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Know Your Enemy: Rookie vs Rookie as Justin Jefferson and Antoine Winfield Jr. look to catapult their teams towards the playoffs

The NFL community sees it almost every year it seems. A rookie wide receiver makes a splash, but it wasn’t the first wide receiver taken. Perhaps it's a clash of team fit, maybe the first guy taken is too often the only target of any real above average ability on his team. Whether it’s D.K. Metcalf, Juju Smith-Schuster, or in 2020’s case, Justin Jefferson, there is always a young guy looking to fuel their rise on the doubt of others.

I don’t think you can count the Tampa Bay Buccaneers among the population of Jefferson doubters, but you can certainly bet they know all about the rookie as he comes in leading the NFL among first-year receivers in many categories.