‘“You look at our team that’s out there in the playoff game and you’ve got Dawson out there, first year player, you have Devin out there, first year player, and you have some other first year players and second year players making big time contributions,” McDermott said. “I think this rookie class overall, probably progressed quicker than the class the year before, and that’s a credit to them. It’s a credit to Brandon [Beane] and his staff, and then also our development team and the way that they got these young guys in a short amount of time to understand what habits need to look like in the NFL if you want to play and want to perform at a high level. Then, the players I think took the rest of it upon themselves to contribute at a high level, which bodes well again for the future.”’