The more you invest in something, the more you hope, for the sake of your own comfort level, to see an early return on that investment. It gives you a piece of mind knowing that your faith in the investment’s high-achievement capacity was not ill-founded.
Consider last night’s performance by Pittsburgh Steelers first-round pick Devin Bush an early return on investment. After trading away a second- and third-round pick to move up 10 spots in the first round to draft him, he recorded 10 tackles in his first preseason game and nearly had an interception on a third-down play, though it was negated by a penalty anyway.