Counterpoint: Tre White as a rookie (#27 overall) was an unquestioned starter out of the box, which he maintained his entire rookie year. Kaiir Elam (#23 overall) went from rotational starter, to full time starter for a few games, to benched. This after letting our unquestioned #2 CB walk in FA which basically opened up a starting spot in our defense.
That's... less than ideal