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Each NFL team’s most overrated player

By Matt Conner

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – DECEMBER 29: Mitchell Trubisky #10 of the Chicago Bears looks to pass the ball against the Minnesota Vikings during the game at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Bears defeated the Vikings 21-19. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – DECEMBER 29: Mitchell Trubisky #10 of the Chicago Bears looks to pass the ball against the Minnesota Vikings during the game at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Bears defeated the Vikings 21-19. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

Chicago Bears

Mitchell Trubisky – The Chicago Bears didn’t just select Trubisky before Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson. They traded up from No. 3 to No. 2 to do so, putting an exclamation point on a laughable pick.

Trubisky might put it all together soon enough, but the Chiefs and Texans have enjoyed immediate returns on their own quarterback selections in that same draft, while Chicago miserably waits.

Cincinnati Bengals

John Ross – Few players entered the NFL with as much buzz as John Ross in 2017, the very draft that the Bengals selected him at No. 9 overall. The idea was to pair him with A.J. Green in an exciting offense stretching farther vertically than ever before.

Instead, the Bengals added another injury-riddled player who has yet to put it all together at the pro level. Ross did set career highs in yard (506) and yards/reception (18.1), which bodes well for his future. Until then…

Cleveland Browns

Jarvis Landry – Yes, Jarvis Landry has averaged 1,086 receiving yards in each of the last five seasons, a span in which he was elected to five straight Pro Bowls. That said, no other receiver has been force fed the number of targets that Landry has in that span of time.

It’s unexplainable why quarterbacks give him so many opportunities, but plenty of other wideouts would have similar or even better stats if given the opportunity. With only 11 yards/catch in his career and a catch rate of 57 percent in 2018-19, the popularity doesn’t make sense.

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