As a first-round pick coming into the NFL, expectations are obviously going to be high. For some, if you aren’t setting the world on fire — even just a little bit as a rookie — there will be those who will consider them a bust. When it comes to others, they have the benefit of the doubt that after their first year or two in the league, they’ll have acclimated enough to start looking like the player many expect them to be in the NFL.
For the Jerry Tillery, I’d say he fit in the latter category as the 28th-overall pick back in 2018.