Originally Posted by
flippy
If a guy's good enough, he'll get PT. Cortez Allen got significant snaps as a rookie recently. I think Spence was on the path to playing this season before destroying his knee.
Other guys have gotten in early in the recent past as well. Woodley and Troy come to mind. Even the undrafted McClendon got PT early.
On the other hand, when you use 1st round picks on Ziggy and Heyward, you'd expect both of those guys to be in the lineup much faster. But they were also log jammed behind entrenched starters.
If you have a veteran team, rookies are gonna have a hard time beating out a vet. It's gonna happen on occasion, but shouldn't be expected to be the norm. Now if you're going to a team with no talent, then rookies have an easier path to playing.
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