Two ingredients that always benefit a rookie quarterback are a solid running game and a great defense. Flacco would probably be the first to tell you that the Ravens' run to the AFC title game in his rookie year had a lot more to do with the defense and the running game than his right arm even though he had a respectable rookie season. And if Sanchez said anything different about the 2009 Jets, he'd be lying. The Falcons did not have a great defense during Ryan's outstanding rookie season, but they did support him with the league's second-best rushing attack.