The Top Five Underrated Football Players of All Time

5.) Jake Plummer
-A QB drafted by Arizona in 1997, he led the mediocre Cardinals team to it's first postseason win since 1947. Years later in Denver, Plummer played well enough to take the Denver Broncos to playoffs in three seasons, one time coming within a game of the Super Bowl. Many quarterbacks do that, obviously, but that's something that even Peyton Manning hasn't done at Mile High. Oh wait, it's an NFL rule not to point out when a Manning loses.


4.) Roger Craig
-Though Craig is now a Hall of Fame nominee, this nomination is long overdue. Playing in San Francisco, he was overshadowed by the likes of Montana, Rice, and Dwight Clark, but Roger Craig was the first halfback in the NFL to ever record both 1,000 passing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in the same seasons. Coach Walsh would commonly call for plays to pass the ball to Craig in the flats instead of making him run through the trenches. They called Walsh the "Genius" for a reason; he drafted Roger Craig!


3.) Randall Cunningham
-Cunningham could easily make this list at #2 if the Vikings' former kicker Gary Anderson made the last second field goal to propel Minnesota past Atlanta. Randall Cunningham is arguably the best triple-threat QB ever, having recorded a 91-yard punt during his career. As an Eagle, he would evade tacklers then have the skill to be able to run or throw the ball. He was unstoppable, plain and simple. Like Mike in an Eagles uniform? You'd love Randall.


2.) Kurt Warner
- Going undrafted in 1994 and then bagging groceries for a living for years after that, Warner got a shot as a backup in 1998 with the Rams of St. Louis. A year later starter Trent Green went down with a knee injury during preseason so Warner stepped up only to lead the priorly inept team to a Super Bowl XXXIV win over Tennessee. Not enough to make the list? Kurtis Eugene Warner once started over Eli Manning, and every year #13 played in all 16 regular season games his team went to the Super Bowl.


1.) Norman "Wildman" Willey
- Wildman Willey, in 1952 for Philadelphia, was said to have recorded what would have been a record 17 sacks in a single game. Because of the date of the game, there is no proof on film, and the official statistic keeper said Willey only had sacked the opposing QB eight times, which if sacks were counted then, it would still be a record. On the subject, Wildman Willey could not understand the logic of the stat-keeper saying the opposing QB had thrown away the ball, stating that he still had it in his possession as he tackled him. This man defines #beastmode.


-Isaiah Addair