{"id":685,"date":"2010-06-04T11:21:29","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T15:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qballers.com\/blog\/?p=685"},"modified":"2010-06-04T12:04:14","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T16:04:14","slug":"weekly-rookie-report-best-using-his-speed-bryant-isnt-there-yet-hardesty-impressing-right-people-g-tate-cant-sing-dwyer-slipped-due-to-medical-concerns-lafell-muhsin-heir-appar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/04\/weekly-rookie-report-best-using-his-speed-bryant-isnt-there-yet-hardesty-impressing-right-people-g-tate-cant-sing-dwyer-slipped-due-to-medical-concerns-lafell-muhsin-heir-appar\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Rookie Report: Best &#8216;using his speed&#8217;, Bryant &#8216;isn&#8217;t there yet&#8217;, Hardesty impressing right people, G.Tate can&#8217;t sing, Dwyer &#8216;slipped due to medical concerns&#8217;, LaFell &#8216;heir apparent&#8217; to Muhsin, McCluster hype in full gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are the news stories on the top fantasy football rookie prospects from the class of 2010 for the week of May 31.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OTA notebook: Best, Lions rookies getting up to speed [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20100603\/BLOG21\/100603040\/OTA-notebook-Best-Lions-rookies-getting-up-to-speed\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Free Press (blog)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Marshawn Lynch still a no show [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.playerpress.com\/articles\/9415-marshawn-lynch-still-a-no-show\" target=\"_blank\">Player Press<\/a>]. Helps Spiller.<\/li>\n<li>Mixups with QB Tony Romo show Dez Bryant isn&#8217;t there just yet [<a href=\"http:\/\/cowboysblog.dallasnews.com\/archives\/2010\/06\/a-dez-bryant-update.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Morning News (blog)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Montario Hardesty hopes to fill role [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/ohio-sports-blog\/index.ssf\/2010\/06\/cleveland_browns_am_links_ahty.html\" target=\"_blank\">Plain Dealer (blog)<\/a>]. Also, Browns RB Hardesty getting work, praise [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.4for4.com\/fantasy-football\/news\/item\/13175\" target=\"_blank\">4for4.com Fantasy Football Analysis<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Golden Tate sings Taylor Swift [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.seattlepi.com\/football\/archives\/208010.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Lx99LST6jEY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Lx99LST6jEY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fantasy Rookie: Steelers 6th Round Pick RB Jonathan Dwyer [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.4for4.com\/draft_board\/fantasy_football_analysis.php?id=8865\" target=\"_blank\">4for4.com Fantasy Football Analysis<\/a>]. Sorry, missed this one, it&#8217;s two weeks old. Says Dwyer &#8220;slipped due to medical concerns&#8221; without elaborating.<\/li>\n<li>Will a New Start Invigorate Receiver Reggie Brown? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/article\/20100602\/NEWS\/6025038\/1002\/SPORTS?p=2&amp;tc=pg\" target=\"_blank\">The Ledger<\/a>]. Arrelious Benn has plenty of competition. Bucs WRs: Michael Clayton, Maurice Stoval, Mark Bradley, Sammie Stroughter, Reggie Brown and fellow rookie Mike Williams.\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Brandon LaFell the heir apparent to Muhsin Muhammad [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldonline.com\/2010\/05\/24\/2188626\/a-look-at-5-players-who-can-make.html\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Observer<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Booming Sam Bradford [<a href=\"http:\/\/netdugout.com\/midwest\/2010\/06\/03\/bradford-hopes-to-bring-success-to-the-rams\/\" target=\"_blank\">NetDugout<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>USC Won&#8217;t Get Hammered Because of it&#8217;s &#8220;Fresh&#8221; Approach to Cheating [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/2010\/6\/3\/1499180\/usc-wont-get-hammered-because-of\" target=\"_blank\">Roll &#8216;Bama Roll<\/a>]. More on Joe McKnight involvement in USC cheating scandal.<\/li>\n<li>McCluster A &#8216;Touchdown-Maker&#8217; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrowheadpride.com\/2010\/6\/3\/1499679\/espns-mel-kiper-calls-chiefs-berry\" target=\"_blank\">Arrowhead Pride (blog)<\/a>]. Also, McCluster&#8217;s Shoe Explodes On Touchdown Catch [<a href=\"http:\/\/arrowheadaddict.com\/2010\/05\/27\/mcclusters-shoe-explodes-on-toughdown-catch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arrowhead Addict (blog)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Clausen comfortable in Carolina [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.panthers.com\/news\/article-1\/Clausen-comfortable-in-Carolina\/c447ea5e-a38e-41c1-b0a5-16d72b14db2c\" target=\"_blank\">Panthers.com<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Gerhart plans to arrive at June 11-13 minicamp after finishing up at Stanford. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/sports\/vikings\/95473509.html?page=2&amp;c=y\" target=\"_blank\">Minneapolis Star Tribune<\/a>] Also, Toby Gerhart: Big brother sets standards [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/sports\/vikings\/94622784.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DU2EkP7K_V_GD7EaPc:iLP8iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU\" target=\"_blank\">Minneapolis Star Tribune<\/a>].<\/li>\n<li>Demaryius Thomas: Still Sitting Out [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/Demaryius-Thomas-googid189821-spnfl.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Rotowire<\/a>]. Recovering from broken foot still.<\/li>\n<li>Tim Tebow: Offensive changes will turn Kyle Orton into a backup [<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.westword.com\/latestword\/2010\/06\/tim_tebow_offensive_changes_wi.php\" target=\"_blank\">Westword (blog)<\/a>]. Also, \u00c2\u00a0Tim Tebow climbing the depth chart among Broncos QBs [<a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/thehuddle\/post\/2010\/05\/tim-tebow-climbing-the-depth-chart-among-broncos-qbs\/1\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No news this week on: Mathews, B.Tate, Dixon, D.Williams, Gresham, Shipley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the news stories on the top fantasy football rookie prospects from the class of 2010 for the week of May 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[14,416,6,4],"class_list":["post-685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-fantasy-football-rookies","tag-2010-rookies","tag-fantasy-football-rookies","tag-rookie-rb","tag-rookie-wr"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":699,"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions\/699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}