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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 610753">Right.  There's a progression that has to play out.1.  OTA/camp practice.2. Limited/2nd. half snaps against 2nd. and 3rd. stringers where guys are being evaluated for bottom-of-the-roster/practice squad.  High picks might be fast-tracked over this step.3. Expanded preseason snaps with some 1st. half play with 1st. and 2nd. stringers where the guy is being assessed for an expanded role or a higher depth chart position.4. Regular season action where the rubber meets the road, where the proof is in the putting, or whatever metaphor one wants to apply.Some guys turn out to be practice warriors then wilt on game day.  Some guys don't show as well in practice but prove to be "gamers".  Bush was given a starting job based on pre-season work over Shields (I believe that was in 2012), but wasn't up to the task in money games.  If the reports out of Seattle are an indication, Flynn's work ethic leaves something to be desired (locker room ping pong over the film room according to one player) but come game time he got his juices flowing.Further, with so little full contact practice allowed since the 2011 CBA, game performance takes precedence.Janis' year in the system might earn him a jump over step 2. depending on how the OTA/camp practices go.  Then it's up to him to show progression in preseason.  That's as far as it goes.</blockquote>

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