Most overrated players in the NFL
 

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So I came across this tweet and while I know PFF is garbage...it got me thinking about this topic and about George Kittle. What in the **** do people see that makes them hold him in such high regard???

He's played 7 season...broke 1k 3 times with 2 of those seasons barely being over 1,000...one season over 10 TDs, 4 of those seasons with 5 or less TDs and 2 were 6 TD seasons.

Not to mention he's been a complete non factor in both Super Bowls he's been in.

He's not even in the same galaxy as Kelce...I really wish someone would tell me what I'm missing here. He has a bombastic personality and is a goofball and talks a lot? Wow ok.

Who would you all say is massively overrated in the league by fans, media, etc.?

It's because somewhere a long the line we got a section of people who think a TE that can block and be a good receiver has more value than an elite receiving TE that isn't asked to block all that much.

It's usually older people who are married to what the TE was in 1984 and don't understand evolution of the game.

George Kittle LOL **** YOU

Lamarr Jackson is the most over rated player in the NFL.

Most QBs not named Mahomes.

Jalen Ramsay.

I just don't see it. Dude gets burned all the time. He certainly doesn't deserve all the accolades he's gotten.

Kittle is definitely one of the most overrated players in all of football. I would take 3 or 4 TEs over him without flinching. I can't remember a single play he's ever made in a game I watched that wowed me.

Comparing him to Kelce at this point is laughable. PFF picking him over Trav as the best in football does nothing but prove they're utterly clueless.

Yeah I like Kittle and think he’s a great player, but not sure how he is ranked higher than Kelce who is still playing at a high level and could go down as the GOAT TE.

It's because they put all this value on his blocking. A good blocking TE isn't going to change the game.

I agree with everything you said...I thought that tweet was a good jumping off point for this topic and let me get the Kittle truth off my chest lol.

Exactly, it's just so silly at this point to even try and claim that Kittle's blocking somehow makes him more valuable than Kelce. There isn't a TE in football history who has the impact on every single game and every single snap that Trav has. I know PFF is going by nothing but their grades and that's not something they can put into numbers, but they should just nut up and admit their little system can't measure a player like Kelce's value to his team and just put him at #1 where he belongs.

It's just a conversation starter...get's fans like you to create threads and talk about their content.

I just bid a project that would've leveraged AI to review all relevant online material for NCAA men's and women's basketball, scrub the commentary from the internet, mark it for sentiment scores and provide a daily report summarizing the metrics from yesterday's content.

This is an example of how these orgs determine the value of the content they put out and identify trends that would earn more engagement.

You mean to tell me we're all just pawns in a giant media industrial complex?

How dare you, sir??? LMAO

That's wild lol...like I totally understand this is the world we live in now but to see it laid out in front of you is still crazy.

"OK, OK -- NEXT TIME I will be back here with a vengeance. Promise!"

I think the bear is over rated. Ill take it over the men.

Dak Prescott

That's funny. I had a 49ers fan trying to argue that the most overrated player in the NFL is Patrick Mahomes and that he only has his rings because of ref help. I will have to tell him that the most overrated player in the NFL is a 49er. Although, I don't agree. The most overrated is Lamar Jackson by a mile.

Meh. Looks like the typical offseason clickbait.

Kittle is a top-2 or -3 TE. I mean, you just have to watch his tape, and then ask yourself, "what other TEs could do what he does?" It's going to be a very short list. As for his production in the SB, it was pretty obvious that he was required to stay in and block a lot; that's more about Shanahan and his system than it is about Kittle.



As for who is the most overrated player, there's a lot of them. A lot of QBs, like Kyler, Jalen, Dak, Tua, the list goes on.

I'd probably go with either Kyler or Dak.

The most overrated player in the NFL is any player people rate who does not play for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Josh Allen, no question

Lamar Jackson has 2 MVPs, I can't really call him overrated at that point, he's been a playoff choker but that isn't the same.

Trevor Lawrence.

Him having 2 league MVPs is exactly why he is overrated. Good player but not the standout player in either year he won and the bigger the moment the smaller he plays.

Too easy to just pick apart the flaws in almost every QB in the league not called Patrick Mahomes so I will throw Calvin Ridley into the mix.

I think Mark Andrews is good but maybe the form of Likely while he was out injured showed any mobile Tight End could thrive and put up good numbers in the Ravens offensive system as that is where Lamar Jackson is most comfortable throwing the ball.

Lindstrom over Thuney? Please.

Joe Burrow.

Injury prone. Never thrown 40 TDs in a season. Career high of 4600 yards.

Always had amazing weapons.

Has 1 great postseason win, thanks to his defense. He wasn’t even all that great against a defense that Josh Allen destroyed.

Well yea he's a player on the decline living off his name.

