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Overrated: Brandon Scherff

Underrated: Matt Ioannidis

Best: Maybe Landon Collins?

Worst: We got rid of most of them. Whoever plays LT is probably the answer.

New key: Probably cheating, but Ron Rivera. 

Could surprise: With the switch to the 4-3, a guy like Jon Allen, Shaun Dion, Cole Holcomb, or a rookie could just break out. Also, Dwayne Haskins. 

Prove it year: Ryan Anderson

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5 minutes ago, SmittyBacall said:

Overrated: Trae Waynes - Tough Q considering no one thinks very highly of this team. His pay probably warrants this more than anything. 

Underrated: Carlos Dunlap - Best defensive end no one talks about. Huge year last season.

Best: Joe Mixon - He’s that good. I can’t list AJ Green until he proves he’s still the same receiver post-injury. 

Worst: Bobby Hart - Weak link on OL.

New key: Joe Burrow - Obviously.

Could surprise: Michael Jordan - Struggled as a rookie to start the season but came on late. 

Breakout/Leap: Jessie Bates - Too good of a player kept down by poor supporting cast.

Prove it year: William Jackson III - Playing for a contract this year. Looked like a legit lockdown CB when at his best for short stretches. 

 

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Overrated: Anthony Barr 

Underrated: Anthony Harris

Best: Danielle Hunter

Worst: Pat Elflein

New key: Michael Pierce, Justin Jefferson, Jeff Gladney

Could surprise: Irv Smith

Breakout/Leap: Ifeadi Odenigbo 

Prove it year: Dalvin Cook, Garrett Bradbury, Mike Hughes

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Overrated: Does anyone overrate Titan players? Tannehill I guess if you’re expecting last years play...

Underrated: Jayon Brown - One of the best coverage LBs in football and never hear anything about him from the outside.

Best: Kevin Byard

Worst: Nate Davis

New key: Vic Beasley - This could certainly change with a signing of Clowney but for now I’ll go with Beasley. I’m sure under Vrabel he’ll become more consistent with his play and we’re relying on him and Landry to provide that outside rush.

Could surprise: I’m go with Nate Davis because even though he struggled early last season after missing TC, his play picked up down the stretch. Wouldn’t surprise me if he develops into pretty solid player.

Breakout/Leap: Adoree Jackson - I think he furthers his development and becomes one of better CBs in football.

Prove it year: Corey Davis - Final year of contract, 5th year option wasn’t picked up. It’s all or he’s gone.

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11 minutes ago, SmittyBacall said:

Overrated: Berdnardrick McKinney. People have him as a top 10 ILB, but he's just a compiler who doesn't do much outside of a few tackles 3-4 yards past the LOS.

Underrated: Zach Cunningham. This is the guy you need to watch, he's a do everything ILB who is explosive and a big play waiting to happen.

Best: Larmey Tunsil. It's either him or Watson, but Tunsil brings a lot of smarts and savvy to the OL. 

Worst: Eric Murray. I legit don't get this signing, but it answers this question at least.

New key: Brandin Cooks. He's got some huge shoes to fill, let's see if he can do it. He's very talented, has some great speed...

Could surprise: Will Fuller. Nobody denies how talented he is, everyone wonders if he can stay healthy. If he does...

Breakout/Leap: Kahale Warring. Spent the year on IR, but will have every opportunity to win the starting job. If he does, he'll get a lot of looks underneath.

Prove it year: JJ Watt. He's a living legend and a first ballot HoF guy, but we need to see if he's at the end of the road or not.

 

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25 minutes ago, SmittyBacall said:

Saw this on Twitter. Who are the following starting players on your favourite team?

Overrated:

Underrated:

Best:

Worst:

New key:

Could surprise:

Breakout/Leap:

Prove it year:

Eagles

Overrated: Zach Ertz
Underrated: Brandon Brooks
Best: Fletcher Cox
Worst: Nathan Gerry
New Key: Jalen Reagor
Could Surprise: Avonte Maddox
Breakout: Miles Sanders
Prove it year: Derek Barnett

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31 minutes ago, SmittyBacall said:

Saw this on Twitter. Who are the following starting players on your favourite team?

Overrated: Landon Collins

Underrated: DaRon Payne

Best: Tress Way

Worst: One of the unproven CBs on the roster.

New key: Defensive line depth and talent

Could surprise: Kelvin Harmon

Breakout/Leap: Dwayne Haskins

Prove it year: Derrius Guice

 

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Overrated: Olivier Vernon. He is overpaid and isn't that great at rushing the passer, even when healthy

Underrated: Nick Chubb. He's arguably the best RB in the NFL)

Best: Joel Bitonio. One of the best OG in the league, quietly consistent (Could argue for Nick Chubb, Jarvis Landry, or Myles Garrett too)

Worst: Whoever starts at RG, and our entire LB corps is an absolute JOKE

New key: Wills and Conklin LT/RT. Rookie #10 overall LT. The Browns OT situation was absolutely AWFUL last year, and adding Wills AND Conklin on paper takes that unit from Bottom 5 to Top 1/3 of the NFL in 2 swift moves.

Could surprise: OBJ. He played all of 2019 hurt, missed OTA's/camp, and clearly wasn't on the same page as Baker last year, was raked through the coals nationally, and yet still put up 1,000 yards last year. I think he comes out firing on all cylinders this year.

