Earlier today, Seth Walder of ESPN released a poll about the most analytically advanced organizations in the NFL that also included questions about the use of analytics among teams and players that analytic staffers find overrated or underrated. The survey did not favor the Pittsburgh Steelers, as Pittsburgh got a vote for being one of the least analytically advanced teams, while outside linebacker T.J. Watt and safety Minkah Fitzpatrick each got a vote for being the most overrated player, based on staffers “quantitatively informed opinion.”
While there was no reasoning given for the Steelers’ inclusion as one of the least analytically inclined teams or for Watt being included on the list of most overrated players, one staffer compared Fitzpatrick to Jamal Adams, hence why he had him on the list.