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Fans stare as he goes through his pre-game warmups, averting their gaze only to focus on him through the lens of their camera. He casually laughs at a teammate’s joke as he stretches himself out. Everything seems to be normal; until you look in his eyes. They’re different. It’s hard to put it into words exactly. There’s a certain iciness, a cold essence perhaps. These are not the eyes of the regular season. These are the eyes of a competitor that will leave no fraction of energy in their reserve. These are the eyes of a champion.
On paper, LeBron James and Madison Bumgarner are very different. James is a product of the seedy inner city neighborhoods of Akron, Ohio. Bumgarner grew up in the sprawling farm lands of Hickory, North Carolina. LeBron made an immediate impact in the NBA at the age of 19, taking home Rookie of the Year honors. It took Madison nearly six years from the date he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 2007 before he was finally recognized as one of the game’s elite.
But this is merely what we see on the outside. Inside both of these athletes beats the heart of a champion. This impalpable passion transcends the bounds of age, race, and even sport. Some may argue that it’s ridiculous to compare athletes of different sports. The ability of LeBron James and Madison Bumgarner to elevate their game in the postseason, however, parallels their careers much more than the externals suggest.
It is the tense, restless stage of the playoffs where these intrepid figures shape their legacies. That is where they are no longer seen as merely a basketball or baseball player. Instead, they are seen as competitors, warriors, champions.
This past June, the world watched in awe as LeBron almost single handedly willed the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first NBA championship despite facing a 3-1 deficit. By leading all players from both teams in every major statistical category (averages of 29.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 2.6 steals), he orchestrated, what is indisputably, the best comeback in NBA history.
With October baseball in full swing (no pun intended), the legend of Madison Bumgarner continues to grow. His 119 pitch shutout of the New York Mets in the National League Wild Card game cemented him as one of the best playoff pitchers ever.
In this modern era of player safety, we don’t see the athletic juggernauts of years past. Minutes restrictions and pitch counts just do not allow players like Wilt Chamberlain (48.5 minutes per game in 1961-62) and Nolan Ryan (127 pitches per game in 1989) to exist anymore. For the record, a basketball game is 48 minutes long.
For comparison’s sake, the NBA leader in minutes per game this past season was James Harden with 38.1 and the MLB leader in pitches per game was Justin Verlander at 107.9.
While the movement of sports leagues to increase player safety is in everyone’s best interests, it prevents fans from seeing the dominant performances that once used to grace professional athletics.
For the most part, James and Bumgarner comply with these limitations (partially due to the instruction of their coaches) during the regular season. As they both play for perennial playoff teams, their monstrous contributions aren’t always needed during the regular season. However, when the playoffs come around, all notions of limitations and restrictions seem to vanish.
Playoff basketball is already an intense spectacle. Bench players have the games of their lives. Records topple. Davids beat Goliaths. But sometimes these storylines become more than just numbers in a box score. Sometimes we see man turn to myth and myth turn to legend.
Before 2015, LeBron James was already one of the greats. With four MVP awards and two championships, he was unquestionably one of the best to have ever played the game. Still, with his 2-3 Finals record, including a 2011 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, LeBron was labeled a postseason “choker”. But with his performance in both the 2015 and 2016 NBA Finals, James shed this moniker and added a layer of, for lack of a better word, invincibility.
In the 2015 Finals, a series which the Cavaliers ultimately lost to the Warriors, LeBron played five out of the six games without the next two leading scorers, and fellow All Stars, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving. Even after losing two-fifths of their starting lineup, the Cavaliers managed to push the series to six games.
LeBron averaged 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds, and 8.8 rebounds in 45.8 minutes per game (compared to 36.1 in the regular season), with two triple doubles and five 30+ point games. Despite losing the series, he still garnered four out of 11 Finals MVP votes and sparked a nationwide debate on whether or not he was actually worthy of receiving the award.
