NFL's most underappreciated players: One for each AFC team – NFL.com


I’ve written about Hayward being underrated before. Still, I feel like the two-time Pro Bowler rarely gets mentioned among the game’s top corners, so I will keep doing my part until that problem is solved. Hayward continues to produce, year after year. As PFF astutely pointed out, he surrendered more than 50 receiving yards in a game just once last season. My models add even more context to this: All of the injuries in L.A.’s secondary last season ramped up the pressure on Hayward, and yet he still produced at a rate that ranks no less than fourth in the league among CBs in coverage and on rushing downs. This season, add in Chris Harris Jr., as well as a cleaner bill of health from others, and … look out, opposing passers!

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