Sentences with phrase «start as a rookie»

Ragnow would have to start as a rookie.
Williams only played in nine games with no starts as a rookie in 2013.
Testaverde struggled during his four starts as a rookie, but not much worse than a typical young quarterback.
Next was Nick Foles, who didn't look special in his six starts as a rookie.
If a guy who can start as a rookie is available at # 24 at any of those positions they will make the team better and the Panthers should take him.
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.
This horrible excuse for a pro mode has you start as a rookie in the TAC Cup, VFL or AFL, controlling a single player in the team (or you can take control of an existing player).
Rider Career is the funnest mode which allows you to create a rider and play through the championship starting as a rookie.
Live is basically the campaign, where you will start as a rookie performing in small shows, as you progress you will eventually perform for huge crowds at larger shows.
Starting as a rookie, with not even a set of wheels to your name, your aim is to build up your own crew and dominate the established street racing scene of Angel City.
Starting as a rookie, with not even a set of wheels to your name, your aim is to build up your own crew and dominate the established street - racing scene of Angel City.
Or, start as a rookie and create your own NASCAR career.
Career Mode: Start as a rookie and become your own NASCAR legend across multiple seasons.

Not exact matches

They also have upside as they learn they will get better and Ron doesn't like to start rookies until they know our system.
Yeah, I was as surprised as anyone that Beasley started off slow, but there were several factors that I felt held him back as a rookie.
As a rookie, he was thrust into the starting lineup when Mark Sanchez went down with a shoulder injury before the season began.
A guy who has played in two Air Raid systems, couldn't beat out Pat Mahomes for the starting job, and comes from the same school as Jared Goff (who had a disastrous rookie season).
Isaiah Crowell is the starting running back, with rookie Duke Johnson getting some touches as well.
A year ago as an Xfinity (formerly Nationwide) Series rookie, Elliott won in just his sixth start.
Jones started on the pole and led a race - high 260 laps, but Kyle Busch was able to pass Jones for the lead with 56 laps remaining when the 21 - year - old rookie bobbled as he maneuvered through slower traffic.
I think I'm the only guy in NFL history who coached two rookies as starting quarterbacks with the same franchise [Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith].
In only his second start Gilbert won $ 12,000, and he went on to earn $ 516,000 as a rookie.
Speaking of offensive linemen who can step directly into an NFL starting lineup as a rookie, Wynn is another one of those type of players.
Rookie third round pick Mike Glennon is off to a decent start as the Buccaneers» starting quarterback.
(Theo was injured else I am sure he would have started upfront) Playing Sanchez up front looks like a better option than playing a rookie upfront who clearly is not on the same wavelength as the rest of the team.
So as long as Dallas is able to weed out the guys who have no chance at starting right away, it likely wouldn't see a major fall - off in odds of hitting on an OG with acceptable rookie play.
Remember we started a rookie because the second year guy didn't blossom as planned.
Rookie Lauri Markkanen will now be thrust into a starting role, and the Bulls will end up playing second - year wing Paul Zipser as a small - ball power forward more.
• In Peyton Manning's first eight starts, as a rookie in 1998, he passed for 1,873 yards.
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.
Elam started 15 games as a rookie, and then just 11 more over his last three seasons.
Rodriguez impressed as a rookie and, once the after effects of a spring training knee injury wore off, impressed in the latter half of 2016 as well: he posted a 3.24 ERA and averaged over a strikeout per inning through his final 14 starts after he returned to the majors.
Depending on which scheme we implement will / should have a direct effect on which FAs / rookies we look for as replacements (and which players should start)
Peake — a seventh - round pick in 2016, who finished his rookie season with 186 yards — may have as strong a chance as any to start for the team in Week 1.
The defending champion Broncos have an intriguing three - man race, and fans may be surprised to see that rookie Paxton Lynch (+110) was installing as the favorite to start the season opener against the Panthers.
Except I would like to kindly point out that Ramirez was outstanding as a rookie in 1994, and he just kept getting better, so there's at least a chance that he wasn't dirty from the start.
The fourth - year man out of William & Mary has missed a lot of time over the past three years (he started 16 games as a rookie), but he's a pure ball hawk.
Bulaga was selected in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, and as a rookie, started 12 regular season games and four postseason games for the eventual Super Bowl Champions.
After limiting his role as a rookie, the Wizards dramatically expanded it, placing him in regular pick - and - roll situations and staggering his minutes so he'd have to carry a group of reserves to start the second and fourth quarters.
We need to start thinking about Carson's contract, and that means we need as many guys on rookie contracts as possible.
Players like cornerback Sammy Davis, who started all 16 games and intercepted two passes as a rookie last year, have to put their on - the - job training in 2003 to good use this season.
Rookie Mike Glennon assumed the starting role in Week 4 as Freeman was benched and kept from the sideline.
He will be taken in the first round as a starting QB on a rookie contract is the most valuable asset in the NFL with the salary cap.
In Arizona, a rookie will definitely be behind center as Logan Thomas will start against the 49ers.
-- With Johnny Manziel out for the season and Brian Hoyer listed as questionable, rookie quarterback Connor Shaw could be in line for his first career start.
For a Rookie campaign (as a unit) they played well from start to finish and really turned some heads this season.
It started out fairly close between them but by the end of the year Bottas was comfortably emerging as the quicker driver and that's what you'd expect from a highly - rated rookie against someone like Maldonado.
The Bengals scooped up Burfict as a free agent, and it immediately paid off with the rookie starting 14 games and leading the team in tackles with 127.
Sanchez's training camp tells the story of his value at this stage in his career: The eighth - year pro wasn't good enough to beat out rookie Trevor Siemian for the Broncos» starting job, but he was signed as a safety net for Prescott almost immediately by Dallas once Denver cut him loose.
Took a defense that started 3 rookies and 4 sophomores to the SB in his first 2 seasons as a head coach... Completely changed the culture of an organization that was on the brink of complete mediocrity..
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