CBS’ Prisco: Michael Floyd is most overrated Arizona Cardinal

Since being chosen with the 13th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, Michael Floyd has been a mostly productive receiver who at times has been dominant.

In 2013 he posted career-best totals of 65 receptions and 1,041 yards, and though he has been unable to reproduce those numbers, he did haul in six touchdowns in each of the last two seasons.

Cardinals coach Bruce Arians was confident that had it not been for a training camp injury that limited Floyd early in the season, he would have joined Larry Fitzgerald and John Brown as Arizona wideouts to top the 1,000-yard mark last year.

That Floyd has a pretty high ceiling has never really been up for debate. Yet, at the same time, the question persists of whether or not he will actually make good on his vast potential. Even if he does not, it is not as if he is a bad receiver. He just hasn’t been great, and according to CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco, Floyd is not as good as people think.

The writer put together a list of the most overrated player on each of the NFL’s 32 teams, and he chose Floyd as Arizona’s representative.

He caught 52 passes with six touchdowns, but the talent is there for so much more. He did come on late in the season with several 100-yard games, but this is an important year for Floyd with so many talented young receivers waiting their turn to do more.

Floyd is entering the final year of his rookie contract, and while he has yet to be consistently great, it seems likely that he will command a pretty hefty contract next offseason.

Of course, while Floyd has every bit the potential to put together a monster season, the sheer volume of playmakers on Arizona’s offense may make it difficult for him to break through in the way many think he can. But, if Floyd does finally put everything together and be more of a No. 1 receiver, the Cardinals’ offense — which was already one of the best in the NFL — will be that much better.

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