The first-round-talent-who-falls-due-to-injury often occupies an imperfect place in the minds of fans and analysts. It’s tantalizing to project where that first-round potential could take a player eventually but, sometimes, those projections make it easy to forget that, first, the player has to be healthy.
Kendall Fuller experienced a bit of this in 2016 when, per Jay Gruden’s estimate, the defensive back was playing at about “85-90” percent. Fuller is healthy now, so the Redskins are hoping they’ll see more of that potential realized this upcoming season.
“I think he feels a lot better with where he is physically and that’s important obviously for a DB,” Gruden said.