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Minnesota’s Rookies Have Made Essentially No Difference Through Two Games

The most important words in that title are “through two games.” Conventional wisdom suggests that you need at least a few years to truly evaluate a draft class, so relying on a mere couple games for a definitive conclusion is foolish. Case in point: K.J. Osborn did absolutely nothing last season. He has since emerged as a reliable, upside option at WR3. He still has a lot to prove, but he helps illustrate the broader point: we must be patient before drawing any definitive conclusions about an entire group of young talent.

With those words of caution out of the way, let’s get to the focus for the article.