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NFL's most underappreciated players: Cowboys' Brandin Cooks, Eagles' Reed Blankenship among NFC picks
Published: May 31, 2024
Tom Blair Original Content Editor, Special Projects
As we head into the summer, it's a time for optimism across the NFL landscape -- not just in terms of team outlooks, but also more granularly at the individual level. That said, player puffery is NOT an evenly distributed currency. Certain guys just don't get the love they deserve.
Well, Tom Blair and Gennaro Filice are here to change that, spotlighting one underappreciated player on each of the 32 rosters. Check out Tom's selections for every NFC team below.
Dallas Cowboys
Brandin Cooks
WR · Age: 30
Cooks has definitely been appreciated by NFL teams, who have paid him plenty and traded for him several times since he was drafted in 2014. But he's never made the Pro Bowl or first-team All-Pro, and in four of his six 1,000-yard seasons, his team had a losing record, meaning he's spent a good portion of his career on the fringes of the competitive landscape. So even before 2023, he probably could have qualified for a "lifetime underappreciation award." Now -- as even he would admit -- he is no longer the top pass-catching option on the field. That said, he's kept his per-catch mark above 12 yards over the past two seasons, and he says he's "ready to rock" after picking things up in the second half last season. The volume might not be there, but he's a consummate pro who can still play an important role for Dallas.
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Published: May 31, 2024
Tom Blair Original Content Editor, Special Projects
As we head into the summer, it's a time for optimism across the NFL landscape -- not just in terms of team outlooks, but also more granularly at the individual level. That said, player puffery is NOT an evenly distributed currency. Certain guys just don't get the love they deserve.
Well, Tom Blair and Gennaro Filice are here to change that, spotlighting one underappreciated player on each of the 32 rosters. Check out Tom's selections for every NFC team below.
Dallas Cowboys
Brandin Cooks
WR · Age: 30
Cooks has definitely been appreciated by NFL teams, who have paid him plenty and traded for him several times since he was drafted in 2014. But he's never made the Pro Bowl or first-team All-Pro, and in four of his six 1,000-yard seasons, his team had a losing record, meaning he's spent a good portion of his career on the fringes of the competitive landscape. So even before 2023, he probably could have qualified for a "lifetime underappreciation award." Now -- as even he would admit -- he is no longer the top pass-catching option on the field. That said, he's kept his per-catch mark above 12 yards over the past two seasons, and he says he's "ready to rock" after picking things up in the second half last season. The volume might not be there, but he's a consummate pro who can still play an important role for Dallas.
https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-s-most...c-picks?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
