• Malik Nabers leads the Giants to an upset victory: The rookie shined on his strategy to season highs in receiving yards (171) and a PFF receiving grade (93.0).
• Brock Bowers units a number of rookie data: He broke Puka Nacua’s rookie reception file and Mike Ditka’s receiving yardage file by a rookie tight finish in Week 17.
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Week 17 was dominated by rookie receivers — Malik Nabers, Brian Thomas Jr. and Brock Bowers amongst them.
Here’s how these three and the remainder of the 2024 rookie first-rounders panned out this previous week, with PFF grades, major matchups, snap counts and evaluation.
Pick No. 1: Chicago Bears: QB Caleb Williams
Overall Rookie Grade: 67.7 (Rank: 4/5)
Principal Opponent: N/A
Week 17 Snaps: 61
Week 17 Grade: 59.1
Williams struggled to get a lot happening Thursday towards Seattle, particularly when working downfield. He accomplished simply eight of his 19 non-screen passes whereas compiling a 54.0 PFF passing grade on the evening. He formally accomplished only one go thrown at the least 7 yards within the air, although his greatest throw was a landing strike whereas rolling to his left that was referred to as again because of a holding penalty.