With the regular season coming at its end, we have a chance to see how the rookies’ first season panned out. After the historical 2017 draft that featured both OROY and DROY, expectations were high for Mickey Loomis and Jeff Ireland to recreate some magic. And while no rookie this year had as much of an impact compared to that historical 2017 draft class, history shows that these young players are on a good path to become solid contributors.
Entering into the previous draft many experts in the media agreed that an upgrade at the defensive end spot across from All-Pro Cameron Jordan was a place that this team could improve upon.