In the 2016 Finals, as aforementioned, he led every single player from both teams in every major statistical category, turning in one of only three triple doubles ever recorded in a Game 7. Again, LeBron averaged well above his regular season mpg (35.6) with 41.7 in the Finals. This time he won the Finals MVP handily via a unanimous vote.
It’s not the fact that the coaches are willing to play him so many minutes; I’m sure every coach would run his starting lineup for all 48 minutes if there wasn’t a dropoff in play. It’s the fact that LeBron doesn’t seem to have a dropoff in play when he’s on the court for 95% of the game. When you list off the elite in the game today, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, James Harden, none of them have the capacity to be effective for that many minutes. It should be physically impossible.
On top of the sheer amount of playing time for LeBron, it was how he played that was so striking. Instead of settling for perimeter shots or merely facilitating the offense as a point guard, he repeatedly drove the lane, taking countless bumps and bruises on his way to the hoop. Simply taking this punishment is impressive enough, but to finish the shot too (55.8% on drives in the 2016 Finals) is amazing.
It is through this type of play that LeBron has proven through his recent Finals performances that the concepts of minute restrictions and energy conservation have no effect on his game. His regular season dominance is merely the Dr. Jekyll to his playoff heroics’ Mr. Hyde. When he is needed most, he rises to the occasion, literally in some instances.
When talking about playoff baseball, there’s a lot of myth already.
Whether you’re talking about Joe Carter’s walk off, World Series winning homer, Carlton Fisk’s iconic “stay fair” four bagger, or Willie Mays’ “The Catch”, the stories of decades past paint an ethereal image of what October baseball entails.
While a single moment can turn a player into a hero, it takes a whole lot more to turn one into a legend.
For Madison Bumgarner, legend almost seems like an understatement. Throughout his postseason tenure, Bum has accomplished feats that simply have never been imagined to be possible before.
In 2010, Bumgarner threw eight shutout innings in Game 4 of the World Series, becoming the youngest starting pitcher (21) to throw at least six shutout innings. He followed that up two years later with seven scoreless innings in Game 2 of the 2012 World Series. While these two dominant October performances were undoubtedly amazing, Bumgarner truly wrote himself into baseball lore in the 2014 playoffs.
Despite posting a sterling 18-10 record with a 2.98 ERA and 219 strikeouts during the regular season, Bumgarner and the Giants only made the playoffs by securing the second Wild Card spot. In this win or go home game, he threw a four-hit shutout as the Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates. In Game 1 of the NLCS, he pitched 7 2/3 shutout innings against the St. Louis Cardinals, setting the MLB record for most consecutive postseason shutout innings on the road, with 26 2/3.
In Game 1 of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals, he threw seven innings of one-run ball. Five days later, he threw a four-hit shutout in Game 5. Just three days after that, Bumgarner pitched five scoreless innings in relief to earn the, almost unheard of, five-inning save.
When all was said and done, Bumgarner had thrown a record-breaking 52 2/3 postseason innings, while collecting four wins and posting a 1.03 ERA, and deservedly earning the World Series MVP. With his 0.25 career ERA in World Series play, Bumgarner ranks as the all-time leader for pitchers who have thrown at least 25 innings. When asked about his endurance, Bumgarner simply replied, “I feel like pitch counts are overrated. So whatever.”
What can’t be overrated, however, is Madison Bumgarner’s ability to simply perform, no matter the situation. In a league where workhorse pitchers have all but disappeared and pitch counts are treated as baseball law, he brings back that old school definition of a pitcher; a man who can just flat out throw (and drink).
LeBron James and Madison Bumgarner are two very different athletes from very different worlds. One shoots basketballs on a court. One throws baseballs on a field. On the outside, they couldn’t be any different. But on the inside, they have that Game 7 mentality.
When you consider other athletes, there may be some that are more successful, perhaps even more talented, than James and Bumgarner. But when it comes to playoff performance, it is difficult to find two better examples of athletic dominance. The pure, innate desire for victory pushes these two athletes to the edge of what the human body is capable of. The ability to forgo the norms of player limitations simply for the sake of winning speaks louder than any slam dunk or strikeout.
It doesn’t matter what minute restrictions and pitch counts say you should do. It matters what you can do. When you can be responsible for 49% of your team’s Finals points, you do it. When you can throw 21 innings of one-run ball in the World Series, you do it. And when you can be a champion, you do it.

