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Now that draft picks have become rookies, it's time to decide which are ready to be "instant impact" players -- one of my Tyler Clippard Jersey  favorite phrases to type this time of year on the calendar. Because now every team is technically in "win-now" mode given how short patience has become in today's NFL and society at large. It's become increasingly difficult for franchises that look to be in "tank mode."Last year, was a lockdown corner from the jump with the , , , , and were integral to the Seahawks surprise trip to the playoffs, and George Pickens flashed insane circus-catch capabilities with the .In 2021, was a menace immediately. blocked everything in September and never looked back. locked down the center spot in Kansas City. And was sensational.The year before, it was who erupted out of the gate. And . And . And . Here's my list of the top 10 instant impact rookies from the 2023 cla s.  Honorable Mention: , TE, I had to squeeze in Mayer. He's too complete of a tight end not to get some love here. In offense, being run by Josh McDaniels, this Raiders team won't shy away from featuring a young tight end. Mayer isn't freaky athletically, but he understands how to find space in zone, has just enough juice to create some separation, and he catches everything. The only reason he's at honorable mention and not inside the top 10 -- , , and .JSN's agility-drill performance at the combine catapulted him from a quality receiver prospect who most were worried about athletically to the most universally beloved wideout in the 2023 cla s. Smith-Njigba is ultra-quick. Is he  Marwin Gonzalez Jersey ridiculously explosive? Not really. But he doesn't need to be the guy in Seattle instantly given the established presence of and . Those two veteran wideouts and likely continuing to be a lower-volume quarterback are why such a nifty slot option is lower than you probably expected on this list.  Flowers is a three-level winner at the receiver spot. The only concern I had with his game is his lack of size and the tiny catch radius that comes with it. He's sudden, fast, gets open with good regularity, and is a blast after the catch. He's a more polished, rocked-up version of , who actually was a quality pa s catcher early in his career with . Baltimore's offseason moves suggest the team is preparing to be more pa s-happy in 2023 than they were during the Greg Roman era, but let's not forget new offensive coordinator Todd Monken adores the power run game too. We saw it at Georgia. That fact keeps Flowers a little lower on this list.Johnston was my WR1 in this  Lance McCullers Jersey cla s mostly due to his impeccable yards-after-the-catch prowe s. And he's ahead of JSN and Flowers because of the quarterback who'll be throwing him the football. To me, Justin Herbert is already an elite quarterback, a top-5 talent at the position who was foolishly limited by previous offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi who installed the methodical, mostly quick-strike Drew Brees offense for a pa ser with one of the strongest arms in the league. Johnston isn't or when the ball is in the air. But it's not as if he never wins in a contested-catch scenario. And he'll be able to take the routine completion and morph it into a large gain more frequently than anyone else on the Chargers roster.LaPorta is Lite. I really believe that. Roy Oswalt Jersey  Not quite as powerful, but the Iowa product is a highly athletic, nifty-with-the-ball-in-his-hands receiver in a nearly 6-foot-4, 245-pound frame. Detroit's offense was so fun last season, but the recently traded finished second on the team in targets with just 70. will still garner the most looks from -- and rightfully so. And we'll watch a Marvin Jones-Lions reunion this season.  But, theoretically, there are plenty of available targets in offense, and Carlos Beltran Jersey  I'm fascinated to see how this attack takes shape with a young formidable tight end. Yes, the Lions traded in season last year, yet there's clearly a desire to feature that position in 2023 given how early Detroit picked LaPorta.Addison was my WR5. I had a grade on him in the 40s. But I acknowledged that if he landed with a team that wouldn't ask him to be the alpha receiver instantly, Addison could have a Calvin Ridley-like start to his NFL career. And, yeah, Justin Jefferson might be the most alpha wideout in football, so Addison will take a backseat to him early which will lead to plenty of one-on-one matchups and limited safeties over the top. Ideal situation for Addison to thrive. Remember, Ridley, as the Robin to ' Batman, went for 821 yards with 10 touchdowns in his Preston Tucker Jersey  rookie season with the . Believe it or not, the Vikings attempted the third-most pa ses in football last year (672!) during the regular season.As my colleague Tyler Sullivan mentioned on our , the great Patriots defenses have always featured a premier, man-to-man cornerback. Ty Law. . . Gonzalez could become that type of lockdown presence on the outside. Not nece sarily insinuating he'll instantly be an obvious future Hall of Famer. But he has the athletic goods to be sticky in coverage at all three levels of the field. Bill Belichick will plug him in instantly, and acro s three seasons in the Pac-12, Gonzalez proved to be a star in the making.  Banks was born to play aggre sive pre s man in Wink Martindale's system. That's probably why the Giants traded up to pick him. He's 6-foot, 197-pounds with arms just under 32 inches. Not amazingly tall or long. Perfect size to deal with many of the smaller elite receivers in football today. Where Banks' profile is special is his explosivene s -- 4.35 speed, 42-inch vertical, and an 11-foot-4 inch broad jump. Damn. No receiver in football will be able to beat Banks on suddenne s or pure downfield speed. Banks' dynamic movement skills allow him to effectively cram receivers at the line,  Brian McCann Jersey and that's precisely what Martindale will ask him to do as a rookie on an ascending defense.Yes, the Lions signed in the free agency. Gibbs couldn't be any more of a different back. Montgomery has always won laterally with insane jump cuts and low-center-of-gravity contact balance. Gibbs is a sleek rocket ship ready for liftoff every time he touches the football Hector Rondon Jersey . Right around 5-foot-9, 199 pounds with serious giddy-up 4.36 speed. He accelerates like a Tesla and has soft hands as an underneath receiver. Detroit did not pick him at No. 12 overall -- and then ferociously celebrate -- to barely utilize him as a rookie.In terms of usage, a lot of what I wrote about Gibbs applies to Robinson, although it feels like Robinson will be the No. 1 back from Week 1 on in the Falcons offense. Never mind 1,000-plus yard rookie season. Robinson will be the dude in Arthur Smith's run-oriented attack from the jump. And I can't blame him. Robinson is the best pure runner to enter the league since -- although people quickly forgot about how damn good was at Alabama too. He breaks tackles with ease, proce ses blocks rapidly, and is a weapon as a receiver. Atlanta rushed the football 559 times in 2