The Detroit Lions recognized quickly linebacker could be a player that was active on Sundays during the regular season.His abilities on special teams and his progre sion up the linebackers depth chart have caught the attention of supporters and media members.General manager explained to reporters Quinton Bell Jersey this week that it is still early to diagnose how Rodriguez's game will translate to playing linebacker during the regular season."How quickly is the first, second, third-down stuff going to translate playing linebacker? And Ray (Agnew) mentioned just his proce sing skills, being a quarterback in high school, you know what I mean? Hes just got a level of key and diagnose that has translated," said Holmes. "But again, Marcus Mariota Jersey you just dont know quickly its going to come. But, its come, come quick, and -- but cant say enough that he is a rookie. He hadnt played an game yet, so lets just see where it goes.For the front office and coaching staff, there has been a concerted effort to downplay any extra added hype that may have come the young linebackers .Scroll to ContinueFrom defensive coordinator Atlanta Falcons Hoodies Sweatshirts to linebackers coach Kelvin Sheppard, it has been reiterated that the young linebacker is inexperienced and has only appeared in NFL games that are chalk full of reserves.Now, games matter and will count in the standings, so the talented linebacker will be given every opportunity to shine.Detroit's front office is sticking to their evaluation proce s and will avoid making grand proclamations regarding their proce s, even if Rodriguez ends up being a star player.It was telling that Holmes revealed there were linebackers the team could have selected with better physical traits."Theres certain positions Drew Dalman Jersey that you can kind of look at and a se s that you may be able to find gold in the later rounds, and inside linebackers, its a good volume of them throughout the Draft," said Holmes. "But its still got to be the right guy. I mean, theres inside linebackers that had Russell Gage Jersey better physical traits than Malcolm Rodriguez in the later rounds. But we decided to go the route that we went. Not saying that youre going to hit like that all the time, but well just stick to our same proce s.