo
OLB: Dan Connor

CB: Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
FS: Kenny Phillips
SS: Tyrell Johnson
CB: Leodis McKelvin

K: Taylor Mehlhaff
P: Durant Brooks


So...what you did here is take the top rated player(s) in each position, put his position next to his name, and called it an "all rookie team". I'll try and be a bit more creative. Differences only.



QB: Brian Brohm. After being drafted by Miami in the 2nd, Brohm beats out Beck in camp and starts all season. Ryan shares time with Kyle Boller all season in Baltimore.


WR: Limas Sweed. Drafted by the Eagles, Sweed shows immediately that he has the size, speed, and skill to excel in the NFC East. Desean Jackson goes to the Titans, where one of the worst passing QBs of all time displays why they should not have bothered with a WR.

WR: Mario Manningham. After his stock plummeted, Shanahan decides to take a chance on him in the 2nd. He stepps in right away in a depleted Broncos WR group, and against the poor CBs in a weak AFC West, became very quickly regarded as this year's Anquan Boldin.

TE: Martellus Bennett. The Bills see him as an ideal playmaker for their offense, and take him in the 2nd. He beats out Royal in camp and steps in as the primary red zone target in a rapidly improving offense.

I'll get to OL and D next, I guess. You'll vote anyway...


That is most certainly not what I did. I tried to make my team the best one possible. I understand your point, but come on now. And I also somehow forgot to include a TE. My tight end is Bennett.

Ryan is in my opinion a better prospect than Brohm. Ryan has a much stronger arm, although Brohm is a little more accurate. I also like the fact that Ryan knows how to play in big games and gets his team wins. Brohm choked when the game got important.

I'm guessing you're replacing Jackson with Sweed. I like both players. But I think Jackson actually goes to the Bucs. Joey Galloway is aging and Mike Clayton is a bust. Plus, Jackson is a deadly returner as well, which helps his stock.

And I also think you replace Thomas with Manningham. Thomas is a much better prospect than Manningham.

Manningham was very inconsistent in college and Devin Thomas has a height advantage over Manningham.

Manningham also had a horrible combine performance. He's supposedly a speedster. He ran a 4.6 40 yard dash. That's why I now how Thomas above him on my board.


So, I see your "team" has an offensive line that consists of 4 tackles and one tackle to be. Interesting.

OC: Mike Pollack. Taken by the Chiefs in the 2nd, he steps in right away as a starter and shows tremendous poise and blocking strength as he stabilizes a young line.

OG: Mike McGlynn. Taken by the hometown Steelers in the 3rd, shows why he was projected as a 1st rounder earlier this season.

OG: Donald Thomas. The quickest G in this year's class is taken by the Broncos in the 4th. He fits in perfectly in a zone blocking scheme.

DE: Philip Merling. Drafted by the Vikings, Merling benefits heavily from being alongside an elite pair of DTs and records double digit sacks. Chris Long goes to the Jets and deals with double teams all year long as the only solid player on their DL.

CB: Aqib Talib. He fits in perfectly in the Tampa Bay cover 2, and learns a ton from Barber. Rodgers-Cromartie, coming from a smaller school, struggles to adapt to the speed of the NFL game his rookie season.

SS: Josh Barrett. The steal of this year's draft, he goes to the Eagles in the 3rd. Has the best combination of size and speed of any SS in the draft.


That's it. I'm done with you. You win...

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April 21, 2008  09:47 AM ET
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Not a very proud moment for Erwin.

April 21, 2008  10:06 AM ET
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Why? That's not what I did. I'm not trying for an easy win. What makes you think that?

April 21, 2008  10:20 AM ET
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Hmm...

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