Pete Prisco of CBS Sports revealed his picks for the most overrated and the most underrated player on each team in the National Football League. He went with the Detroit Lions Ndamukong Suh as the most overrated player in the entire NFL and he went with 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald as the most underrated player.
For the Chicago Bears he had a player repeat from his 2011 overrated list and his most underrated Bear is a player that many Bears fans are expecting big things from in 2012.
It shouldn't be a surprise, but Devin Hester repeated as his most overrated player on the Bears. Here's what he had to say;
Yes, he's a nice return man. Not what he once was, but good. As a receiver, he isn't much. Yet you'd think he was a star.
I understand why those in the media paint Hester as overrated, but I think it's more relevant to listen to his peers. For everything that Hester isn't, his peers consider him to be one of the most dynamic players in th...
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