"When it comes to wide receivers, sometimes you have to look across the line of scrimmage to find the best judges of talent.

Washington Redskins rookie Leonard Hankerson was slow to impress coaches during the summer and was inactive for the first five games of the season. In practice each day, though, cornerback DeAngelo Hall could see why Coach Mike Shanahan nabbed the 23-year-old receiver in the third round of April's draft. Hankerson wasn't playing in the games, but he was practicing like it.

"Hank was on the scout team busting my butt more than the game," Hall said. "I think we've been petitioning for him to get out there and get his opportunity.""