Fourteen Years Later, Jankowski Is Finally Getting His Due

Mark Jankowski has spent a long time in the league's gray area, where former draft pedigree and actual production do not always line up neatly. Now the story is shifting, and the people who only remembered the draft slot are having a harder time ignoring the results. Players like Jankowski tend to earn respect the old-fashioned way, by surviving enough roster churn to become the guy coaches trust in the spots nobody else wants.