OVERRATED: Jets LB Bart Scott — Filibustering linebacker has all of two sacks and one forced fumble in two seasons of talking like he’s Jack Ham. Read the full list here.
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UNDERAPPRECIATED: Yankees RP David Robertson — Strikes out more than one per inning of reliable middle relief while everybody is caught looking at the travails of Joba Chamberlain.
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TOUGH: Giants DT Barry Cofield — Loquacious lineman suffered in silence a shoulder needing postseason surgery. Made every game and 54 tackles, three fewer than the great Vince Wilfork.
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FRIENDLY: Yankees SP CC Sabathia — No longer quite the fat man, but still jolly.
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EXCITING: Knicks F Amar’e Stoudemire — Great finisher personally put the finish on the franchise’s lost decade.
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IMMATURE: Mets RP Francisco Rodriguez — Little children who watched him beat up his girlfriend’s father outside the Mets’ big, happy family room are more mature. Franchise would like to manage its anger by not letting him reach 55-game trigger on $17.5 million option.
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HATED: Mets Owners Fred and Jeff WIlpon — Fans want owners who will compete with the Phillies and Yankees by hook or crook. Instead see a team a long way from clawing back into contention.
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LOVED: Yankees RP Mariano Rivera — Mans the ultimate what-did-you-do-for-me-today position. And fans and teammates still want him to go on forever.
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UNDERACHIEVING: Yankees SP A.J. Burnett — If he gets turned around, new pitching coach Larry Rothschild should get the $16.5 million this year.
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OVERACHIEVING: Knicks G Landry Fields — NBA brains who let astonishingly complete forward fall to 39th pick badly underachieved. “Makes hustle look easy,” says assistant coach Dan D’Antoni.
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DIFFERENT: Jets head coach Rex Ryan — Behaves like no head NFL coach any of us has ever seen, both on the Internet and off. Basically, behaves like Everyfan in the upper bowl getting a chance to run the show.
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ARROGANT: Knicks/Rangers CEO Jim Dolan — No contract extension for Donnie Walsh, who had the plan and patience to clean up Isiah Thomas’ mess. Yet boss still has Dumbo ears for Thomas. Can anybody be more contrarian?
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CLASSY: Jets WR Jerricho Cotchery — Speaks well but usually only when spoken to. Will never say things his teammates do, but thinks they’re hilarious.
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PARANOID: Giants RB Brandon Jacobs — Tirade when he became convinced cameramen were shooting him only because they thought he was cleaning out his locker for the last time. Fined $20,000 for obscene words and gesture at Philadelphia fans, $10,000 for throwing helmet into stands in Indianapolis. Thinks more than just linebackers are out to get him.
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RESPECTED: Jets RB LaDainian Tomlinson — Team of mouths turns all ears to one of two running backs (with Walter Payton) in history with 13,000 rushing and 4,000 receiving yards.
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ANNOYING: Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov — Climbed under James Dolan’s skin with billboard of himself and Jay-Z near the Garden during free agency. Then, after publicly congratulating himself for driving up the Knicks’ cost for Carmelo Anthony, made deal for Deron Williams on the day of ‘Melo’s debut. Not waiting for Brooklyn to make this a real rivalry, finally.
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