WELCOME to the FINAL edition of the 2018 Rookie Watch! If you like metrics, analytics, or any other number-based way of looking at the NFL, check out /footballmetrics once you finish checking in on how your team's rookies are doing!
Here are all previous Rookie Watch weeks: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16
NOTE: All percentage-based numbers are also adjusted for per-game. So if a WR has 10 targets in 3 games, and his team has 200 pass attempts in 5 games, I won't just do 10/200, I'll do (10/3)/(200/5) for a more accurate 8.33% target share than the 5% target share that not adjusting for per-game would have gotten us. This goes for the defensive stats as well.

QB

TD%: TDs per attempt Ratio: TD:INT ratio TANY/Db: True Adjusted Net Yards per dropback TANY/Db Formula: (PaYds + RuYds + ((PaTDs + RuTDs) * 20) - ((INTs + Fmbls) * 45) - SkYds) / (PaAtt + RuAtt + Sacks taken) 

Kyle Allen had an excellent game against a normally staunch New Orleans defense. Josh Allen had a huge 5 TD game against Miami as well. Baker Mayfield threw 3 INTs against the Ravens - two of which were tipped - but setting that aside, he absolutely carved them up to the tune of 8.95 YPA and 3 TDs through the air. His rookie season YPA of 7.66 is the 5th highest in the last decade among QBs who started at least half the season, falling behind only RG3, Dak Prescott, Russell Wilson, and Cam Newton. His rookie season completion percentage of 63.79% falls in 6th place among that same group, behind Prescott, Griffin, Cody Kessler, Teddy Bridgewater, and Wilson. His TD:INT ratio falls in 6th, behind Prescott, Griffin, Kessler, Wilson, and believe it or not Mike Glennon. That said though, his TD rate of 5.56% is 2nd in the group, falling behind only Russell Wilson. That's the big one, because most of you also know that he broke the record for passing TDs in a rookie season as well with 27. The last big rookie TD record to be broken was Wilson himself in 2012, whose 30 total touchdowns (combined passing and rushing) set a new bar. Hopefully all of these guys get better supporting casts next season, but it's pretty clear that the "Josh"es (Allen & Rosen) need the most help of the group.
Mayfield, Darnold, Rosen, and Allen all hit 400 dropbacks, which means their sack rates are stable. Baker hit 400 dropbacks in week 13, and his sack rate at that point was 5.50%. The league average sack rate this year was 6.17%, so Mayfield's "true" sack rate would be right around 5.83%, which is very good, big picture. Darnold hit 400 dropbacks in week 15, at which point his sack rate was also 5.50%, so apply all the same numbers to him as Mayfield. Great stuff! Rosen hit 400 dropbacks in week 16 against the Rams, at which point his sack rate was 9.0%. His "true" sack rate would be around 7.58%, which isn't great but not crippling either. Josh Allen hit 400 dropbacks right at the end of his week 16 game against New England, at which point his sack rate was 6.75%, putting his "true" sack rate at 6.46%. No other rookie QBs hit 400 dropbacks this season, and the next stat to stabilize is actually completion percentage, which requires 500 actual attempts (not just dropbacks) which sadly none of them hit this year.

Name	Tm	Att	Cmp%	YPA	TD%	Ratio	TANY/Db
Baker Mayfield	CLE	486	63.79%	7.66	5.56%	1.93	5.96
Sam Darnold	NYJ	414	57.73%	6.92	4.11%	1.13	4.63
Josh Rosen	ARI	393	55.22%	5.80	2.80%	0.79	2.68
Josh Allen	BUF	320	52.81%	6.48	3.13%	0.83	4.47
Lamar Jackson	BAL	170	58.24%	7.06	3.53%	2.00	4.11
Kyle Allen	CAR	31	64.52%	8.58	6.45%	2.00	9.58
Kyla Lauletta	NYG	5	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	0.00	-7.83

RB

YPC: yards per carry Cth%AE: catch rate above expectation - % of targets actually caught relative to their QB's completion%; higher is better YAC/R: yards after the catch per reception YPOpp: total yards from scrimmage gained per opportunity 

To sum it up, Saquon Barkley, Phillip Lindsay, Nick Chubb, Gus Edwards, Kerryon Johnson, Rashaad Penny, Jordan Wilkins, Jaylen Samuels, Justin Jackson, and Kalen Ballage were all quite efficient when they were healthy/active/used. Sony Michel got used a lot but wasn't particularly efficient, which is mostly due to his complete and utter lack of passing game usage. What's weirder is that he shared a backfield with Nick Chubb in college, and Chubb was used quite a bit more in the passing game this year than he was. I guess that's what happens though when you're on the same team as James White. I'm looking forward to Royce Freeman and Kerryon Johnson being back and healthy in 2019 though.

Name	Tm	Car	YPC	Tgt	Cth%AE	YAC/R	YPOpp
Saquon Barkley	NYG	261	5.01	120	1.14	8.36	5.30
Sony Michel	NE	209	4.45	11	0.97	7.14	4.46
Phillip Lindsay	DEN	192	5.40	46	1.18	8.68	5.36
Nick Chubb	CLE	192	5.19	29	1.12	8.80	5.18
Gus Edwards	BAL	137	5.24	2	1.66	8.50	5.31
Royce Freeman	DEN	130	4.01	20	1.12	4.21	3.95
Josh Adams	PHI	120	4.26	13	0.76	9.29	4.28
Kerryon Johnson	DET	118	5.43	39	1.26	8.34	5.44
Ito Smith	ATL	90	3.50	32	1.22	5.93	3.83
Rashaad Penny	SEA	85	4.93	11	1.11	8.63	5.11
Nyheim Hines	IND	85	3.69	81	1.16	5.54	4.45
Jeff Wilson	SF	66	4.03	14	1.26	5.64	4.25
Jordan Wilkins	IND	60	5.60	17	1.40	6.56	5.47
Chase Edmonds	ARI	60	3.47	23	1.52	6.05	3.75
Jaylen Samuels	PIT	56	4.57	28	1.34	8.24	5.33
Justin Jackson	LAC	50	4.12	18	1.14	10.36	4.99
Trenton Cannon	NYJ	38	2.97	25	1.19	6.94	4.08
Kalen Ballage	MIA	36	5.31	10	1.40	8.44	5.37
John Kelly	LA	27	2.74	3		13.50	3.37
Ronald Jones	TB	23	1.91	9	1.19	6.00	2.41
Keith Ford	BUF	21	3.76	5	1.10	7.33	3.85
Mark Walton	CIN	14	2.43	7	1.17	9.60	3.57
Darrel Williams	KC	13	3.38	3	1.51	11.33	4.44
Mike Boone	MIN	11	4.27	3	0.95	2.50	3.43
Detrez Newsome	LAC	11	4.45	2	1.47	9.50	5.23
Roc Thomas	MIN	8	3.75	4	0.71	6.00	4.25
David Williams	JAX	8	4.50	0			4.50
Shaun Wilson	TB	6	4.83	5	0.92	1.67	3.09
De'Lance Turner	BAL	1	4.00	2	1.66	7.00	7.00

