As the NFL Preseason finally looks closer to being over, the predictions can now be made. Over the next week or so, the Gridiron Experts team will make some predictions to the season, here is Christopher Gabel’s thoughts on this years Fantasy Rookie class

3 Rookies to take under consideration

Dez Bryant – This guy’s career is already off to one peculiar start, even for a receiver. He missed his entire senior season in Stillwater, a GM asked him if his mother was a hooker, he signed before every other first round pick only to raise a stink about the tamest hazing ritual we’ve ever heard, and as a result things are supposed to be tense between him and Roy Williams. Still, he was one of the more talented players in the draft, and any discussion of him being a “head case” seemed completely manufactured by uptight, overly-conservative NFL suits. It’s almost certain he’ll be under-estimated in fantasy drafts.

Jahvid Best – Fallen under the radar a tad due to Spiller going to Buffalo, but Best is arguably the better back and the Lions will actually be less reliant on him than the Bills on Spiller. Since CJ Spiller isn’t Jones-Drew or Chris Johnson, I’m not a huge fan of the hand he’s been dealt.

Ryan Matthews – Because someone taller then 5’6 has to occasionally carry the ball.

3 Rookies to Avoid

Golden Tate – Donuts are about as conducive to NFL success as proper grammar is to the drug trade. Not that I’m dismissing his entire career as a result of that but…actually, that’s exactly what I’m doing.

Anyone the Broncos drafted in the first round – That would be Tebow and someone named Demaryius Thomas.

Sam Bradford – Sorry, but I don’t like the frailty, the situation in St. Louis, I wasn’t terribly impressed with what he showed in Norman and nothing has really changed since his junior year. He’s basically the default starter in 2010 for St. Louis, with no seasoned vet to show him the ropes or teach him any tricks of the trade…In short, I need just one legitimate reason to believe his career will go differently than David Carr’s. Sadly for Sam Bradford, I’m struggling to think of one.