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Eight NFL free agents who could be fool’s gold

Alshon Jeffery

Alshon Jeffery, wide receiver

When healthy, Jeffery is a tremendous weapon. Even with the likes of Matt Barkley this past year, he showed up big with 52 passes for 821 yards and two touchdowns despite missing four games.

The thing is, Jeffery has a hard time staying healthy. Since being selected in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft, he has played in just two full NFL seasons.

This past year, hamstring/knee issues plagued him, then he ended up being suspended four games due to PEDs. Jeffery also missed six games and was ineffective in two others due to injury in 2015. Before that, a knee injury caused him to miss six games in his rookie campaign.

While the PED suspension could potentially cost Jeffery some money, and while his past injuries will be another red flag, at least one team will overlook all that because of his potential to produce downfield. In his two healthy seasons, Jeffery caught 174 passses for 2,554 yards and 17 touchdowns playing with Jay Cutler.

The big question is, will Anthony’s two excellent seasons be what we see going forward or will his three injury-riddled campaigns prove to foreshadow the rest of his career?

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