WR

RACR: Receiver Air Conversion Ratio - the ratio of the receiver's actual receiving yards, to their intended air yards. Higher is better, 1.0+ is exceptional Tgt%: Target percentage, the percentage of the team's passes that the player was targeted on AY%: Air Yards percentage, the percentage of air yards intended for the player in question 

2019 will be the year of Courtland Sutton, Christian Kirk, and DJ Moore - count on that. Sutton should go into the year as Denver's clear cut #1 outside receiver. Moore came on as Carolina's consistent #1 WR starting in week 10 after an explosive week 8. Christian Kirk straight up snatched Arizona's go-to receiver role as early as week 3 and didn't relent it until his injury in week 13. Over that span he was on the receiving end of 21% of their targets, and 27% of their intended air yards. Fitz had 1 fewer target and 200 fewer air yards during this span. Aside from those guys, Keke Coutee should stay valuable for Houston but I doubt he surpasses a healthy Hopkins and/or Fuller. I doubt Calvin Ridley usurps Jones or Sanu as Atlanta's #1 or 2. I'm guessing Cleveland brings in some receiving help, plus guys like Higgins and Landry aren't going anywhere, so Callaway probably won't see a huge jump in volume. Hopefully he's more efficient next year though - that'd be a nice little boost for him and the Browns offense. Ateman is a big question mark since he came on so late in the season and had 19 targets in his first 3 games, but was largely inefficient and ended up finishing the season with only 31 targets in 7 games. He might end up being Oakland's #2 receiver next year, or he could get buried in the depth chart if Oakland goes out and decides to bring in a bunch of new receiving talent via FA and the draft. Gallup might become the #2 in Dallas but Cooper and Beasley are both kind of stalwarts there. Pettis has a very wide range of outcomes going forward - anywhere from SF's #1 WR to having trouble finding the field. It depends on his improvement as well as other factors like Pierre Garcon and Marquise Goodwin returning to form, and the play of Trent Taylor as well as Richie James. The other names on this list to be on the lookout for in 2019 are, in my opinion at least, MVS, DaeSean Hamilton, Tre'Quan Smith, Deontay Burnett, and James Washington.

Name	Tm	Tgt%	AY%	RACR
Keke Coutee	HOU	22.31%	12.67%	1.38
Christian Kirk	ARI	19.46%	19.61%	0.90
Courtland Sutton	DEN	15.44%	27.68%	0.56
D.J. Moore	CAR	15.40%	19.14%	0.97
Calvin Ridley	ATL	15.23%	17.49%	0.88
Antonio Callaway	CLE	14.34%	19.91%	0.52
Marcell Ateman	OAK	13.57%	20.70%	0.44
Michael Gallup	DAL	13.48%	24.16%	0.53
Dante Pettis	SF	12.96%	18.90%	0.91
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	GB	11.78%	16.23%	0.65
Anthony Miller	CHI	11.47%	14.83%	0.66
Trey Quinn	WAS	11.00%	9.20%	1.03
Robert Foster	BUF	10.85%	20.89%	0.51
DaeSean Hamilton	DEN	9.24%	10.06%	0.60
Tre'Quan Smith	NO	9.20%	14.55%	0.71
D.J. Chark	JAX	9.13%	10.96%	0.61
Deontay Burnett	NYJ	9.07%	10.43%	0.96
Keith Kirkwood	NO	8.62%	15.45%	0.74
Brandon Powell	DET	8.21%	3.18%	2.74
Equanimeous St. Brown	GB	7.42%	11.70%	0.60
Jalen Tolliver	ARI	6.87%	9.97%	0.45
Trent Sherfield	ARI	6.60%	7.96%	0.60
James Washington	PIT	6.56%	13.87%	0.34
Auden Tate	CIN	5.25%	7.14%	0.26
Vyncint Smith	HOU	4.66%	12.48%	0.38
Damion Ratley	CLE	4.47%	4.48%	0.72
Javon Wims	CHI	4.06%	3.04%	0.94
Richie James	SF	3.72%	2.58%	1.71
Chad Beebe	MIN	3.72%	6.30%	0.76
Cameron Batson	TEN	3.47%	3.30%	0.96
Darvin Kidsy	WAS	3.30%	3.40%	0.44
Jawill Davis	NYG	3.20%	6.44%	0.31
Derrick Willies	CLE	2.90%	1.04%	3.39
Chris Lacy	DET	2.90%	3.65%	0.00
Allen Lazard	GB	2.62%	2.05%	1.00
Ray-Ray McCloud	BUF	2.06%	0.38%	2.77
Malik Turner	SEA	2.05%	0.79%	1.82
Cam Phillips	BUF	1.72%	1.88%	0.69
Russell Gage	ATL	1.62%	2.10%	0.53
KhaDarel Hodge	LAR	0.85%	0.59%	1.00
J.J. Jones	NYJ	0.81%	0.18%	1.50
Justin Watson	TB	0.66%	0.30%	0.33
J'Mon Moore	GB	0.65%	0.46%	0.79
Brandon Zylstra	MIN	0.35%	1.00%	0.53