Breakout/Leap: Denzel Ward/Greedy Williams. Ward was a rookie Pro Bowler that had immense success playing man/press man (just like at OSU), the Browns drafted a man/press man CB in Greedy Williams in the 2nd, and then inexplicably Steve Wilks came in last year and ran almost exclusively soft zone. Both were hurt for portions of the year, but Ward noticeably wasn't the same player, and Greedy wasn't able to do what he was drafted to do. If the new DC commits to running man/press man like he's said, it could be a major breakout year for both in the secondary this year

Prove it year: Baker Mayfield. Crap or get off the pot. It's year 3, they have a revamped OL (Pro bowl LG in Bitonio, one of the better C in the league in Tretter, and with Conklin at RT, Wills at LT, that OL on paper is ROCK SOLID. They have some quality backups and should be able to throw in about anyone at RG to have success), 2 Pro Bowl WR (OBJ and Landry), 2 All Pro RB (Chubb, Hunt), a Pro Bowl free agent TE (Hooper), they picked up Njoku's 5th year option (he's 23, was hurt all year last year), and a new coaching scheme. If he doesn't get it done this year, that's 100% on HIM. No more excuses about coaching, scheme, and surrounding talent on the OL/elsewhere on offense (barring injury of course).

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Overrated: RB Damien Williams. Had a good super bowl game but during the season only had 2 games with over 80 yards rushing and missed a handful of games with injury. I think many chiefs fans are blinded by receny bias with Damien Williams because he had a great game in week 17 against the chargers and a great super bowl game. Otherwise he was not a good RB at all and it hurt our offense quite a bit over the course of the season.

Underrated: SS Tyran Mathieu. No idea how he wasn't a pro bowler or all pro for that matter. Probably just had his spot jacked by one of the 20 ravens players that made the team. Best pound for pound defender in the game and one of the best leaders there is. Immediately reached out to all of our defensive rookies after they were drafted to let them know what he expects of them when they get here. Can't believe the Texans let him go.

Best: QB Patrick Mahomes

Worst: Whoever replaces Dustin Colquitt. Big shoes to fill.

New key: Bashaud Breeland. Losing Kendall Fuller in free agency, Breeland is now our only vet at the CB position. Going to need him to have another good year to keep our secondary from getting roasted week in week out. He's already off to a bad start getting arrested and apparently having a 4 game suspension lined up for a separate drug issue.

Could surprise: CB Reshad Fenton. Our secondary coaches are the best in the league at developing no name guys and Fenton seems to be next in line.

Breakout/Leap: RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire. Seems to be a perfect fit for our offense and could immediately establish himself as a new face in the NFL. Wasn't initially happy with this selection because he's only 5'7 with a 4.60 40 time, but then did some more research and found out CEH was the guy Mahomes wanted, he has huge hands and elite ball securing ability, absolutely nasty agility and lateral cuts, and runs crisp WR routes out of the backfield. In college he was the engine for that LSU offense and always stepped up his game the better the competition got. Really excited to see him play the more I've learned about him. He's a perfect fit for our offense. Having Eric Bienemy as our OC will also help his development.

Prove it year: WR Mecole Hardman. We should get a much clearer picture of Hardman this year. Is he just a sort of gadget deep route WR and return guy or a legit WR.

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Overrated: Matt Judon.

He’s alright, but a lot of his sacks come from QBs holding it 4+ seconds because of our secondary, or our DC scheming up free rushes to the QB...he rarely wins 1 on 1.

Underrated: Ronnie Stanley.

It’s kind of hard to mark a 1st team All-Pro as “underrated”, but just based on how little he’s mentioned when people discuss olinemen, he’s my choice here. A superior player to Tunsil, he seems to get mentioned about half as much in average conversation because he’s quiet and wasn’t a part of a draft night controversy/ridiculous trade.

Best: Marlon Humphrey. (Would be boring to put Lamar Jackson)

Has been the best defensive player on the team for years now and he’s only played 3 - arguably has been our biggest defensive asset since the 2nd half of his rookie season.

Worst: This is tough but I’d say whoever lines up at the RG position this year - DJ Fluker/Ben Powers/Ben Bredeson. Not terrible but just unproven (for us) at best.

New key: Calais Campbell. 

Should provide some much needed reinforcements on the defensive line after a year in which the Ravens gave up a franchise worst 4.4 yards per carry and couldn’t get pressure without exotic blitz packages.

Could surprise: Chuck Clark.

The average Ravens fan already knows how good he is, but this is directed at a national audience. Safety who is far and away the most intelligent player on our defense - was extended last year after his first full year starting; could see him with 4/5 takeaways this year.

Breakout/Leap: Hollywood Brown.

Already looked like the best drafted WR in franchise history and should surpass Torrey Smith in that regard this year. Played with 2 screws in his foot last year, was at about 70% of his normal speed, and still put up 7 TDs and a good number of explosive plays. Most importantly proved that he’s a true WR with hands/football IQ who just happens to be insanely fast - this guy isn’t a track star playing WR.

Prove it year: Tyus Bowser.

Former 2nd round pick in his contract year - Ravens fans always seem to think his breakout year is on the horizon, but it just hasn’t happened. More of a traits guy than a good football player at this point. Did have 5 sacks last year but again, a lot of our pressure was manufactured last year.

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