What makes a great player great? Is it easy to tell? Do you just ‘know it when you see it’? Is there even one universal way to be able to judge great play? How else do you explain multiple experts coming away with different opinions on different players? Talent evaluators from all around the league frequently disagree with one another on so-and-so player.
Now, what about a player like Minkah Fitzpatrick? He was a first-team All-Pro for two years running. Last year, he didn’t even make it into the Pro Bowl. What does that mean for him—even accepting that it’s generally been held that he had a ‘down’ season in 2021?