TE

So interestingly enough, since Dissly only played 4 games this season, if you only look at Chris Herndon's last 4 games he had a 13.33% target share and a 16.88% air yards share. His best 4 game streak (weeks 13-16) he put up 15.13% target share and 19.08% air yards share. Very impressive stuff from Herndon. We should see more from a few of these guys next year. I'm personally hoping Gesicki has a nice breakout season.

Name	Tm	Tgt%	AY%	RACR
Will Dissly	SEA	14.36%	15.25%	1.11
Chris Herndon	NYJ	11.13%	13.19%	0.83
Mark Andrews	BAL	9.29%	11.56%	0.99
Ian Thomas	CAR	8.72%	6.83%	1.12
Mike Gesicki	MIA	7.42%	7.81%	0.73
Dallas Goedert	PHI	7.08%	6.70%	1.06
Hayden Hurst	BAL	5.70%	4.57%	0.99
Jordan Thomas	HOU	5.51%	3.45%	1.42
Jordan Akins	HOU	4.90%	3.45%	1.31
Dalton Schultz	DAL	4.83%	2.57%	1.66
Durham Smythe	MIA	2.72%	1.41%	1.06
Matt Flanagan	WAS	2.20%	2.65%	0.67
Jordan Franks	CIN	1.53%	2.82%	0.80
Tyler Conklin	MIN	1.22%	1.37%	1.31
Ross Dwelley	SF	0.63%	0.52%	1.08

IDL

Solo%: That player's percentage of the team's solo tackles per game Sk%: That player's percentage of the team's sacks per game PD%: That player's percentage of the team's pass deflections per game INT%: That player's percentage of the team's interceptions per game 

Payne was the best run stuffing rookie IDL this season, but Mo Hurst took the more important "best pass rushing IDL" title. If Oakland can get some decent surrounding talent to give Hurst a little help, I'd definitely expect him to have a huge blowup type breakout season, maybe even double digit sacks.

Name	Tm	Solo%	Sk%	TFL%	QB Hit%
Da'Ron Payne	WAS	5.08%	10.87%	9.23%	8.99%
Maurice Hurst	OAK	4.78%	37.87%	6.97%	7.69%
B.J. Hill	NYG	4.34%	18.33%	8.45%	9.52%
Da'Shawn Hand	DET	3.94%	8.59%	7.24%	3.20%
Tyler Lancaster	GB	3.50%	0.00%	1.85%	1.80%
Vita Vea	TB	3.41%	9.72%	5.79%	5.29%
Bilal Nichols	CHI	3.27%	6.86%	6.64%	8.00%
Harrison Phillips	BUF	2.84%	0.00%	4.55%	2.33%
Poona Ford	SEA	2.81%	0.00%	6.32%	2.67%
P.J. Hall	OAK	2.73%	0.00%	6.47%	9.52%
Derrick Nnadi	KC	2.31%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Deadrin Senat	ATL	2.29%	0.00%	3.68%	4.16%
R.J. McIntosh	NYG	1.81%	0.00%	0.00%	3.17%
Matt Dickerson	TEN	1.51%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Niles Scott	CIN	1.49%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Jullian Taylor	SF	1.48%	0.00%	0.00%	2.90%
Zach Sieler	BAL	1.25%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
John Atkins	DET	1.16%	0.00%	11.76%	10.39%
Taylor Stallworth	NO	1.01%	2.33%	1.38%	1.18%
Justin Jones	LAC	0.94%	1.40%	0.00%	1.25%
Nathan Shepherd	NYJ	0.71%	0.00%	1.30%	4.39%
Bruce Hector	PHI	0.00%	2.27%	0.00%	1.50%

Edge

Chubb has been the class leader in sack share since his ridiculous week 6 performance against the Rams. Hubbard, Carter, Landry, Avery, Turay, Davenport, and even Lewis have all had impressive rookie campaigns though, and shouldn't go overlooked. I'm very excited to see what a few of them - specifically Landry and Davenport - can do in 2019.

