NFL rookies carried their teams out of mediocrity and into the playoffs By Dylan Gehlbach Last year, Cam Newton broke onto the scene with the Carolina Panthers and handily won the Rookie of the Year vote in the NFL. Had he began his NFL career this season, he may not have finished in the Top 3 among voters. With Last-Rookie-QB-Standing Russell Wilson’s Seahawks falling in the final seconds to the Atlanta Falcons, it seems like a good time to talk about the tremendous performances from Wilson, Andrew Luck, and Robert Griffin III this season. It isn’t every year that a rookie quarterback joins an NFL team and cements himself as the franchise quarterback for time… Continue reading →