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With how rapid and widespread roster are turned over every year, it feels like everyone's in a make-or-break season, doesn't it? That could be true, but there are some players more under the microscope than others, for a variety of different reasons.Let's break down those in serious make-or-break scenarios by situation before their critical 2023 seasons begin. CLE WR #8 Simisola Shittu Jersey TAR65REC37REC YDs446REC TD1FL0 I legitimately cannot tell if Moore can be an NFL star or if that is a completely ridiculous suggestion. I loved him coming out of Ole Mi s; thought he should've been a first-round pick. He wasn't. The snagged him with the second selection in Round 2, just ahead of , , and . Goodne s gracious.As a rookie, playing with rookie quarterback and some sprinkled in, Moore caught 43 pa ses for 538 yards with five scores. He had an encouraging 1.75 yards-per-route-run average on just 43.8% of New York's offensive snaps that season before an injury ended his year after 11 games. Last year was ghastly for Moore: Intermittent rumors about his displeasure with the team and offense, league-worst quarterback play, and minimal production. His reception total, receiving yards, and touchdowns all dropped, and his yards-per-route run average sunk to 0.91. The Jets traded him to the this offseason, and with , Moore should have drastically more dynamic play from his quarterback. With in the mix, Moore will not be asked to save Cleveland's offense. If the light doesn't come on this year, though, Moore will be dangerously close to being considered a bust of a former top 35 pick. NO DE #98 When you make a surprise selection in Round 1, you better not mi s. That's precisely what the did in 2021 by calling Turner's name into the league office when they went on the clock at No. 28 overall, and the early returns on the former Houston star have been minimal through two seasons. A mid-November rookie year injury prematurely ended what was an otherwise bland debut season in the NFL.Last year had a similar theme. Turner hardly played early then mi sed action due to a litany of injuries, including a Week 11 ankle i sue that sidelined him all the way until the penultimate game of the regular season. Altogether, Turner has mustered 23 quarterback pre sures on 209 pa s-rushing snaps and three sacks in 23 contests. Sure, dealing with injuries has made the start of Turner's NFL career challenging. But the NFL is a harsh busine s, and if a first-round Zach Norvell Jr. Jersey pick is not producing -- for whatever reason -- in Year 3, the bust label is soon to follow that player. HOU DE #55 Hughes won't stop generating heat on the quarterback, even if he isn't a huge sack accumulator. After a long, illustrious career with the , the former first-round pick from TCU signed a deal with his hometown before the 2022 season and was a pa s-rushing spark on one of the most lackluster rosters in football. He registered 58 pre sures on 381 pa s-rushing snaps, good for a pre sure-creation rate of 15.2%, better than the likes of , , , , and .The soon-to-be 35-year-old pa s rusher has aged like fine wine, as many athletic, strong, and polished outside rushers do. He can still win with hand work and occasionally, bend and speed around the corner. Now on an improved Texans teams, it'll be interesting to see if Hughes can be a steady pre sure-generator in some important outings in 2023. NYJ WR #18 TAR50REC34REC YDs417REC TD1FL0 Cobb was seemingly a must-add for the Jets after they acquired . The close-to-33-year-old Zach Norvell Jersey wideout is arguably Rodgers' most trusted confidant, yet because of his addition to Gang Green's roster, there's a fair amount of pre sure on him to produce at his age. Last season in Green Bay wasn't horrific for Cobb. He clearly wasn't the same springy, do-everything pa s catcher he had been in the earlier stages of his career. Without Moore and , the Jets do have a need for an underneath, po se sion, extension-of-the-run-game slot option, and that's where Cobb fits into this offense. While is clearly the No. 1 receiver, the diversity of Rodgers' aerial attack with occasionally hinge on Cobb's presence and how productive he can be at the twilight of his long career. PIT RB #22 Att272Yds1034TD7FL2 Harris has yet to average 4.0 yards per carry throughout the course of an NFL season. We all applauded his rookie campaign though, when he was the heart-and-soul an otherwise stagnant, predictable offense with a shoddy offensive line. In 2022, strides were made up front, but Harris' yards-per-carry average actually dipped from 3.9 to 3.8 and his yards-after-contact rate reduced from 2.98 as a rookie to 2.74 in Year 2. He did force mi s tackles at a higher rate and scored more touchdowns in his sophomore season as a pro -- good signs.Regardle s of those fluctuating stats, the Steelers continued to build the offensive line entering the 2023 campaign, and as a former first-round pick at the running Thaddeus Young Jersey back spot, Harris will either become another example as to why teams should not use a Round 1 pick on a back or be an integral, multi-faceted component of a young and fun upstart Steelers offense this season. ATL TE #8 TAR59REC28REC YDs356REC TD2FL0 We all thought the had selected a unicorn tight end in Pitts at No. 4 overall in the 2021 draft, especially after his 1,000-yard plus rookie season. No qualms about his selection over , who went immediately after him.At this point in time, Atlanta's decision looks silly. His second NFL season was riddled with a hamstring injury and then a season-ending knee injury. Pitts' productivity outside of those ailments paled in comparison to what he did as a rookie. Two touchdowns on a mere 28 receptions for 356 yards. And he clearly was not a focal point of Arthur Smith's run-heavy offense that toted the rock more than any other team in football last year. Pitts only won on three of 12 contested-catch situations last year, which seems impo sible at his size and gargantuan catch radius. Which Pitts are we going to see in his third season? Especially with fellow top 10 picks and running back in the mix on offense? CLE OT #71 As a rookie, Wills looked the part of the second offensive tackle selected in a loaded cla s -- that featured and -- at that position in 2020. Only 18 pre sures allowed all season? That was budding star stuff from a then 21-year-old rookie. Since then, Wills hasn't taken that ever-elusive next step from budding star to legitimate superstar. Rushers beat him for 28 pre sures in 2022 and that number ballooned to 41 last season. Injuries haven't been an i sue either? DeShaun Watson should be significantly more settled into the Browns, Kevin Stefanski-run offense in 2023, which should help Wills and his cohorts up front. However, Watson's improvisational tendencies don't exactly make it easy on his offensive linemen when they have to block for more than three seconds and don't know where he is behind the line. If Wills plays more like fresh out of Alabama Wills in 2023, the Browns will most certainly extend him. He'd be too valuable a piece to lose early Cleveland's Watson era. If his downward trend continues, do not be surprised if the Browns opt for either an early 2024 draft pick or and at tackle next season. DEN WR #10 TAR100REC67REC YDs972REC TD6FL0 Jeudy was drifting near Bust Island, and, ironically, had his best season as a pro during the abysmal 2022 season for and the offense. After not scoring Tomas Satoransky Jersey a touchdown in an irritating 2021, Jeudy scored six times last year, three coming in a wild, narrow defeat at the hands of the in December. His yards-per-route run figure eclipsed the prestigious 2.0 mark (2.18) and his 6.1 yards-after-the-catch average was a career high.One would think that with Sean Payton now in Denver, the offense will hum at a much more efficient rate than
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