Name	Tm	Solo%	Sk%	PD%	TFL	QB Hits
Bradley Chubb	DEN	5.96%	27.27%	1.22%	20.00%	22.34%
Sam Hubbard	CIN	3.76%	17.65%	2.67%	11.11%	10.98%
Lorenzo Carter	NYG	4.34%	14.22%	5.61%	10.52%	12.70%
Harold Landry	TEN	3.62%	12.31%	3.33%	8.21%	17.78%
Genard Avery	CLE	3.95%	12.16%	5.13%	6.41%	15.56%
Kemoko Turay	IND	1.72%	12.03%	0.00%	1.26%	19.29%
Marcus Davenport	NO	2.17%	11.30%	3.62%	8.90%	15.23%
Tyquan Lewis	IND	2.46%	10.53%	3.28%	6.59%	20.78%
Uchenna Nwosu	LAC	2.64%	9.21%	1.35%	4.41%	11.76%
Frankie Luvu	NYJ	2.76%	8.79%	1.48%	7.42%	11.03%
Arden Key	OAK	3.13%	7.69%	0.00%	7.55%	22.92%
Jake Martin	SEA	1.19%	6.98%	0.00%	2.90%	7.34%
Jalyn Holmes	MIN	1.39%	6.40%	0.00%	3.64%	3.40%
John Franklin-Myers	LAR	0.91%	4.88%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Sharif Finch	TEN	3.02%	4.10%	0.00%	4.92%	2.54%
Rasheem Green	SEA	1.66%	3.72%	0.00%	2.32%	1.47%
Breeland Speaks	KC	2.04%	2.88%	0.00%	4.29%	7.62%
Taven Bryan	JAX	1.86%	2.70%	0.00%	4.11%	2.15%
Dorance Armstrong	DAL	1.25%	1.37%	0.00%	1.55%	3.30%
Marquis Haynes	CAR	1.28%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Jeff Holland	DEN	0.78%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Josh Sweat	PHI	0.25%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1.34%

LB

Darius Leonard, you are ridiculous. Double digit percentages across the board, an amazing rookie campaign to be sure. It's been brought to my attention recently by Ronon_Dex (thanks man) that some of the numbers I was using from NFL.com were weird and didn't line up with numbers from PFR, so what I said last week about Leonard having the best rookie season ever was kinda bunk. Turns out Patrick Willis in 2007 had a better season. But still that's kinda crazy that Leonard is even in the same conversation as Willis, even if his rookie season wasn't necessarily better than Willis'. LVE is still ridiculous as well. And Roquan, Tremaine, and Fred are all very good, just not nuts like Leonard and LVE. Same stuff I've been saying for weeks only now it's finalized.

Name	Tm	Solo%	Sk%	PD%	INT%	TFL%
Darius Leonard	IND	16.20%	19.65%	13.99%	14.22%	14.07%
Leighton Vander Esch	DAL	15.00%	0.00%	10.61%	22.22%	2.90%
Roquan Smith	CHI	12.71%	10.00%	5.10%	3.70%	9.30%
Tremaine Edmunds	BUF	12.12%	5.93%	17.30%	13.33%	6.06%
Fred Warner	SF	11.77%	0.00%	15.38%	0.00%	3.70%
Kyzir White	LAC	9.37%	0.00%	14.41%	41.03%	7.84%
Jerome Baker	MIA	8.20%	9.68%	5.08%	4.76%	6.06%
Foye Oluokun	ATL	8.00%	0.00%	1.39%	0.00%	3.45%
Ja'Whaun Bentley	NE	7.80%	0.00%	7.96%	29.63%	10.46%
Kenny Young	BAL	6.25%	5.81%	1.12%	0.00%	4.65%
Josey Jewell	DEN	5.52%	0.00%	3.66%	0.00%	5.71%
Rashaan Evans	TEN	4.98%	0.00%	1.67%	0.00%	3.28%
Tae Davis	NYG	4.03%	7.62%	1.50%	0.00%	3.22%
Jason Cabinda	OAK	3.34%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Matthew Adams	IND	3.15%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	5.49%
Leon Jacobs	JAX	3.05%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Corey Thompson	BUF	3.03%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	3.03%
Dorian O'Daniel	KC	2.85%	0.00%	1.54%	0.00%	2.86%
Oren Burks	GB	2.84%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Shaun Dion Hamilton	WAS	2.76%	3.26%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Nick DeLuca	JAX	2.54%	4.80%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Zaire Franklin	IND	1.92%	0.00%	1.64%	0.00%	0.00%
Shaquem Griffin	SEA	1.63%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Zeke Turner	ARI	1.48%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Joel Iyiegbuniwe	CHI	1.29%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1.16%
Chris Board	BAL	1.25%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Anthony Wint	NYJ	1.14%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Duke Ejiofor	HOU	1.13%	3.10%	2.96%	0.00%	1.67%
Jermaine Carter	CAR	1.12%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1.22%
Chris Worley	CIN	1.11%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
James Crawford	GB	1.10%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Ben Niemann	KC	1.09%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Jack Cichy	TB	1.06%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Peter Kalambayi	HOU	1.05%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Skai Moore	IND	0.97%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Malik Jefferson	CIN	0.93%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Dennis Gardeck	ARI	0.87%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Andre Smith	CAR	0.85%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Kyle Wilson	LAC	0.78%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Matthew Thomas	PIT	0.72%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Justin Lawler	LAR	0.60%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1.41%
Chris Covington	DAL	0.47%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Keishawn Bierria	DEN	0.44%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Devante Downs	MIN	0.42%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
D'Juan Hines	CLE	0.33%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Micah Kiser	LAR	0.30%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

S

Derwin James, Jessie Bates, and Justin Reid: your top 3 2018 rookie safeties. Two of the three of them put up double digit solo tackle shares (Reid fell just barely short), and all three accounted for over 1/5th of their respective teams' interceptions. Impressive stuff to say the least. Derwin was a little extra with his other contributions (sacks, PDs, and TFLs) which is why he's regarded as the best of the group, but don't sleep on Bates or Reid either.

