John Lynch's goal at the beginning of his career was pretty modest: Just make it to the end of his rookie contract.
For a while, it appeared that might not happen.
After being selected in the third round of the 1993 NFL draft, Lynch was mainly a special teams player in his first two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He had 28 tackles and just four starts in his first two seasons, and his belief in himself -- one of the biggest assets a defensive back must have -- was pretty low.
"You get to this level and I didn't have that instant success, so you kind of start believing, 'Well, maybe I am just a special teams guy,'" Lynch said.