As always, one football game is far too small a sample size to make sweeping conclusions about any player, particularly when that game is the first preseason contest of the year. Whether it’s Chicago Bears fans losing their minds over David Montgomery’s 13 snaps (with three carries for 16 yards and a touchdown) or a group of Green Bay Packers fans already labeling first-round pick Rashan Gary a bust, outrage and mania are two sides of the same worthless coin.
Inside team facilities, no personnel department crowns a rookie a Hall of Famer or labels them a failure after their rookie seasons, let alone their very first game action under the lights.