Name	Tm	Solo%	Sk%	PD%	INT%	TFL%
Derwin James	LAC	10.98%	9.21%	17.57%	23.08%	5.88%
Jessie Bates	CIN	10.17%	0.00%	9.33%	25.00%	0.00%
Justin Reid	HOU	9.87%	0.00%	11.11%	20.00%	2.50%
Jordan Whitehead	TB	8.58%	0.00%	7.76%	0.00%	5.02%
Terrell Edmunds	PIT	8.21%	1.92%	5.80%	12.50%	1.30%
Marcell Harris	SF	6.65%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	9.88%
Avonte Maddox	PHI	4.94%	1.40%	7.24%	24.62%	1.43%
D.J. Reed	SF	4.43%	2.88%	0.00%	0.00%	3.95%
Ronnie Harrison	JAX	3.92%	3.09%	6.59%	10.39%	4.70%
George Odum	IND	3.01%	0.00%	3.28%	6.67%	1.10%
Tracy Walker	DET	2.62%	0.00%	4.26%	14.29%	0.00%
Rashaan Gaulden	CAR	2.39%	0.00%	1.50%	0.00%	2.60%
Dane Cruikshank	TEN	1.89%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	2.05%
Armani Watts	KC	1.30%	6.15%	4.92%	0.00%	4.57%
Marcus Allen	PIT	1.19%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Troy Apke	WAS	1.16%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Siran Neal	BUF	1.14%	2.78%	0.00%	0.00%	2.27%
Raven Greene	GB	1.10%	4.55%	3.39%	0.00%	2.78%
A.J. Moore	HOU	0.99%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
C.J. Reavis	JAX	0.57%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
J.T. Gray	NO	0.47%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

CB

Jaire led this class in both solo tackle share and PD share, whereas Donte Jackson took the INT share crown. Props are owed to both guys as well as Denzel Ward, who finished 9th in solo tackle share, 2nd in PD share, and 3rd in INT share. Ward and Alexander seem like a pretty easy top 2 CBs in this class, with Donte Jackson filling out the top 3, then guys like Josh Jackson, Minkah Fitzpatrick, and Mike Hughes (who's season was cut short) all being contenders behind them.

Name	Tm	Solo%	PD%	INT%
Jaire Alexander	GB	10.37%	22.95%	17.58%
Denzel Ward	CLE	6.87%	17.36%	21.72%
Josh Jackson	GB	5.39%	16.95%	0.00%
Minkah Fitzpatrick	MIA	7.34%	15.25%	9.52%
Mike Hughes	MIN	7.33%	12.70%	22.22%
Donte Jackson	CAR	10.08%	12.68%	30.77%
Tony Brown	GB	6.03%	12.33%	0.00%
Holton Hill	MIN	4.34%	11.11%	8.33%
Isaiah Oliver	ATL	3.27%	11.11%	7.62%
J.C. Jackson	NE	4.40%	11.02%	20.51%
Tre Flowers	SEA	8.70%	10.00%	0.00%
Levi Wallace	BUF	8.12%	9.27%	0.00%
Carlton Davis	TB	5.85%	8.95%	0.00%
M.J. Stewart	TB	5.95%	7.93%	0.00%
Quenton Meeks	JAX	2.00%	7.69%	0.00%
Greg Stroman	WAS	4.64%	7.11%	7.11%
Taron Johnson	BUF	7.02%	5.90%	9.09%
Charvarius Ward	KC	4.35%	5.68%	0.00%
Tarvarius Moore	SF	2.77%	5.13%	0.00%
Mike Ford	DET	8.31%	4.86%	0.00%
Isaac Yiadom	DEN	3.04%	4.50%	7.24%
Grant Haley	NYG	6.29%	4.21%	0.00%
Anthony Averett	BAL	1.14%	3.27%	0.00%
Darius Phillips	CIN	2.82%	2.84%	0.00%
Nick Nelson	OAK	2.39%	2.19%	0.00%
Kevin Toliver	CHI	2.13%	2.18%	0.00%
Danny Johnson	WAS	1.66%	1.90%	0.00%
Tremon Smith	KC	0.62%	1.76%	0.00%
Natrell Jamerson	HOU	1.50%	1.48%	0.00%
Sean Chandler	NYG	2.17%	1.32%	0.00%
Parry Nickerson	NYJ	2.56%	1.30%	0.00%
Keion Crossen	NE	3.31%	0.00%	0.00%
Chandon Sullivan	PHI	3.21%	0.00%	0.00%
Jalen Davis	MIA	2.88%	0.00%	0.00%
Emmanuel Moseley	SF	2.22%	0.00%	0.00%
Tre Herndon	JAX	2.08%	0.00%	0.00%
Cornell Armstrong	MIA	1.23%	0.00%	0.00%
Tavierre Thomas	CLE	1.17%	0.00%	0.00%
Adonis Alexander	WAS	1.03%	0.00%	0.00%
Deatrick Nichols	ARI	0.99%	0.00%	0.00%
Brandon Facyson	LAC	0.31%	0.00%	0.00%

