While the common thinking goes that players improve entering their second year, the evidence suggests that rookie pass rushers who struggled initially will continue to disappoint.

If your favorite team selected a pass rusher early in the 2010 draft, don't expect much production this season. Recent history doesn't show a pretty picture when it comes to rookie sack stats.

While the Seahawks dominated the NFC West in the middle of the last decade, they did not do as well those years in drafting future talent as did the Cardinals and 49ers. Thus a recent shift in power within the division.

Defying their history and years of futility, the Cardinals now find themselves in a position that they are not accustomed and hope to show that last year's success was no fluke.