Rookies Shine in NFL Week 1: Emeka Egbuka's Big Debut

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00:00and most notably for me at least in week one were the number of rookies playing and the number of

00:05rookies putting up good performances so week one what were your initial takeaways from some of the

00:10rookies we saw quarterbacks get in the action wide receivers with Travis Sunder playing on both sides

00:15of the ball and some running backs Jacob any initial thoughts on this yeah I thought the real

00:20standout among the rookies yesterday was Emeka Abuka the Buccaneers wide receiver he kind of

00:26lived up to exactly what everyone expected him to be coming out of Ohio State everyone raved about

00:33his work ethic what he can do on the field just his ability to kind of ingratiate himself into the

00:38offense play at a high level scored twice for the Buccaneers really emerged as that number two

00:43receiver across from Mike Evans you know who's getting older into his career so I think Abuka

00:48is going to have an opportunity for a big year and we saw that kind of play out that first week I think

00:53the two of the more interesting guys Cam Ward and Ashton Gentey Gentey against the Patriots kind of

00:59had his share of struggles we saw this in the preseason at times too where he wasn't able to

01:04rattle off big gains and we saw that against the Patriots he only had 38 yards on 19 carries two yards

01:10per carry average I think he'll get better as the season goes along remember he's breaking in that new

01:15kind of running stance that's different from what he did in college so I think that he'll get better

01:19at that and then Cam Ward I thought Ward was an interesting study in terms of he looked good at

01:26times he got the ball to his receivers really really on time at times against a really tough

01:31Broncos defense but then other times you could tell he was a rookie he got sacked six times but

01:36all things considered him having the Titans in that game late in a tough environment I'd feel a little

01:41bit encouraged despite kind of a mediocre looking stat line if I'm a Titans fan

01:45being able to get back again next to your next game

01:49and that's all talking to you guys now

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01:54seeing theți aceta règle as being my favorite of his friends and his friends as the

01:56person that is taking the name of his friends and their friends with him and his friends

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