Which rookie will have the most impact in 2008?

Man things are slow right now... anyway here's a new poll to discuss.

Brooks. I expect him to get the starting job and unlike other positions like OL or WR there is only one punter. Plus I think it will take a few games for the offense to get in sync so we'll be punting a lot and field position is going to be key. Especially if our defense has to be on the field a lot due to the probable early struggles of the offense.

Malcolm Kelly will be an immediate red zone threat and score some TD's. Has good hands and would seemingly work well as the X in three receiver sets. He'll hopefully make some big plays catching a few touchdowns and hauling in first downs, if not stretching the field. Devin Thomas has more physical upside, but my feeling (and that's all it is since I've not watched either play much at all) is that he's more raw than Kelly (two years of DI football, only one as a starter v. 3 years of top DI experience) and will take a little longer to develop. With his athleticism he might also work well as a Z eventually taking over for Santana - though I'm basing some of this off the Gibbs/Saunders/Coryell offense since I am not all that familiar with the Zorn/Holmgren/Walsh tree.

The punter. He's going to follow a Shane Lechler career path.

The punter. He's going to follow a Shane Lechler career path.I could really buy this. I mean, a lot of players that have great college legs seem to lose them when they get to the NFL, but the Redskins have been very unwilling to spend a pick on a special teamer--it looks like they really honed in on this ONE guy.

I think the team feels like they've just drafted the best punter in the NFL. It's what the Chiefs felt like when they drafted Colquitt a few years back, but the Skins didn't burn a first round pick.

I feel like we drafted guys to play in 2009 and beyond. Barring injury to one of our current starters, I don't see any of the rooks making a huge impact in 2008. Brooks could make an immediate impact, but I'm not sure that he'll even be on our roster.

I'm going to go out on a little limb and say Fred Davis. With the WC offense installed, i think he could have a decent year. I'm not talking 10 TD's or anything but a decent year. He was the best TE in college last year and he's teamed up w/ good talent on O, including Cooley. CC is going to get the attention, especially in the red zone. We all know JC seems more comfortable throwing to TE's too. Since I'm bored too, i'll say 5 TD's, 500 yards. I'd say Thomas would be a close 2nd.

I went w/Brooks, he can beat out frost if he doesn't crack in the preseason games.

The only thing I worry about w/him is his ability to drop em inside the 20. Frost got to be pretty decent at placing punts.

I went w/Brooks, he can beat out frost if he doesn't crack in the preseason games.

The only thing I worry about w/him is his ability to drop em inside the 20. Frost got to be pretty decent at placing punts.

He was pretty good and killing them inside the 20 at Georgia Tech, we'll see how that translates: "Durant's gross average of 45.1 yards per punt was fifth best in the Football Bowl Subdivision, but his 33 inside the 20 (more than half of his 65 attempts) and 21 fair catches were considerably more than the other punters ranked ahead of him."

I went with Brooks too.