Stop Overhyping Players Who Haven’t Proven Themselves Yet

 I know this happens every single season; however, it is one of my biggest pet peeves. The hype train leaves the station way too early on way too many players. A rookie who kills it in college gets drafted early, maybe he plays good in a couple of preseason games, and then just like that, the season starts and he does nothing fantasy-wise. The community is way too quick to crown someone the next Tom Brady before he even plays a snap of regular-season football. 

I understand that hype is part of the fun when drafting and just playing fantasy, but people have to understand that there is a difference between potential and production. The only thing that really matters is results. I kind of touched on this in my review post about the counselor; analysts are so quick to hype up players who have never started a game! There are so many things that could go wrong, injuries, playing a real NFL defense, or they just suck. While this hype is happening, veterans are getting forgotten, or someone who had a mediocre season is not talked about when they could be the next best thing; instead, they become boring picks. This might just be me, but I'd rather have a consistent 13-16 points every week over a MAYBE 20+ week here and there from the college star. 

What's worse is that the hype barely annoys me anymore. It's seeing people fall into the trap of drafting guys who haven't proven a thing, just because their favorite personality on ESPN said they like him. A perfect example of this is Travis Hunter. Don't get me wrong, he's a phenomenal athlete, but was he 2nd or 3rd round worthy? people are already talking about dropping him, and it's only the 5th week. 

So here's the deal, stop giving unproven people the crown before the season starts, we should be looking at proven players who maybe had an off year to turn up this season. Or second-year players who had a difficult rookie season. 

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