Like every professional sports league, the NFL is star-driven. It's no coincidence that the last two Super Bowls have been won by the team led by the league's biggest star in quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
But while star names play critical roles in NFL success, so do the lesser-known players on contending rosters. Center Creed Humphrey and edge-rusher George Karlaftis may not be household names, but both played big parts in the Kansas City Chiefs' success the past two seasons.
It's just hard for some players to get the run they deserve, even on contending teams. For some, it's a matter of defeating the narrative that they aren't as good as they really are.