DeVante Parker starting in the preseason finale came as a surprise to many with the rookie first-rounder sitting out for a large chunk of Training Camp rehabbing from foot surgery. His head coach likes his development over the course of the last few weeks.
“He’s making good progress Joe,” Joe Philbin said on the Joe Rose Show. “You remember, being a rookie, everything is kind of brand new and the situation he was in where he wasn’t able to participate for a while. You can sit in a meeting and you can learn everything and that’s one thing and that’s important and it’s valuable and it’s good but it’s another thing when you’re a wide receiver to go out there and you line up against another human being — a defensive back — and run a route and get open, catch the ball and move forward.