FYP

Idk how anyone can support any answer here besides Lamar Jackson. He’s the most overrated player by a long shot to me.

He’s not a top 5 QB and was only ever worthy of being one in 2019.

It’s annoying seeing this guy get called the best QB in the league by some analysts when he’s only thrown 30 or more TD’s once, has never thrown for 4K yards and falls apart every time in the playoffs.

The entire San Diego LA Chargers team.

No way Lamar Jackson is more overrated than Dak Prescott. Both are chokers in the playoffs but one has been so good in 2 separate years that he won 2 MVPs (which should just be called the best QB in the regular season award). People just dislike him because he is a running QB.

"But you're not accounting for his running ability. He's an elite runner, so he must be an elite QB."

Tight end? ROFL

I was just going to say, oh boy, Virus will be here any minute now.

What will have the most impact and engagement.

You know, exactly what people expect from journalists...

He’s not even the best TE in his conference. Sam LaPorta is incredible and is coming fast for Kelce as the TE top dawg.

That Carton guy said last week that Dak was statistically as good as Pat over the last 2-3 years. That if Dak had been luckier in the playoffs he'd be considered as good as Mahomes or some such BS.

I agree with this fully. Lamar is a game changer and requires a specific game plan to stop. Dak is a guy.

What drives me nuts about the Kittle shit is when morons get going about the blocking, they completely ignore what Kelce is as a blocker himself.

Kelce is fantastic as a blocker (whenever that occurs). He's not going to pancake anybody, but he's effective and gets the job done when he needs to. These Kittle nuthuggers seem to think he's a total finesse player who shouldn't even be classified as a TE. Just because a majority of his blocks occur as extensions of a route they seem to think that's a huge red mark against him. Okay, you want your TE smashing into dudes directly off the snap? Get a 6th OL. They're even better at that job than ****ing Kittle!

I would say Creed Humphrey is up there. Maybe it isn't his fault and it's the scheme but we are God awful on short yardage and can never plow forward.

Skip's new show without Shannon tanked in ratings this past year. FS1 needs a new village idiot to make people mad.

Well it certainly hasn't won them any Super Bowls in recent history.

PFF is such a garbage clickbait site.

I wonder what their numbers would look like if Kittle was drafted by the Chiefs instead of the Niners and if Kelce was drafted by the Niners?

(Barkeep.....another beer please)

This 100% . I was coming to say him. The dude has lived off his first couple of seasons and is nowhere close to being as good as people.wanna act like he is.

I suppose the general sentiment thinks Kittle's blocking is more crucial to the Niners offense than Kelce's blocking with the Chiefs.

The regular season stats really weren't that different to be honest.

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BUT..... there's a reason they didn't include postseason stats or playoff wins or superbowls... Mahomes is 10 times the QB Dak could ever be when it matters.

I never said this.

Dude was referring to his passing statistics in his rookie year after admitting he was drafted #32 overall as a project, conveniently leaving out his roughly 100 rushing yards and .8 TDs per game.

You beat me to it.

Statistically speaking, Dak was far better than Mahomes in 2021 and 2023 while Mahomes was far better in 2022.

Personally I wouldn’t broach the postseason subject because Dak has had plenty of chances to deliver but it’s not that weird a thing to say.

MVP is a popularity contest. Nice consolation prize for sure but largely insignificant compared to Championships.



Without looking, tell me who won League MVP in 2014, 2004, and 1994.. I know I can't. But I sure as shit remember who won the Super Bowl those years and who was QB.

Now imagine you work at a big Corp company, and you decide to post something about them online. Trust me that your HR dept knows about it the next day and has a pretty good idea about who posted it. They can also scrub anything you've ever posted publicly online. Creepy!

BuT KiTtLe Is A GoOd BlOcKeR!

Ball at your own 25 down 3 with 13 seconds left. Do you want the amazeballs blocker?

Or do you want the TE with a QB's mind who knows exactly how to adjust his route on the play based on his QB simply shouting, "Do it, Kels!"

Yeah. Get ****ed, George.

2014 I’m going to say Rodgers. IIRC, that was the year a lot of people felt JJ Watt got snubbed. He had like 20+ sacks and even added 4 or 5 receiving TDs.

2004 had to be Peyton Manning. I know from memory that was the year he went off for like 49 TDs and 10 INTs. Statistically speaking may still be the most efficient QB season of all time.

1994 I will guess Steve Young. He was a dawg that year.

For SB winners, I’m pretty sure it would be Pats with Brady, Pats with Brady and 49ers with Young.

Last season, Prescott had more total yards last year, more touchdowns, only a couple more picks, a better completion percentage.

