One X-factor for each team in the NFL playoffs:

Cardinals wide receiver Rondale Moore

Arizona Cardinals – Rondale Moore

Rookies are always unknowns to some degree if they haven’t yet established themselves in the league – especially heading into the postseason.

And I still don’t think Arizona really knows how they should use this the former Purdue Boilermaker, but I have seen what Rondale Moore is capable of in the Big Ten as well as flashes of it in the NFL.

He is explosive off the line, his start-and-stop quickness is video-game like, he has the contact balance of a 220-pound running back and he has the long speed to win over the top as well.

One of the major issues with his usage during his last year in college and his rookie season with the Cardinals has been the fact that he was never allowed to really work down the field. There's certainly work to be done, but at 5’7," he doesn’t offer a very large radius (even if his leaping numbers are absurd).

But constantly being limited to jet sweeps, bubble screens and the occasional streak route is doing Moore a disservice. Moore currently sits at -3 yards before the catch and his average depth of target is just 1.4 yards.

I’m not saying he can replace what DeAndre Hopkins would bring, because they’re just completely different players, but getting him out there for some slants, stop routes and vertical patterns could lead to some big plays.