I don't think they are asking Byrd to "hurry up" though......
I mean, what makes you think they are rushing him to grow up? what makes it seem like we "need" this guy to grow up faster than the others? I mean, we are fine at saftey. Not great. but we are fine. If we "need" anyone to grow up faster, it is maybin to help with the pass rush. Saftey is not the worst spot on the team. The worst spots were the oline and the pass rush, and THAT is where we need rookies to grow up fast because they are being thrown to the wolves. Byrd is like any other rookie right now. He isn't being rushed, and this team doesn't need him to be a star right away. not even mckelvin, our number 1 pick last year, didn't start playing until injuries occured. Byrd wont see much playing time at all on defense unless there is an injury or until after the bye week.