Building the Beast: All-Rookie Team for the first half of the NFL season

We're just about halfway through the NFL season, which means that we know a thing or two—maybe not more, but definitely a thing or two—about this year's rookie class. With that in mind, Dave Helman welcomes Trevor Sikkema from Pro Football Focus to this episode of The Athletic Football Show's Building the Beast to name this season's first half All-Rookie Team. Rundown (timestamps are approximate) 4:47 Quarterback 10:10 Running Back 17:20 Wide Receiver 23:50 Tight End 27:00 Flex skill player 35:16 Offensive Tackles 40:06 Interior OL 46:34 Edge Rusher 53:33 Interior DL 59:24 Linebackers 1:00:49 Defensive Backs (nickel personnel) Connect with The Athletic Football Show X: https://x.com/TA_FootballShow IG: https://www.instagram.com/tafootballshow YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TAFootballShow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tafootballshow Discord: http://discord.gg/theathleticfootballshow Call us: 847-448-0701 Email us: athleticfootballshow@gmail.com Host: Dave Helman Co-Host: Dane Brugler With: Trevor Sikkema Executive Producer: Michael Beller Video Producer: Katy Duffy Audio Producer: Michael Beller Social Producer: Scott Krinch Follow Dave on Bluesky: @davehelman.bsky.social Follow Trevor on Bluesky: @tampabaytre.bsky.social Follow Dave on X: @davehelman_ Follow Dane on X: @dpbrugler Follow Trevor on X: @TampaBayTre Theme song: Haunted Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.