KR

Name	Tm	#	Avg	TDs
Dane Cruikshank	TEN	1	39.00	0
D.J. Reed	SF	11	30.18	0
Holton Hill	MIN	3	28.33	0
Janarion Grant	BAL	2	28.00	0
Mike Hughes	MIN	4	26.75	0
Tremon Smith	KC	33	26.85	0
D.J. Chark	JAX	7	26.57	0
J'Mon Moore	GB	4	25.50	0
Richie James	SF	23	25.22	1
Calvin Ridley	ATL	2	25.00	0
Jawill Davis	NYG	7	24.43	0
Dontrell Hilliard	CLE	11	24.00	0
Boston Scott	PHI	4	24.00	0
D.J. Moore	CAR	5	23.80	0
Danny Johnson	WAS	12	23.58	0
Phillip Lindsay	DEN	7	23.29	0
Anthony Miller	CHI	6	23.17	0
Quadree Henderson	NYG	5	22.40	0
Brandon Powell	DET	2	21.50	0
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	GB	1	21.00	0
Trenton Cannon	NYJ	1	20.00	0
Derwin James	LAC	1	20.00	0
Roc Thomas	MIN	1	20.00	0
Sony Michel	NE	4	19.25	0
Greg Stroman	WAS	6	18.33	0
Ray-Ray McCloud	BUF	1	18.00	0
Antonio Callaway	CLE	8	17.88	0
Rashaad Penny	SEA	8	17.50	0
Shaun Wilson	TB	7	17.43	0
Chase Edmonds	ARI	3	16.00	0
Brandon Zylstra	MIN	1	15.00	0
Kalen Ballage	MIA	2	13.00	0
Chris Herndon	NYJ	2	10.50	0
Jordan Wilkins	IND	1	7.00	0
Jaylen Samuels	PIT	1	0.00	0
Durham Smythe	MIA	1	0.00	0
Corey Thompson	BUF	1	0.00	0

PR

Name	Tm	#	Avg	TDs
Trey Quinn	WAS	4	13.00	0
Antonio Callaway	CLE	5	12.20	0
Darius Phillips	CIN	2	12.00	0
DaeSean Hamilton	DEN	3	10.33	0
Christian Kirk	ARI	21	7.81	0
Phillip Lindsay	DEN	3	7.67	0
Quadree Henderson	NYG	9	7.56	0
Jawill Davis	NYG	12	7.42	0
Janarion Grant	BAL	7	7.43	0
Mike Hughes	MIN	2	6.50	0
Brandon Zylstra	MIN	4	6.50	0
Jaire Alexander	GB	4	6.25	0
Richie James	SF	12	6.25	0
D.J. Moore	CAR	6	5.33	0
Ray-Ray McCloud	BUF	4	5.00	0
Brandon Powell	DET	2	4.00	0
Greg Stroman	WAS	8	3.38	0
Dante Pettis	SF	9	3.00	0
Cameron Batson	TEN	3	1.33	0
Quenton Meeks	JAX	1	1.00	0
Jerome Baker	MIA	1	0.00	0
Chris Herndon	NYJ	1	0.00	0
Josh Jackson	GB	2	0.00	0
Jaylen Samuels	PIT	1	0.00	0

P

NAY/P is net average yards per punt

Name	Tm	# Punts	NAY/P
Michael Dickson	SEA	78	43.01
Logan Cooke	JAX	86	41.26
Corey Bojorquez	BUF	45	40.24
J.K. Scott	GB	71	39.30
Trevor Daniel	HOU	74	39.15
Johnny Townsend	OAK	70	38.30
Colby Wadman	DEN	65	37.91

K

Greg Joseph, CLE: 17/20 FG (4/4 20-29, 7/7 30-39, 5/7 40-49, 1/2 50+), 25/29 XP Jason Sanders, MIA: 18/20 FG (7/7 20-29, 3/3 30-39, 7/9 40-49, 1/1 50+), 35/36 XP Mike Badgley, LAC: 15/16 FG (4/4 20-29, 5/5 30-39, 5/5 40-49, 1/2 50+), 27/28 XP Daniel Carlson, MIN/OAK: 17/21 FG (2/2 20-29, 3/4 30-39, 9/12 40-49, 3/3 50+), 24/24 XP Matt McCrane, OAK/ARI/PIT: 8/12 FG (3/3 20-29, 2/2 30-39, 3/5 40-49, 0/2 50+), 9/9 XP
I'll be back next year for the 2019 rookie watch!