Young said early in OTAs, they were working on a particular play, and McMillan recognized one such nuance, and told Young he'd slow down his route to create space for another receiver on the other side of the play, so he didn't accidentally drag a defender into that guy's space.
"That's stuff, like rookies that come in, it's like what's the name of the route, what's my steps?" Young said. "And to immediately come in, have the feel, understand what's going on with the football IQ to do it, and to apply it full speed, that was probably one of the first things that I recognized."
There's also the simple matter of fitting in here, among a young group of receivers which includes last year's first-rounder Xavier Legette and Jalen Coker, fellow rookie Jimmy Horn Jr., and the rest. And in that fitting in, there hasn't been any pressure to make one particular play.
"He wants to get every catch, and I know this sounds like coachspeak, but he has not expressed, I'm dying to get my first career touchdown, that's not really his mental makeup," Idzik said. "That's why we love the guy. The guy goes out and makes plays at the receiver position. You have to be inherently — I wouldn't say selfish — but self-confident, right? You have to be in this world where I think I'm open every snap. I'm confident that I'm going to get open every snap. If you look at that play where Xavier caught the (touchdown last week), TMac was open. He did his job and got open as well. The ball went the other way."