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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 757395">That's never a good bet.Given how many receivers go high in the draft, how many break out as rookies?  Not many. There's a whole new level of learning that has to take place, the playbook being maybe the least of it.  They have to learn to read NFL defenses to adjust routes.  They have learn how their QB does just that and get on the same page.  And when Rodgers looks at you, you better know what he means.They have to adjust to a higher level of CB competition, and that involves studying (and playing against) players to learn tendencies and tells.  A good WR is a good CB scout.And they have to transition from these spread option timing pass offenses to the versatility required in the NFL game.  Run the route, catch the ball...that's over when they get to the NFL.And you can practice all day and all night, study your brains out, pour over tape.  But in the end, the "graduate level degree" is earned on the field in money games.  Mistakes get made on the field,  they are taken back to the practice field and film room, adjustments are made, they go back to the field, more mistakes are made, repeat and rinse.  And while all that is going on, Rodgers is glowering at you on the jumbotron.In year 1 you would expect some productivity, some contribution, and indication of progress throughout the season.  By year 2, you just might have something.</blockquote>

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