{"id":711,"date":"2010-06-13T14:03:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T18:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qballers.com\/blog\/?p=711"},"modified":"2010-06-13T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T18:03:10","slug":"weekly-rookie-report-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/13\/weekly-rookie-report-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Rookie Report: Best could return kickoffs, Mathews practicing wildcat, Bryant out w hammy, B.Tate hammy fine, G.Tate likes maple bars, Hardesty sill impressing, Mike Williams practicing ahead of Benn, Bradford o-line woes, Palmer heart Gresham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Your class of 2010 fantasy football rookie news for week of June 7.<\/div>\n<div><!--more--><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Lions rookie running back Jahvid Best could be returning kickoffs, too\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20100606\/SPORTS01\/6060461\/1322\/Lions-RB-Best-could-be-returning-kickoffs-too-\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Free Press<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Add San Diego rookie tailback and first-round pick Ryan Mathews to the list of players who have tinkered with the Wildcat offense this spring.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/nfl\/columns\/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&amp;id=5273122\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Dez Bryant misses workout with sore left hamstring\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/dallas\/nfl\/news\/story?id=5273772\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Lynch undermining his own value\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalonews.com\/2010\/06\/12\/1080264\/dicesare-lynch-undermining-his.html\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo News<\/a>]. Good news for Spiller. Also, Buff WRs better work on blocking.\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakinthesouthland.com\/2010\/6\/13\/1496859\/wide-receiver-blocking-skills\" target=\"_blank\">Shakin The Southland (blog)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Rookie RB Tate gets first full practice in with Texans after hamstring injury\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/canadianpress\/article\/ALeqM5iHqD-sGX3hBRt5eJPaFUquj6vhug\" target=\"_blank\">The [Canadian Press<\/a>]. Also,\u00c2\u00a0Ben Tate: Hamstring No Longer a Problem for Texans RB\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nflgridirongab.com\/2010\/06\/10\/ben-tate-hamstring-no-longer-a-problem-for-texans-rb\/\" target=\"_blank\">NFL GridIron Gab (blog)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>NFL: Golden Tate caught trespassing at donut shop\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.gather.com\/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978296696\" target=\"_blank\">Gather.com<\/a>]. Also, the Potential for Greatness in Golden Tate\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fieldgulls.com\/2010\/6\/11\/1514174\/the-potential-for-greatness-in\" target=\"_blank\">Field Gulls (blog)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Cleveland RB Montario Hardesty Still Impressing Mangini\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.4for4.com\/fantasy-football\/news\/item\/13299\" target=\"_blank\">4for4.com Fantasy Football Analysis<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Mike Williams practicing ahead of Arrelious Benn\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/football\/bucs\/tampa-bay-buccaneers-ready-to-accept-growing-pains-at-qb\/1100386\" target=\"_blank\">St Petersburg Times<\/a>].\u00c2\u00a0Also,\u00c2\u00a0Arrelious Benn hurt in practice\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?storyid=133914&amp;catid=4\" target=\"_blank\">10 Connects<\/a>].<\/li>\n<li>Broncos&#8217; Demaryius Thomas coming along\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalfootballpost.com\/Broncos-Demaryius-Thomas-coming-along.html\" target=\"_blank\">National Football Post<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Could the Rams start Sam Bradford behind this line?\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalfootballpost.com\/Could-the-Rams-start-Sam-Bradford-behind-this-line.html\" target=\"_blank\">National Football Post<\/a>]. It&#8217;s only June and four starting linemen are recovering from injuries and they possibly just lost a top backup.\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2010\/06\/13\/rams-may-lose-backup-lineman-setterstrom-for-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">ProFootballTalk<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>LaFell ready to block his way to Panthers&#8217; starter\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.klfy.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=12615661\" target=\"_blank\">KLFY<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Gresham&#8217;s a great get for Bengals\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/news.cincinnati.com\/article\/20100612\/SPT02\/6130330\/1062\/SPT\/Gresham-a-great-get-for-Bengals\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati.com<\/a>]. Also, Palmer has high praise for Gresham.\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bengals.com\/news\/article-1\/Bengals-hope-pass-catches-run\/1e5ba56b-960f-46ba-aeb9-2e7734175db0\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals.com<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Mardy Gilyard joins off-season workouts\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globe-democrat.com\/news\/2010\/jun\/10\/rams-notebook-mardy-gilyard-joins-season-workouts\/\" target=\"_blank\">St Louis Globe-Democrat<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Jets hope rookie RB Joe McKnight can be versatile piece of offense\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/jets\/2010\/06\/jets-hope-joe-mcknight-can-be.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Daily News (blog)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Tim Tebow impressing his Denver Broncos teammates with big work ethic and &#8230;\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/sports\/gators\/tim-tebow-impressing-his-denver-broncos-teammates-with-744029.html\" target=\"_blank\">Palm Beach Post<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Dwyer impressive in OTAs\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.com\/bct_news\/news_details\/article\/1373\/2010\/june\/13\/kids-running-the-steelers-shop.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beaver County Times<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Confidence growing in Chiefs offense\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/2010\/06\/08\/2003156\/confidence-growing-in-chiefs-offense.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Star<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>How Will Toby Gerhart Fit Into Minnesota&#8217;s Offense?\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynorseman.com\/2010\/6\/12\/1515336\/how-will-toby-gerhart-fit-into\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Norseman (blog)<\/a>]. Also, Albert Young and Gerhart will be competing for Vikings backup job\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/sports\/vikings\/blogs\/95968309.html\" target=\"_blank\">Minneapolis Star-Tribune<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Dixon has a hamstring pull. Singletary said Coffee and Dixon are competing to be Gore&#8217;s main back up.\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/blogs\/ninerinsider\/detail?&amp;entry_id=65217\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle (blog)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Bucs &#8216;have big plans&#8217; for rookie WR Mike Williams\u00c2\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/nbcsports.msnbc.com\/id\/37558273\/ns\/sports-player_news\/\" target=\"_blank\">msnbc.com<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your class of 2010 fantasy football rookie news for week of June 7.<\/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":[14,50,47,51,46,49,77,43,52,416,6,4,88,106],"class_list":["post-711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-fantasy-football-rookies","tag-2010-rookies","tag-arrelious-benn","tag-ben-tate","tag-brandon-lafell","tag-cj-spiller","tag-dez-bryant","tag-golden-tate","tag-jahvid-best","tag-montario-hardesty","tag-fantasy-football-rookies","tag-rookie-rb","tag-rookie-wr","tag-ryan-mathews","tag-tim-tebow"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711","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=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qballers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}