Matt Miller

But I think we are way too quick to judge rookies in the NFL.

Obviously, look at the judgment around Caleb Williams and his rookie season and even the first part of this season.

We're way too quick to expect greatness from those guys.

When I'm evaluating rookies, I want a Thanksgiving on.

If you make an impact before Thanksgiving, that's just extra.

But it's really Thanksgiving the rest of the season.

That's when you start to get comfortable.

That's when you're acclimated.

Both Colston and Luther Burton were great from that stretch on.

Yeah, you know, I'm thinking about the seasons because we watched it so closely because, Matt, we had a good time this year.

We had a really good time this year.

But when Loveland really started to emerge, I'll never forget when Ben said, talked about his work ethic and talked about his mind and just how well he's been doing.

And then he said, and his route tree has grown accordingly.

It's like, well, there you go.

So in part, they don't ask too much of rookies until they know they can trust him, right?

So that makes all the sense in the world, your Thanksgiving timeline.

That's the smart way to do it.

Instead of asking these guys to come in and drink from a fire hose, give them a straw.

Let them learn a little bit and then add on to it.

I think where we do make mistakes is by expecting way too much mentally, physically.