Building a roster is no small feat. It takes time, player development, capital and patience.
While some rosters flourish quicker than others, each unit in football sees young faces arrive to impact new places every fall. At least, that's the plan for general managers across the NFL.
Through nine weeks, several young, core athletes have evolved into what look like impact players to deploy for the next few seasons. Some are rookies, while some have taken time into Year 2 to get their feet wet at the NFL level.
Players who coaches can rely on not only in the early portions of a ballgame but also in high-leverage situations to create a pressure on a quarterback, haul in a contested catch on third-and-seven or displace an edge defender one-on-one at the goal line.