What the four really have in common is that they're on ESPN all the time, Tebow especially. Are there coaches who are on Stevan Ridley Jersey ESPN constantly? Off the top of my head, I'd say Rex Ryan, Bill Belichick, and Andy Reid, and, Andrew Luck Jersey lo, there they are, first, second, and third in the poll. A coach or Torrey Smith Jersey a player who appears on TV often NFL Jerseys China is, to his NFL peers, highly rated.

There's broader evidence of this phenomenon. Here's Tony Gonzalez, talking to USA Today, about how Brandon Marshall Jersey the then-undefeated Falcons weren't getting any respect: "Is the national media making a big deal about us like they would if it was Philly, Green Bay, or New England? No, they're not. Ray Lewis Jersey We played Philly and beat them. And Terrell Suggs Jersey Philly was on TV all week. "

Why were the Eagles on TV all week? Because they were Vonta Leach Jersey getting destroyed by ESPN. Their airtime signaled not praise but trouble.

This state of affairs results in part from ESPN's organizational priorities, which emphasize piping-hot sports debates. But it's also Rob Gronkowski Jersey better journalism to tell a story about a team missing expectations, rather than about a team meeting them. (For the record, the Falcons going 7-0, or 8-1, against a weak schedule is meeting expectations. )#) A good team playing pretty well will never Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys get as much attention as a hyped team floundering鈥攐r, on the good-news side, a feckless team triumphing.

Was Tony Gonzalez Haloti Ngata Jersey processing the noises coming from his TV, or just looking at the pictures? Maybe what these polls really teach us is that NFL players almost never watch ESPN with the sound on.