He also accounts for more yards per game than Jackson over the course of his career, and more touchdowns per game, and roughly the same turnovers per game (.94 for Jackson, 1 for Prescott).

And I'm obviously not saying Prescott is good, but in the "most overrated" discussion, he's not the one winning MVPs.

I'm pretty sure Carton had that graphic up when he said Dak=Mahomes.



Which is exactly why stats can't be the only set of parameters when judging players. It's pretty much exactly like the idjits that point at Frank Gore's stats (total yards/yds per carry) and somehow decide that Frank=Barry Sanders. I mean, come the hell on. That's just stupid.


Dak put up some decent stats. But no one can watch the tape and say that Dak=Mahomes in any way.

Joe Burrow. Hasn’t remotely earned his moniker and throws more jump balls than Deshaun Watson.

The analysts are told to talk Lamar up.

Most overrated players in the NFL
 

Anyone that has spent any amount of time watching the Cowboys knows that he gets a TON of stats when his team is getting blown out.

Also, does anyone really overrate him? I don’t see people saying he is a top 5 QB or anything. Seems like most people usually put him right in that 10-15 range which is pretty accurate.

PFN and NFL.com both had Dak ranked 6th before last season started. MSN Sports had Dak ranked 2nd in Jan. right before the start of the playoffs. Mahomes was ranked 7th in that one.


And I have no doubt that certain football media types will declare that Dak is a top-5 QB before the start of the first preseason game, lol.

We'll see what he does this year but I feel like Justin Herbert should be mentioned

Odell Beckham. He's not a bad player by any means but ever since he made that one handed catch that got him the Madden cover he has always been talked about as if he's the modern day Randy Moss. Dude hasn't been anything but a complimentary role player since leaving the Giants yet he he still gets headlines every off-season.

Good point. Do you know who also threw alot of jump balls? Wilson in Seattle. It sure looks pretty but throwing the deep lob ball is such an overrated skill.

Lost alot of respect for Jackson this year. Didn't show up for OTAs despite fighting for that contract. Says he wants to be the best and compete with Mahomes but actions mean more than words.

It's one thing for a positional player to not show up, it's a whole another thing for the star QB not to.

Mahomes’ playoff floor is better than Dak’s playoff ceiling.

Lamar Jackson is easily the most overrated player in the league considering what he turns into in the playoffs.

Burrow follows shortly after considering where some tried to place him on the QB list a year or two ago.

I don't think anybody actually thinks Dak is that good.

He was getting a lot of attention up until the 2022 regular season. After underwhelming the last two seasons, it seems he’s fallen out of the public’s favor.

For now he’s all potential.

I think he’s really good but nowhere near elite.

Talking heads have a bizarre infatuation with Lamar, but I don’t think that many real people are enamored with him anymore. I see “not bad for a running back” jokes all over the internet.

I went Burrow, because people act like he owns Mahomes in some meaningful way. I don’t see anyone criticizing Burrow and his slightly above average numbers despite an insane amount of talent around him.

Sounds to me like Kittle is very underpaid.

Come on San Fran, new contract time!!!

Lamar and it’s not even close. People have gone as far as saying he’s revolutionizing the QB position, even though he’s a carbon copy of Michael Vick. He has an army of pundits on ESPN and NFL network that will meet any legitimate criticisms of him with ridiculous accusations of racism.

Dak also plays in the dogshit NFC, while Mahomes is playing against a #1 schedule every year.

I don’t get how Dak is overrated. At least here in Dallas he’s not very well thought of. His stats last year were greatly due to playing a Charmin soft schedule. Those stats are greatly padded in blowout wins against the Giants. At one point I think the Cowgirls played games against the Giants, Carolina and the Jets.

Joe Burrow has been MASSIVELY overrated due to one game where he did essentially nothing and let Patrick Mahomes puke all over himself.

Thanks to that meltdown, Burrow is now seen as the Chiefs kryptonite.

He will never scare me as much as Allen. Allen is the only guy in the league who can go blow to blow with Mahomes when Pat is playing his A game.

Burrow needs Mahomes to play sub par to beat him.

Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes have lost 22 games each as starters.

Burrow has started 52 games. Mahomes has started 96.

Burrow is a winner though.

Close to double the losing percentage as Patrick Mahomes? God, that’s so cool! He’s such a cool player! Very cool!!! Coolest player in the NFL!

He never flinches. Even when taking his 7th sack of the game.

Joe Cool.

There's not enough real stand out stars but a bunch of drugs you should ask your doctor to prescribe. The American economy is a drug pusher with singing and choreographed moves. Lamar is a placebo that dances. Now with weight loss!

Wut

Oh man. Justin Herbert. Yeah, I should have thought of him RIGHT AWAY.

At least that's finally cooled off some but yeah, way way overrated.