There isn’t a better advertisement for the impact a defensive scheme can have on a player than Malcolm Jenkins, who has been a completely different producer in Philadelphia than he ever was in New Orleans. Some will frown at him being this high, since he had a good, not great year in 2019. Stephon Gilmore, who took home the award this past season, and reigning MVP Lamar Jackson are not too far behind. Aaron Donald, DI, Los Angeles Rams. Having come to accept Watt as a generationally-great player, it seems illogical that we would see a second one come along just a couple of years later rather than in, you know, another generation. He currently ranks fourth in quarterback rating (109.6), first in ESPN’s QBR (81.6) and hasn’t thrown an interception since Oct. 6. Moore, WR, Carolina Panthers. He has the physicality to go up and dominate at the catch point, but also the blazing speed to torch guys who can’t get their hands on him or allow him too much space in his route. Even fast-forwarding nine years, Smith was putting up grades right in line with Antonio Brown and Julio Jones over the first half of the 2015 season before injury struck. It truly is remarkable to see a football player leave other elite athletes in the dust. While he may not have the physical gifts of some of the game’s most imposing receivers, he consistently gets open and catches passes—and isn’t that kind of the whole point? Yet he was still playing as well as anybody, and was one of three passers to top 90.0 in overall grade and edge into the elite, blue-chip designation. Recently, Mark Schofield and I compiled 14 different lists of the 11 best players at every position. At guard, Sitton has allowed just four sacks in three seasons of play, and allowed just 35 total pressures over the same timespan, averaging fewer than one per game. Incidentally, Patterson's fastest moment in 2019 happened during a 46-yard rush. Including the playoffs, Norman allowed a passer rating of just 58.1 when targeted and wasn’t beaten for a pass longer than 36 yards all year. He's the best player in the league. SHARE. Over the past two seasons, he has either led or been second in PFF’s pass-rushing productivity metric, which measures pressure on a per-rush basis; he’s a very good run defender, as well. He notched 67 total pressures and also graded well against the run. The performance we saw from Robert Quinn in the 2013 season may have been the best single-season of edge-rushing PFF has seen since we began grading (2007). The problem is that it’s getting longer and longer since that season. His sack numbers fell from 10.5 in 2019 to 3.5 last season, as his play fell off from his dominant 2018 season. We are looking at a freak athlete at the quarterback position that can be a very real addition to the Panthers' rushing attack in a way no other QB can, but also complete some of the best passes in the league. It’s no surprise that 2015 was his best season from a grading standpoint, with Andy Dalton also enjoying his best season of play, giving Green a chance with more passes than he had in the past. SHARE. So far, all we have really seen from Gurley is his ability with the ball in hand, and in today’s league, you want an elite running back to be a factor in the passing game, as well. He proved to be an outstanding free-agent signing by Green Bay. Coming back from a bad injury in 2014 to have the kind of season he did in 2015 shows that, despite his age, he is far from done. ... a once-in-a-generation talent and probably the best overall wide receiver that the NFL has seen in some time. I expect him to bounce back and play like a top 2 or 3 corner this season. He allowed 57.1 percent of passes thrown his way to be caught, and surrendered two touchdowns while only picking off one pass and breaking up another five. Lee has excellent instincts, the athleticism and smarts to hang in coverage in today’s NFL, and is consistently in the right place at the right time in the run game, grading positively in that area every season of his NFL career. While receiving TEs are all the rage in today’s NFL, you need to be prepared to use them in a certain way to get the best out of them. Leonard Fournette, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars: Fournette maxed out at 21.38 mph last year, but he wowed the league as a rookie. 2014 was his best season yet, and the year that he got closest to consistently realizing that potential. He has always been good as a run player, but amped it up in a big way as a pass rusher last season. It's a little strange to see him this low on the list, but he is coming off a season where he played just eight games because of injury and had just four sacks. He allowed seven touchdowns this season alone, having not allowed any the year before, and looked like a far more fragile defender than he had in the past. He had another good season for the Vikings, leading them to the NFC Divisional Round of the playoffs. It was such a deviation from his career baseline that I just can’t put faith in it repeating until I see it happen. Jackson became the sixth player to have multiple games with a perfect passer rating and only the second with 25-plus touchdown passes and 750-plus rushing yards in a season. He averaged 5.0 yards per rush. That Bears' defense is heading in the right direction, and McPhee could prove to be even better going forward if they can surround him with a bit more help. When you watch the Green Bay defense for any length of time, the first player to catch your attention is Mike Daniels. Pete Prisco narrowed them down to his annual list of the Top 100, with plenty of surprises! His projected numbers with a fully-healthy Roethlisberger would be 158 receptions (all-time record), 2,114 receiving yards (all-time record) and 15 touchdowns. Antonio Brown is 5-foot-10, under 190 pounds, and was a sixth-round draft choice, but he is at the top of the game and virtually uncoverable. The issue is that while Gronk is one of the better blocking TEs in the league, Olsen is not. He has never missed double-digit tackles in a season, and has always graded well against the run, but also covers better than he is given credit for. If you could guarantee that version of Jordan every season, you would have an elite playmaker along the defensive front, but the looming worry that he might regress back to just above-average keeps him this low in the rankings. In this top 101, we forced ourselves to stick to players we had named in the positional lists, to avoid overdoing “skill position players” at the expense of slot cornerbacks, guards and interior defensive linemen. He's another dual threat back who is outstanding in the passing game. He can defend the run, blitz, and cover with almost equal effectiveness and ability, and has the athleticism to match up with more than just big tight ends and running backs out of the backfield. There is a large group of National Football League players who do not receive the … Williams showed the potential to be another elite defensive linemen for the Jets, and the only question is whether he continues at this pace in year two. Chubb sprinted 88 yards for a touchdown, hitting 21.95 mph along the way. The 2019 season also reflects a changing of the guard before a new decade. Who was that guy? $1,000, winner takes all. Listen below. } else if (document.attachEvent) { Even so, he has the tools to get that back up near 14 this season. He certainly has the talent to be right up there with Julio Jones in the pantheon of uncoverable players, but the Cowboy has more low-points than Jones does, and has never been quite as consistent, despite dominant stretches of production. [More from Sam Monson on why 2015 was Suh's best season to date here.]. He is a versatile playmaker, capable of excelling in the run game, in coverage, and generating pressure on the blitz, and regardless of what position he gets labeled as, he’s just a fantastic player. He continues to be one of the most underrated players in the league. Speed alone doesn't make a terrific NFL player, but an amazing top speed will always catch our eye. Under Sean Payton, the Saints have always utilized a big-slot type of weapon, whether it was Graham or Marques Colston, to very good effect. Zack Martin may not be the best guard in football, but he’s pretty close. This should in no way be seen as us maligning their value as players… it’s just that there are only so many slots for any of these guys. https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2020/07/28/the-top-101-players-in-the-nfl-today/, Watch: Jimmy Garoppolo finds George Kittle for TD on fourth down. About the only negative in his game was that he was beaten for the occasional big play, but on a down-to-down basis, there were few players tougher to beat.
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