NFL Rookie of the Year

[GeoffM]

Bush on playoff team, Jones-Drew not

[Talking Poker]

MJD's stats are far better, no question about it. But I think Bush improved the Saints more than MJD improved the Jags. Without him, the Jags wouldn't have a much different team, but without Bush, the Saints definitely would. He opens up that game like you can't believe. You can't put a stat on that, but watch a Saints game sometime and it's obvious.

That's more the kind of criteria you use for MVP voting though (how valuable a guy is to his team) - I think Rookie of the Year just means the best all around rookie.... so that's going to be more stats driven.

[Gordogg]

I didn't realize Jones-Drew had that many TD's. Definite ROY contender with Colston.
Bush had some good games, but inconsistent. Receptions don't mean shit to me when the majority of them were little dink-dump passes, which most of them were for Bush. Anybody on this forum could catch screen passes all day. There is no danger of getting hit going for the ball and there is no defensive back to beat. No skill involved other than holding on to the football.

I still vote for Colston. He didn't fade, he got hurt, big difference. Then when he came back, the Saints decided they couldn't do shit offensively against the powerhouse Redskins. But 70 receptions and over 1k yards with 8TD's is a great year for any reciever rookie or not. There's still one game left too.

[Reel Deal]

If I weren't biased and bitter (see, I can admit it), I'd vote for Colston, then MJD, then Hester, then Bush and V. Young last.

[GeoffM]

Young would definately be ahead of Hester.

If Colston didn't get injured, this argument wouldn't be taking place.