Not So Fast: Vernon Gholston Still Has To Earn the Starting Role in 2009

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Published: July 22, 2009

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... strides this year, and how he was going to be a big reason in our successes moving forward," said Rex Ryan to the New Jersey Star-Ledger

"He's just got a role with it now where he's going to be a starter. We'll see how he does."

Interpretation is key. Ryan's words can be deciphered as a simple motivational tactic, or be completely misconstrued as a declaration of something that has yet to be appropriately evaluated.

To put it bluntly, mid-July is too early to thrust a marginal player into a starting role without seeing how he performs when full contact is permitted in practice and in exhibition games.

All eyes have been on Gholston since Ryan's arrival. After a disappointing rookie campaign, or what...

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