OT - Who would you vote for Most Overrated Player?

Submitted by canzior on

Slow day..but curious. Who do you think is the most overrated player in a sport? Maybe not the entire sport, perhaps by position?

Also/Or...most overrated/dissappointing player coming into or going out of Michigan in any sport?

Maybe overrated isn't the right word, but I had high expectations for for D. Terrell and Edwards heading into the NFL.

 

For transparency, this was inspired my opinion that Brett Favre is the most overrated player in NFL history. 

In reply to by Tom Snow

canzior

May 2nd, 2018 at 3:19 PM ^

but not great. 1 Super Bowl victory in 20 years that our Desmond Howard won for him. Most Interceptions of all time. His passer rating in his last 12(!) post seasons was 77, and he threw 18 interecptions in his last 10 playoff games, in which he was 3-7.

He had 6 seasons with more than 20 intereceptions. 

1 season with single digit intereceptions.

Not saying he is Rodney Peete lol, but he doesn't belong in the conversation with Brady or Montana.

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Kevin13

May 2nd, 2018 at 4:50 PM ^

I would say Terry Bradshaw. Yes he did win 4 superbowls, but he played on a team that was loaded on both sides of the ball. Pretty much any QB in the league could've lead those teams to championships. 

KennyHiggins

May 2nd, 2018 at 3:02 PM ^

.250 batting averages. Does like to flip his hair around. Thinks he should be far and away highest player in baseball. Good luck with that

cm2010

May 2nd, 2018 at 3:11 PM ^

Picking a dude's BA on May 2nd is not at all representative of his overall quality. The crowd that hates Harper and is eager to call him overrated is so large that he's probably underrated by the general public.

swalburn

May 2nd, 2018 at 3:03 PM ^

I always thought Carmelo Anthony was overrated.  He won a title in college but never seemed to do anything to make other players better.  

CLion

May 2nd, 2018 at 3:30 PM ^

Some players are always just so fun to watch like Iverson, so I see why he gets the hype. It feels like Melo has just always been overated and not terribly exciting to watch.

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UMinSF

May 2nd, 2018 at 4:30 PM ^

He doesn't measure up too well using today's advanced metrics, but wow, he was amazing to watch.

There's no doubt in my mind he's the fastest basketball player I've ever seen, especially when he was at Georgetown. He would have been an amazing college QB if the bowling alley incident hadn't happened.

He was like a faster, smaller Westbrook. Super fun to watch, not ideal to play with or win NBA titles.

WorldwideTJRob

May 2nd, 2018 at 5:55 PM ^

You have to take into consideration Iverson was listed at 6’1” but was in reality probably a few inches shorter than that. Not too surprising that he only shot 42% for his career at his size. Iverson was great in his prime and drug a bunch of scrubs to the finals in 2001.

Michigan4Life

May 2nd, 2018 at 9:52 PM ^

carried a bad Sixers team to the NBA finals. If you look at the players, they had zero business being there. That's a testament to AI's ability to carry this team to the NBA Finals. He's a great individual talent but as a team player? Not so much

Jmer

May 3rd, 2018 at 10:54 AM ^

The East was extremely weak in 2001. Milwaukee was the 2 seed that year. Think about that. It is possible that all 8 teams in the west were better than any team in the east being that the 8 seed in the West was a Kevin Garnett lead Minnesota team. 

MGoStretch

May 2nd, 2018 at 3:27 PM ^

and raise you Mateen Cleaves.  He won a title in college but he was undersized, couldn't shoot, and not a high end athlete.  Yet somehow the dude managed to parlay his "leadership" into a first round draft pick. At least he seems to have his post-NBA act together...

MGoStretch

May 2nd, 2018 at 10:45 PM ^

My bad that I wasn't more overtly facetious about his post-NBA life.  HIs pre-trial hearing is coming up at the end of the month, as a matter of fact (after the initial trial was overturned). It turns out the state supreme court wasn't interested in his appeal, so the second trial is moving forward.

maizenblue92

May 2nd, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^

I'm a young person, but I've always thought Joe Namath was overrated, he is a HoF QB and seen as a larger-than-life, transcendent player, but he was a 50% passer with 47 more interceptions than touchdowns. One game a career does not make.

DoubleB

May 3rd, 2018 at 3:35 AM ^

was overrated, but the game was just so different prior to the 1978 rule changes that liberalized pass interference and more importantly, changed pass blocking rules (i.e. allowed blocking with your hands).

None of those guys from that pre-1978 era have stats that would stand up today.

InterlopingYooper

May 2nd, 2018 at 3:09 PM ^

get hit so hard in a game against the Steelers that he ran over to the sideline and threw up before promptly returning to the field and throwing a touchdown pass to Antonio Freeman on the next play. His 297 consecutive games played streak will never be eclipsed in my book because it happened in the days when they played full-contact, tackle football. I hate the Packers with a passion, but I can't deny his greatness.