Sentences with phrase «did as a rookie»

The song was Jump, by Van Halen, and the Jets would probably sign David Lee Roth to sing it if they thought it would help Sanchez navigate the season's rough patches more smoothly than he did as a rookie.

Only MJ, Wilt, Oscar, Harden, Lebron, Russ, and Magic have ever equaled or exceeded those totals in any season, and only Oscar was able to do it as a rookie.

Only Robertson did it as a rookie.

«Hey, look, so you win five next year,» he says as Bradley belts down the first of two Diet Cokes — she weighs 35 pounds less than she did as a rookie.

Not exact matches

Powell's comments were written off by some as a «rookie mistake,» meaning the Fed chairman did not intend to move the markets.

The return on investment for these rookie investors «will be as bad as in the venture capital world, but that doesn't mean that people won't do it,» Wilson said.

I'm sure the flavor would have been better if they had been refrigerated as directed, but if anyone else makes the rookie mistake of not reading the recipe first like I did, there is hope!

I did make a classic rookie mistake, as this was my first time cooking with coconut oil; I waited too long when I added the melted coconut oil into the eggs and milk, that when I went back to add the dry ingredients the oil and gone back to solid form!!

Kris Dunn didn't show anything as a rookie, Zach LaVine is a nice young player coming off a torn ACL and the team had to trade its No. 16 pick just to acquire No. 7.

But Morris, who reached the NIT finals last spring in his rookie season as a Division I men's coach, is glad that 6» 6» sophomore forward Lionel Simmons did.

They also have upside as they learn they will get better and Ron doesn't like to start rookies until they know our system.

With the Jaguars having two young defensive ends in 2015 first - round pick Dante Fowler and their third - round pick from last year, Yannick Ngakoue, who burst on the scene as a rookie with eight sacks, it didn't appear that there was a big need for a defensive end.

And as Chuck and Ivan allude to above, if we can't be «competitive», don't look at two weeks of a rookie as the cause of it.

They didn't fly out of the gates, as is the case, with many Rookie Teams, but as the Regular Season progressed you could see they had all the makings of a great Team..

There's no telling what will happen with Rookie squads as they partake in their first do or die Games..

Alas they do not make rookie mistakes against Arsenal as they are at their best defensively against us as you know Arsenal have the best strike force in the PL.

And if Rozier didn't make any jump, then you're suggesting that Rozier as a rookie # 16 pick came into the NBA ready to perform the way that he currently is performing.

If he doesn't produce, he's getting benched and with him having rookie kinks as you said, my bet is that he does not produce in those early games.

Some are very uncomfortable with the idea of a rookie starter at G who would also serve as the backup C, but Shanahan and Lynch do not appear to be among them.

Additionally, it makes no sense to say «the sixers are artificially bad because embiid didn't play his rookie year» as if it was a fluke.

There are NO other teams in the league that have accomplished anything close to what the Sixers did this year who had their best players be a rookie and a 2nd year player, some of the teams that Philly is most often compared to in regards to young talent are Minnesota (they won less games than Philly, Wiggins sucks, and they were buoyed by Jimmy Butler as a veteran star) and the Lakers (most people don't view anybody on the Lakers on the same level as Embiid or Simmons and they only won 35 games this year).

As for the leadership thing, it's very hard for a rookie to come in a chance a culture like Kidd - Gilchrist did at Kentucky.

The team desperately needs Ahmad Bradshaw to return, because despite the success of rookie David Wilson, as evidenced by his 12 carries Sunday, Coughlin doesn't view him as an every - down sort of back.

Yes, he was a rookie and things don't always click right away for rookies, but as we've seen, there isn't a lot of patience with first - rounders anymore.

If Lonzo played on the Magic and didn't have Lavar as his dad, with the exact same stats do you think he makes NBA rookie 2nd team?

Luis Aparicio, at 29, stole 40 bases in 46 attempts, and he gives the Orioles speed, as do rookie Sam Bowens -LRB-.333 in 15 games with the Orioles last year) and Willie Kirkland.

I'd be surprised if Tyrod doesn't have the best season of his career with the supporting cast afforded to him along with a rookie QBOTF as added fuel to up his performance.

Next was Nick Foles, who didn't look special in his six starts as a rookie.

Martin's 235 yards on Sunday doesn't represent his career best, as he managed to pick up 251 yards in a game against the Oakland Raiders in his rookie season.

Remember we started a rookie because the second year guy didn't blossom as planned.

How many of them do much for their NFL teams as rookies?

His 40 runs lead the team, as does his.397 on - base percentage making Trout an ideal leadoff hitter, but this rookie also swings a big stick.

Ray Perkins spent most of last year, his rookie season as Alabama's coach, trying to convince people that he didn't feel any pressure after stepping into the territory that for 25 years had been Bear Bryant's domain.

Do you ever hear / see any other team, especially championship - caliber ones, talk about hoarding their compensatory picks and / or saving salary cap room for rookie pools and in - season injury windfalls as reasons to not be active in free agency?

As emergency cover for a 19 yr old rookie in his first few weeks after moving here I thought he did better than OK in the circumstances.

Second - year quarterback Mike McMahon (three starts as a rookie) will start ahead of first - round draft pick Joey Harrington, the Lions don't have a true No. 1 receiver (free - agent pickup Az Hakim, the Rams» fourth wideout in recent years, being the closest thing), and the line got banged up in the preseason.

«Andretti Autosport had done a tremendous job in allowing me to roll as a rookie and to feel the comfort levels each time we go out in the car and not overstep anything that's asked me to do too much as a newbie.

«As a defense, we knew we just had to do something,» Giants rookie linebacker Uani Unga said.

He took on as much pressure as a rookie can, down three scores in a duel against one of history's best pure passers, and did more than any quarterback — even a Hall of Famer — could have been expected to do.

and judging by hindsight (which your question opens to), I would say that yes, our strategy did come out fine, seeing as we got a great rookie DE season out of Takk, while the Chargers got an ACL - torn G for the season.

WORST The Jets, sending quarterback Richard Todd to New Or leans for a No. 1, thereby leaving themselves with one QB, Pat Ryan, who has never started an NFL game and a projected starter, Ken O'Brien, who didn't play a down last season as a rookie.

Mitchell Trubisky didn't have much help as a rookie — Kendall Wright led the team in receiving yards with 614.

All the glossy statistics and press clippings from college games don't mean a thing when a rookie appears at an NFL training camp, as several record - busting kickers have ruefully discovered during the preseason

Each of the league's previous three top picks made an impact in her first season — Houston's Tina Thompson was named first - team All - WNBA in 1997; Dydek led the league in blocked shots in» 98; and Washington's Chamique Holdsclaw was Rookie of the Year in» 99 — but first - year Cleveland coach Dan Hughes doesn't expect as much out of Wauters: «I hope people will allow her to play a little bit and not have an expectation level that's too dramatic.»

I think it was smart to get something for Kizer — dude is light years if ever from an NFL starter and he did nt fit in with getting a rookie as number 1.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie WR Mike Evans had a nice touchdown catch against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday and to cap it off, he did the Money Manziel sign, as is tradition.

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Despite being a fourth - round pick in 2009, he did nothing to distinguish himself as a rookie.

«The hopeful fans believe that one player will immediately make their team a contender, but the fact is that these future NFL rookies have zero impact on what we do as far as the futures market.»

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