Ravens rookie cornerback Marlon Humphrey had played just a few dozen snaps in his NFL career when he replaced Jimmy Smith for a series early in the second quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 4.
Humphrey immediately found himself staring across the line of scrimmage at All-Pro receiver Antonio Brown. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger noticed the matchup, too, and tested the rookie right away by lofting a deep ball down the left sideline intended for Brown. But Humphrey ran stride for stride with Brown, and the pass fell incomplete.
If that was Humphrey's welcome-to-the-NFL test from Roethlisberger, he passed with flying colors, and he has continued to do so in what has been an impressive first season.
