NFL Player Rankings: Most Liked, Least Liked & Most Overrated

The media just can’t stop picking on the New York Jets this year.

Nielsen and E-Poll Market Research polled fans to find out which NFL players they thought were the “most appealing” and “least appealing” in 2012. Here are the results:

Most liked:

1 Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh Steelers, 63% approval
2 Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints, 62%
3 Charles Woodson, Green Bay Packers, 62%
4 Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos, 59%
5 Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers, 58%
6 Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots, 58%
7 Robert Griffin III, Washington Redskins, 57%
8 Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears, 57%
9 Donald Driver, Green Bay Packers, 57%
10 Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions, 56%

Least liked:

1 Ndamukong Suh, Detroit Lions, 81% dislike
2 Jay Cutler, Chicago Bears, 79% dislike
3 Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles, 77% dislike
4 Randy Moss, San Francisco 49ers, 76% dislike
5 Matt Leinart, Oakland Raiders, 74% dislike
6 Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys, 73% dislike
7 Kyle Orton, Dallas Cowboys, 73% dislike
8 Santonio Holmes, New York Jets, 72% dislike
9 Mark Sanchez, New York Jets, 69% dislike
10 Brady Quinn, Kansas City Chiefs, 69% dislike

Now this one really hurts. Sports Illustrated polled NFL players and asked who among their ranks were the most overrated.

Most Overrated:

1 Tim Tebow, New York Jets
2 Mark Sanchez, New York Jets
3 Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys
4 Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles
5 Ray Lewis, Baltimore Ravens
6 Reggie Bush, Miami Dolphins
7 Nnamdi Asomugha, Philadelphia Eagles
8 Michael Crabtree, San Francisco 49ers
9 Tom Brady, New England Patriots
10 Ndamukong Suh, Detroit Lions
11 BJ Raji, Green Bay Pakers
12 Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears
13 Philip Rivers, San Diego Chargers
14 Dwayne Bowe, Kansas City Chiefs
15 Eli Manning, New York Giants
16 Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers
17 Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh Steelers
18 Darnell Dockett, Phoenix Cardinals
19 DeAngelo Hall, Washington Redskins
20 Roddy White, Atlanta Falcons