5 most underrated NFL players in 2022

NFL fans and pundits alike spend hours debating which players are the best at specific positions. Players like Davante Adams, Cooper Kupp and Tyreek Hill, for example, are always in the mix when discussing who is the best wide receiver in the NFL.

However, there are plenty of players who get little to no recognition from fans and the media. Perhaps this is because they play for a less-glamorous franchise, where the teams' poor performances overshadows their output.

Here are five of the NFL’s most underrated players going into the 2022 season.

#5 – D.J. Reader, Cincinnati Bengals

Defensive tackle D.J. Reader doesn’t put up the eye-watering stats of some of the other elite players in his position. But he is amongst the best in his position in the NFL. Playing for the Cincinnati Bengals, Reader is a fantastic disrupter and excels in stopping the run and being a menace in the trenches.

It can be argued that the Bengals’ would have struggled in 2021 without Reader. He allowed Trey Hendrickson to have plenty of success on the edge as Reader kept the middle busy.

#4 – D.J. Moore, Carolina Panthers

D.J. Moore of the Carolina Panthers has become one of the most consistent wide receivers in football over recent years. Moore, however, is often overlooked by NFL fans. Mainly because he’s played on underperforming teams with questionable quarterbacks throwing him the football.

Since 2019, he’s achieved three successive seasons of 1,000 yards receiving, despite having the likes of Kyle Allen and Sam Darnold at quarterback. The Panthers have won five games in each of those seasons, and one wonders how Moore would do on a winning team with an elite quarterback.

D.J. Moore: 45 broken tackles since 2018 (Most among WRs)

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