Progression isn’t always linear. Players don’t climb up and and up and up, hit their peak, and then descend down into retirement. Flesh is sculpted into something more defined and more rigid. New offseason regiments blow the top off the previous season. Injuries happen. The team, scheme, and even the rules themselves change. What happened the previous season isn’t always the same the following season.
After being selected in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft Reader started playing right away. He started seven games, and the following season, was the walk in starter at the nose tackle position.