Sophomore Success: Which Quater-Back will have the Best Second Season?

As we know in baseball, second year players can develope a nickname called a “Sophomore Jinx” or “Sophomore Slump”. For instance, if a player such as Bryce Harper or Mike Trout (rookies in 2012) were to do bad up at the plate this season, they would be caught in a Sophomore Jinx. In football, this occurs almost every year.

With lots of hype built up around
players in college, expectations are high for both their rookie season and sophomore season, wether it’s a running-back, quater-back, or basically any other position.

Entering the 2013 season wil be five dominant quater-backs who were all drafted in 2012. Those quater-backs are:

Andrew Luck Ind.

Robert Griffn III Wash.

Ryan Tannehill Mia.

Russell Wilson Sea.

Brandon Weeden Cle.


The question is, who will have the best season coming off of impressive rookie seasons.


1st. Andrew Luck-


Luck may be following in the footsteps left by Peyton Manning. Drafted first-overall in the 2012 draft, Andrew Luck was debatebly the best quater-back in college (Stanford). Last year, the Colts did not have a strong run-game  with Delone Carter and Donald Brown which caused defenses to focus more on blitzing and stopping the pass-game. However, with a recent addition of Ahmad Bradshaw, it should help open the passing-game up even more. With several targets to hit, it shouldn’t be hard for Andrew to find his former teammate on Stanford,tight-end Coby Fleener, Pro-Bowler Reggie Wayne, young reciever, T.Y. Hilton, and five-year veteran, Darrius Heyward-Bay. Not-to-mention, Andrew has found consistant success with Reggie Wayne and T.Y. Hilton throughout the 2013 pre-season. Regardless, with a career total of 4,374 over the corse of one-year, Andrew Luck is bound to have yet another great season.

2. Russell Wilson

Being quite the athlete, Russell was not only a superb quater-back in his first year, but Russell was also drafted by the Baltimore Orioles as a second-basemen! Seattle’s run-game is not a problem as “Beast Mode”, Marshawn Lynch, is certainly a power-house in the open field. Plus the Seahawks have a great backup in Robert Turbin. Jumping over to the passing-game in Seattle, Sidney Rice and Golden Tate are frequent targets for Wilson. With the addition of kick-returner/wide-reciever, Percy Harvin, Seattle should be a very hard team to deffend. In football, a great defense will always stop a great offense and if you take a look a Seattle’s defense, a secondary including Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas is one of the best in the leauge.



3. Robert Griffn III

Of corse “RG3″ was known for his incredible rookie season, but depending on his recovery from injury, Robert’s sophomore year could be a challenge. Defensive cordinaters will try to come up with a game plan that will keep Robert in the pocket. On the other hand, Griffn had made defensive cordinators cringe last year, with his acurate arm and willing ability to run with the ball. Along with Robert, was rookie runnig-back, Alfred Morris, who contributed to improving Washington’s run-game. Behind Alfred was, Roy Helu Jr., who always helped RG3 find a reciever on screen plays and never failed to pick up an extra yard every time he touched the ball. As for Griffn’s wide-outs, Pierre Garçon as well as Leonard Hankerson were easy finds for Robert as both were big on burning secondaries and finding the open scene. You can’t forget about Fred Davis either! Playing only seven games in RG3′s rookie year, Fred Davis is one of the best cantitdates for Robert to pass too. On top of all of that, Robert Griffn III, is a very dedicated, hard worker, and he studies every concept the game.


4. Ryan Tannehill

The twenty-five-year old, Texas A&M Grad., Ryan Tannehill, threw for a total of 3,294 yards and tossed 12 touch-downs in his rookie year. That was without wide-reciever Mike Wallace! Basically locking up Wallace, Miami has decided to bulid their team around Ryan Tannehill and Mike Wallace which will benefit Ryan in the long run.

WATCH OUT: Although obtaining a Rookie of the Year (2009) / Pro-Bowler (2011), Mike Wallace, is cruical for a quater-back like Ryan Tannehill, both Davone Bess and Armon Binns are no longer playing for the Dolphins, and star tight-end, Dustin Keller, suffered a season-ending injury.



5. Brandon Weeden

On the other end of a trade with Maimi, the Cleveland Browns’ aquired Davone Bess to complete the Brown’s wide-reciever staff. Along with Weeden, Trent Richardson, the solid running-back was drafted last year, and already made a name out of himslef. If the run-game isn’t good enough with Trent, Weeden is protected by one of the strongest offensive lines in the league, led by tackle, Joe Thomas. Aside Joe, the Borwn’s statisfactory offensive line includes, Alex Mack, Ryan Miller, and John Greco. With a great tail-back to help Brandon and a “brick-wall” for an offensive line to support him, Brandon Weeden his destined to succeed.