How quickly and thoroughly the NFL lists go through each year, everyone seems to have a season that has changed, doesn’t it? While this may be true, some players are more scrutinized than others for a number of reasons.
We will divide those who are in serious scenarios according to the situation before their critical seasons in 2022 begin.
Former potential prospects are at risk of breakage
Jeff Okudah
Okudah’s previous NFL career has been a nightmare, brutal, exceptionally vile season for newcomers, followed by Achilles’ tear in the opening game of the 2021 season. It’s a 6-foot, 1,205-pound 4.48-speed and 41-inch vertical season. who stuck to the widths like glue in Ohio during his career.
Natural talent is bursting at the seams of Okudah’s Lions uniforms. However, the route was not finished as a newcomer, nor did his awareness reflect the finding of the pitch or football. It’s tough, but it’s a reality – if you don’t produce for the third year in the NFL, you’re pushing your future to good luck with your original team. Also keep in mind that Detroit GM Brad Holmes did not draft Okudah and all NFL GMs want – rightly so – their guys more than anything else. If Okudah does not perform like the former No. 3 or, pagan, even as an oncoming midfielder, Okudah will drift to Bust Island and may find himself in the trading block next off-season.
Jalen Reagor
Reagor already feels like a bust, doesn’t he? The former TCU star is always compared to Justin Jefferson, because he was elected in Minnesota just before the superstar was announced and the careers of the two NFLs have been the exact opposite so far. After assembling off-season GM Howie Roseman, there’s a buzz about the Eagles, and I don’t know how much Reagor plays in it. He is now behind AJ Brown and Devonta Smith in order to pick up the receiver.
Reagor has never gone 60 yards in any game in the NFL. He is dangerously close to a certified bust.
Veterans on their last legs
AJ Green
Green was such a consistent performer at his best. He was on the track of the Hall of Fame. Green’s low-key went 848 yards with the Cardinals in 2021 after a disappointing 2020, when he didn’t even reach 550 yards with 104 goals.
Now, Arizona has made things more enjoyable for Kyler Murray this season by trading with his former favorite, Oklahoma Marquise Brown. And DeAndre Hopkins returns after a six-game ban. Green, who will turn 34 in July, may finally be in the most suitable tertiary role at the end of his career. I have to say it’s weird not to see Green as an alpha extension for the team, but he’s lost a few steps. I have to wonder if 2022 is Green’s last season.
Don’t Hightower
Hightower deserves a lot of respect. He entered the league in 2012 as a 6: 2, 265-pound off-court defender at the start of a passing NFL renaissance as defenders became smaller and faster, and many of them were in fact just security guards who shifted the box.
Despite the fact that his framework suggested that he should fit terribly into today’s NFL, Hightower flourished because he wasn’t ready to fight old-school failures every Sunday. Hightower was a prototype second-level defender for Bill Belichick, defying odds on the way to three Pro Bowl selections, a second-team All-Pro note in 2016, and three Super Bowl titles.
He left in 2020 due to COVID-19 and was not returning himself last season, often appearing in the reflections, and his flash and defense were not as fabulous as before the pandemic. The now 32-year-old Hightower is in the dark of his career in New England.
Players who dived after playing early and are now in the trial year
Devin Bush
Bush is one of the most athletically capable players in football. Its range in Michigan and a speed of 4.43 pounds between 5 and 11 and 234 led Steelers to trade and place it 10th overall in the 2019 draft. As an energetic newcomer, Bush looked like Pittsburgh’s next elite second-level defender.
But over time, his excellent play near the offensive line and downhill attacked poor coverage, and the ACL that broke in week 6 of 2020 derailed what seemed like a promising start to his professional career. Then in 2021, Bush was not himself. He skipped more repulsions than ever before, was barely in the box, and troubles continued. The Steelers did not exercise their fifth-year option, turning him into an upcoming free agent after the 2022 campaign.
Darius Slayton
In 2019, Slayton was an ultra-fast fifth-round pick with a direct connection to fellow player Daniel Jones, catching 48 assists per 740 yards – 15.4 yards – in his Giants debut season. This year it had 12 receptions 20 or more yards away.
As a sophomore in the NFL, Slayton doubled his reception to get 11 more yards, but only three touchdowns, and last season the former Auburn burner was much less productive, taking just 28 catches of 339 yards with two points. He became a forgotten weapon in New York’s insult. Slayton is 6-1 and the speed is 4.39. In a now more complete list with a better offensive line, the Slayton season may be more similar to the 2022 newcomer season. Of course, much of his potential influence depends on his quarterback.
Fifth year option players who can make a huge extension next year or play for another team
Tremaine Edmunds
If you ask Buffalo how fans feel about Edmunds, you’ll probably get a variety of answers. For some, he’s responsible for running and covering, whose first-round drafty status is more of a reason he’s an established novice than a quality game. For others, he’s in the middle of a Buffalo football net defense, a 6-4, 250-pound strict defender who has his flaws, but who does so much for the best defense that goes unnoticed on the stats. For me, the truth is somewhere between these lines of thought, but his mix of size and athleticism undoubtedly makes him a unique advantage for Sean McDermott and Defense Coordinator Leslie Frazier.
Edmunds, still only 24, will start his fifth season in Buffalo in one of the clearest seasons in the NFL. He is playing with his fifth-year option, and Bills will have to make a critical decision after the 2022 campaign – to sign Edmunds with a monster extension or let him go to a vacant agency.
And it’s easy – when Edmunds thrives in Bills’ incredibly inspired season, he gets a new shiny deal. If he doesn’t, Bills will probably divert the money and look for a new central defender.
Baker Mayfield
Mayfield’s career curve shows how fast the NFL is evolving. After a newcomer season in 2018, Mayfield felt the next big thing as a quarterback. He received a multi-year progressive insurance advertising space that still seemed inconvenient in 2021 because by that time he had fallen out of love in a strange situation in Cleveland.
Mayfield’s best-in-class hand talent and lack of improvisational skills keep him on the field. However, his accuracy is excellent and he can tear the ball through narrow windows. Theoretically, if he finds himself in a better scenario than the environments in Cleveland run by Hue Jackson and Freddie Kitchens, Mayfield could once again become the best player in the league, as in 2020. Is the situation good for Mayfield? at the current off-season?
Bradley Chubb
Chubb was selected as a famous pair with Von Miller in Denver in 2018, and early in his career he looked like the Broncos’ next giant outside feeder to take over Miller’s long-term responsibilities as evidenced by his 12 bags. as a newcomer.
The former general selection No. 5 has since collected 8.5 bags and injuries have severely hampered its development. Now he can rush in the defense of veteran Randy Gregory, which distracts him from the game plan. But in the second round in April, the Broncos chose the highly productive rusher Nik Bonitto to add depth to a vital position, but perhaps also to push Chubb back to his formative year. When Chubb finishes the two-seater bag season in 2022, Broncos will have a hard time letting him walk. If he can’t revive the magic of 2018 in 100% health now, Chubb will probably be on another team next season.
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