Instant-impact rookies can change a franchise's direction. At the same time, expectations should be tempered, even for incoming first-round picks.
Each season, highly regarded first-year performers excite and disappoint. Far more is placed upon those selected in the draft's opening frame, because each organization spent the league's most precious commodity to acquire their services.
However, not every young man is ready for the NFL. Only a select few will take the league by storm.
The New Orleans Saints skewed expectations last season when their first four selections all turned into significant contributors and two, Marshon Lattimore and Alvin Kamara, captured NFL Defensive and Offensive Rookie of the Year honors.