Royal Blazes Past Usual Rookie Struggles

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Broncos' Royal blazes past usual rookie receivers struggles
Typically, new NFL wideouts susceptible to wipeouts
By Jeff Legwold, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published October 30, 2008 at 4:28 p.m.

As far as awakenings go, rude may be putting it far too mildly.

Brutal, perhaps. Alarming, maybe.

But for first-year receivers in the NFL, history says - almost demands - that it will be a struggle. That's because for almost everybody at that position who has tried making the transition from college to the pros, it always has been difficult.

"You line up and you know pretty quick that everybody is pretty much fast," said Broncos receiver Darrell Jackson, in his ninth year. "That you're going to see super-fast athletes - off-the-charts fast some weeks - and the rest of the time, everybody else is fast. The routes are the same, the field is the same, but the speed you face as a receiver when you first get in the league is totally different.

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