Top 25 Undrafted Free Agents in the NFL over the last 25 Years

Some NFL stars were not drafted highly, or even at all.

Undrafted free agents are signing all over the NFL, and some stars in the league do slip through the scouting cracks from time to time. Could Chris Polk, Chase Minnifield, Dwight Jones or William Vlachos be that next surprise? Here’s a look at some big-time players who earned it the hard way. Our list begins in 1987, so you will not see greats like Dick “Night Train” Lane, Warren Moon or Willie Wood.

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Wes Welker, Victor Cruz and Arian Foster Prove There's Value in Undrafted Players

If you thought the draft was the end all be all of the NFL, think again

In 2007, Wes Welker lead the NFL in receptions with 112. In 2010, Arian Foster’s All-Pro season came out of nowhere as he led the National Football League in rushing with 1,616 yards. This year, it was the explosive Victor Cruz and his 1,536 receiving yards, good for third in the league. What do these two have in common? Not one of those players was selected by a team in the NFL draft.

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Houston Texans Football Gets First Playoff Win Behind Arian Foster and J.J. Watt

J.J. Watt and T.J. Yates get Houston their first playoff win in team history

The Houston Texans have had a year of football firsts. After locking up their first division title and their first playoff birth in team history, they just added first playoff win to this year's resume after beating the Cincinnati Bengals 31-10.

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Arian Foster and Joel Dreessen are the Only Two Texans You Can Trust

The Texans offense is getting killed with injuries

Injuries and poor play are certainly mounting for the Houston Texans. But they play the Indianapolis Colts Thursday night and there just has to be points to be had by someone out there on the Texans, right?

That someone could be tight end Joel Dreessen, and he might be the only player on the Texans you can start besides stud running back Arian Foster.

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Marshawn Lynch in Beast Mode vs. Ravens

Marshawn Lynch was certainly in "Beast Mode" during Seattle's win over Baltimore.

Marshawn Lynch, RB, Seahawks

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Matt Schaub has serious foot injury; Out for Season

The Texans' quarterback will miss several weeks at the minimum with a foot injury

The Houston Texans can't catch a break. Or maybe they're catching too many.

After suffering through injuries to seemingly all their star players, the news got even worse this week when head coach Gary Kubiak revealed that quarterback Matt Schaub has a Lisfranc foot injury. Which, for all you non-doctors out there, a Lisfranc injury is usually a fracture to one of the tarsas or metatarsals, which are basically the bones right behind the toes.

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Andre Johnson Injury Has Texans Holding Their Breath

The All-Pro wideout was injured Sunday against the Steelers.

Non-contact injuries are often the worst ones.

That was the feeling in Houston yesterday when Texans All-Pro wide receiver Andre Johnson fell untouched to the Reliant Stadium turf. Many speculated that it could be a knee injury – which would have been the scariest scenario – but it appears that Johnson injured his hamstring instead. The MRI today will tell us more, but everyone knows how much Johnson means to the team.

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Arian Foster, Felix Jones, Knowshon Moreno and Beanie Wells: Who To Start and Who To Sit

Which one of these game time decisions should you start or sit this week?

A few big names are listed as game time decisions this week in fantasy football. Here's who you should sit and who you should start.

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Arian Foster and Beanie Wells are Both Game Time Decisions This Sunday

"Game time decision" are the worst three words in fantasy football.

"Game time decision" may be the worst three words fantasy football owners can hear.

But that's exactly what owners of Arian Foster and Beanie Wells have to deal with this week.

Both players are still struggling with hamstring injuries and both are listed as questionable, and both should not be started this week.

Arian Foster:

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If Fantasy Football Advice Was Honest

Don't you wish fantasy football sites would just tell it like it is?

It’s only Week 3 of the fantasy football season and there have already been a ton of huge injuries and potential busts. Yet every Sunday morning when you check in before kickoff, all you get from your fantasy site is a bunch of bland match-up projections and quotes from that player’s local paper. Forget that. Your site should tell the truth about your highly drafted players. Here’s what we think it would look like if you got honest evaluations on your best players.

1. Chris Johnson

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