Kansas City Chiefs RT Mitchell Schwartz is annually considered one of the most underrated players in the NFL.
Pro Football Focus recently sought to point out the most underrated player for all 32 teams ahead of the 2020 NFL season. It’s no surprise that PFF’s Ben Linsey chose Schwartz for the Chiefs. This is a player who has been playing at an All-Pro level since he first arrived in Kansas City in 2016. He’s entirely underappreciated outside of Chiefs Kingdom and the analytics community, failing to be voted to a Pro Bowl thus far in his career.
Here is a look at what Linsey had to say about Schwartz:
“Schwartz is another name in the category of, ‘This guy should definitely have a Pro Bowl appearance.’ He has graded at 72.0 or higher overall in each of his eight NFL seasons, and he’s coming off a career year in 2019 where his 89.3 overall grade ranked second at the tackle position to only Ryan Ramczyk. The fact that Schwartz allowed just one pressure (a hurry, at that) in 134 pass-blocking snaps during the Chiefs’ postseason run is hard to overstate. That’s impressive, impressive stuff. Maybe 2020 will finally be the year Schwartz receives that ever-elusive Pro Bowl recognition.“
Beyond his pass-blocking and run-blocking marks, and his exquisite performance in the postseason, Schwartz is literally always on the field. He’s played in 128-of-128 possible games. He even previously held the most impressive snap streak in the NFL with 7,894 consecutive snaps.
Players just don’t do the types of things that Schwartz does with consistency. He should be celebrated universally as one of the best in the NFL. Instead, he’s one of the players fighting to be recognized among the best.
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