Rookie Quarterbacks

This previous draft, two quarterbacks were taken in the first two picks and both are scheduled to start opening day for their respective teams.. Each have played two preseason games so here is a look on how they have done and how I think they will do this upcoming season.

#1 PICK. ANDREW LUCK: INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
Game 1 vs. St. Louis Rams. W 38-3. 10/16 for 188 yards. 2 TD. 0 INT.
Game 2 vs Pittsburgh Steelers. L 24-26. 16/25 for 175 yards. 0 TD. 2 INT.

Luck has been very impressive in his first two games as the Colts quarterback. His career started off very easy against the St. Louis Rams as he had a 56 yard screen pass go for a touchdown in his first pass of the preseason. Since then, he has looked poised and confident in the pocket just like he was at Stanford. He has veteran wide receiver Reggie Wayne to throw to so watch for that combination to be deadly all season. Overall, Luck has the tools to get to the level Peyton Manning got to here in Indianapolis, it may just take some time.

 #2 PICK. ROBERT GRIFFIN III: WASHINGTON REDSKINS

Game 1 vs. Buffalo Bills. W 7-6. 4/6 for 70 yards. 1 TD. 0 INT.
Game 2 vs Chicago Bears. L 31-33. 5/8 for 49 yards. 0 TD. 0 INT.

RG3 hasn't gotten that much playing time this preseason because the Redskins believe he is ready and they do not want him to get injured. With the time he has gotten, RG3 has looked like the quarterback he was at Baylor scrambling around the pocket and finding streaking wide receivers across the middle with his strong arm. During the off season, the Redskins went out and signed free agent wide receiver Pierre Garcon from the Colts. He will be RG3's primary target during the season and the two are expected to thrive off of each other. It will be interesting to see if RG3 is worth the three first round picks the Redskins gave up for him. I believe he is.

The Flying Squirrel

Known as "The Flying Squirrel," Gabby Douglas won the women's all-around title Thursday night, becoming the third straight American to win gymnastics' biggest prize. It's her second gold medal of the London Games, coming two nights after she and her "Fierce Five" teammates gave the United States its first Olympic title since 1996. She finished with a 62.232 just edging Russia's Viktoria Komova by three tenths of a point. After seeing the final results, Gabby started smiling and looked up at her family who was hugging and crying.

Just a few years ago, Gabby doubted if she would ever make it to the Olympics. Gabby told her mom, Natalie Hawkins, that she wanted to move from their home in Virginia Beach, Va., to train with Chow, who coached Shawn Johnson in 2008. Hawkins said absolutely not; there was no way she was allowing the youngest of her four children to move halfway across the country at 14. After much persistence from her and  her sisters, Natalie reluctantly let her sister join Chow.


Look at her now. Not only did Gabby advance for the United States instead of World Champion Jordyn Wieber but she also held off the Russians to claim gold in the all around. She should be very proud that all of her hard work has finally paid off.