Three-percent of NFL players voted Bears quarterback Jay Cutler the most overrated player in the NFL, making him No. 9 on Sports Illustrated’s list. And that was before he threw four second-half interceptions in a loss to the Washington Redskins on Sunday.
NFL players seem to be worse at this list thing than reporters, confusing fame with acclaim, or being a jerk with not being good. Terrell Owens was No. 1 by a 2-to-1 margin over Tony Romo (14 percent to 7 percent), but Owens is the second all-time leading receiver in the NFL with more than 15,000 yards and third in touchdowns and, even at age 36, ranks 6th in receiving this year. The guy is a pain in the rear, but at age 36, he might even be underrated. Remembere, there weren’t a lot of teams eager to sign him last winter.
As for players such as Mark Sanchez (No. 3) and Reggie Bush (No. 8), usually when they get press, it’s about how they aren’t as good as they were supposed to be. And as for Cutler, Chicago radio is full of lamenting that he is not even as good as Kyle Orton, the guy that was packaged with two No. 1 draft picks to Denver in order to get Cutler.
(By the way, I don’t want to know whether Jay Cutler is overrated or underrated. I want to know why he can’t get a helmet that doesn’t make him look like a 6-year-old trying on his daddy’s helmet.)
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It would be interesting to see Cutler playing behind a decent offensive line.
He did and with a couple of receivers that knew how to run routes as well…and he went to the Pro Bowl.
I love the SI polls. The sampling size was 239, so 3% of that is 7. 7 people voted him overrated? Wouldn’t it be funny if they were Hanie,Collins,Orton,Hester,Aromashadu,Knox, & Olson. Bennett wouldn’t vote for Jay, he loves Jay.
I’m sure Phillip Rivers was in there. Those two have got a fued over someting going on, or just plain don’t like each other.
That’s a great point about sample size, David. And about receivers Steve, I agree again. I was writing before the season began that the receivers were an even bigger worry than the offensive line.