I realized last week after writing my article I had made a terrible mistake; namely I had ignored special teams completely. Does this mean I suddenly began to appreciate kickers and punters? Nope, I still don’t have any interest in kicking or punting but one thing I had completely forgotten was kick returners, most notably rookie wide receiver and presumed starting kick/punt returner Ty Montgomery.
As a quick recap I complied a list of every rookie who played between 2012-2014 and looked so see their average PFF scores; while the overall consensus was that rookies on a whole are rather terrible at playing football in the NFL, some positions seem to have an easier time than others; notably inside linebackers and running backs tend to do better than quarterbacks and offensive tackles.