High expectations are always going to be the norm for a player selected in the first round. That comes with the territory of an organization believing in a player who can develop into a star and help bring a championship to their franchise. Some of those players are put in a precarious position, one where most people don’t consider them to be a first-round caliber pick or believe another player is going to make a bigger impact than them. Both unfortunate viewpoints apply to A.J. Terrell. It was evident when the Atlanta Falcons selected him.
In what proved to be a major surprise at the time, Dan Quinn and Thomas Dimitroff decided to select Terrell with the 16th overall pick.