Robert Griffin III’s Argument for Offensive Rookie of the Year

December 30, 2012   ·   Brian Paxton   ·   Jump to comments


In most other years, Andrew Luck, Russell Wilson or even Alfred Morris could all have easily won an Offensive Rookie of the Year award. But 2012 is no such year. There will be only one winner, and his name is Robert Griffin III.
First, a look at the passing stats so far for the three front-runners:
 
Robert Griffin III: 249/375 for 3,100 yards, 8.27 avg, 66.4% completion, 20 TDs, 5 INT, 104.1 Rating
Russell Wilson: 237/374 for 2,868 yards, 7.67 avg, 63.4% completion, 25 TDs, 10 INT, 98.0 Rating
Andrew Luck: 325/599 for 4,183 yards, 6.98 avg, 54.3% completion, 21 TDs, 18 INT, 75.6 Rating
 
Those numbers were good enough to earn Griffin a trip to the Pro Bowl already, while the other two quarterbacks missed the cut. While Pro Bowl voting is extremely flawed (see the AFC safety selection), it is a good indicator of who is most popular around the league as of right now.
In this case, I think Griffin is highly deserving ...

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