Going into his second season, I was expecting Lynch to show signs of progress, just like you were.  Instead, we saw regression.  We should see Lynch doing what other recent first rounders are doing.  Wentz got thrown to the wolves and performed well as a rookie and has taken a huge step forward this year.  Goff was as lost as Lynch was last year, but look at him this year.  Watson in Houston is far from lost.  Trubisky is too early to judge.  He's managing the game at this point, so he looks a bit like Lynch.  It's tough to judge pre season, but Mahomes looked in control in his games where as Lynch looked lost in pre season.  At this point, I am not sure that we have a guy that is close to contributing soon.