I don't see that. Typically, you get some really good rookie players all over the NFL. Last year, for example, in addition to Martin you had guys like Chris Borland and Mike Evans, and ODB, and Aaron Donald and Barr and Corey Fuller. Jernigan and Ellis in OAK were both contributors and both added after the 1st round. WAS picked up that middle round CB who was really good in the games we played them. And that OC that the stupid Packers picked up. Derek Carr looked like a keeper, too.
Just for the Cowboys last year, both Martin and Hitchens did more than flash. Martin was All Pro and Hitchens played all three LB positions and a fairly high level, including calling plays for the entire defense for a couple of games. The year before both Frederick and Williams gave us instant lift. Other players like Randle and Lawrence and Escobar from recent drafts are flashing talent and just coming into their own (hopefully) after a year or two on the roster. I agree that that obviously happens, too, but I think most of us would say at this early point that we've got higher expectation for the top three or four players in this incoming class than we did in either 2013 or 2014. I see no reason not to expect an immediate contribution from several of them.
