BobDigital
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I will wait to see the whole list to comment but I will give my top 10. I don't think I could do a top 100 accurately alone.
#1 Tom Brady - GOAT. One of his best years
#2 Zack Martin - Best OL man in the NFL... Again. Yawn.
#3 Julio Jones - Made Ryan look MVP worthy.
#4 Aaron Donald - Best Defensive player in the NFL. Get on a better team please.
#5 David Johnson - No help? Still have 20 TDs and Most YFS.
#6 Khalil Mack - Was a pressure machine.
#7 Harrison Smith - Honestly if he was not on the Vikings and had other great D players around him he would be talked about more.
#8 Aaron Rodgers - It was clear Nelson was still not right and didn't have the help this year from skill players he was use to.
#9 Aqib Talib - Best CB this year IMO. More diverse than most and elevated a Denver D that had some players have a down year IMO
#10 Mike Evans - Honestly I don't like this #10 but with 3 guys who would usually be on this list off this year He is able to sneak on. A great WR of course but he didn't have the breath of impact you'd expect a guy who made the top 10 on a list like this to have on that side of the ball on a whole. Maybe everyone else around him is just that bad though and he couldn't lift them up that high.
Here is a superior list already out I recommend.
Top 101 players from the 2016 NFL season | PFF
No LB made it this year but Luke would knock someone off if he did. Also I think what Talib brings is sometimes underrated cause even as good as other guys around him are he really elevated them this year from what i saw. Von Miller had a down year and Watt/Gronk missing time gave others a chance to step up. After thinking about it the year David Johnson had considering how bad his support was much of the year was crazy good. Zack Martin is underrated STILL and asked to do a thankless job. IMO he elevated other very good players around him to look great when really it starts with him. On his way to be a top 3 OL man all time IMO. This list put his team's RB and C above him when he is the guy who made them look that good.
The only thing about them I don't like is they go strictly by their own grades and those often fail to factor in the impact other players have making a job on a certain player easier or harder. For instance they grade Matt Ryan #5 overall when in reality IMO they need to say "yes he was great but his job was made very easy this year by that crazy good cast".
Sometimes their grades give players around other good players a bump and drag players surrounded by bad players down.
#1 Tom Brady - GOAT. One of his best years
#2 Zack Martin - Best OL man in the NFL... Again. Yawn.
#3 Julio Jones - Made Ryan look MVP worthy.
#4 Aaron Donald - Best Defensive player in the NFL. Get on a better team please.
#5 David Johnson - No help? Still have 20 TDs and Most YFS.
#6 Khalil Mack - Was a pressure machine.
#7 Harrison Smith - Honestly if he was not on the Vikings and had other great D players around him he would be talked about more.
#8 Aaron Rodgers - It was clear Nelson was still not right and didn't have the help this year from skill players he was use to.
#9 Aqib Talib - Best CB this year IMO. More diverse than most and elevated a Denver D that had some players have a down year IMO
#10 Mike Evans - Honestly I don't like this #10 but with 3 guys who would usually be on this list off this year He is able to sneak on. A great WR of course but he didn't have the breath of impact you'd expect a guy who made the top 10 on a list like this to have on that side of the ball on a whole. Maybe everyone else around him is just that bad though and he couldn't lift them up that high.
Here is a superior list already out I recommend.
Top 101 players from the 2016 NFL season | PFF
No LB made it this year but Luke would knock someone off if he did. Also I think what Talib brings is sometimes underrated cause even as good as other guys around him are he really elevated them this year from what i saw. Von Miller had a down year and Watt/Gronk missing time gave others a chance to step up. After thinking about it the year David Johnson had considering how bad his support was much of the year was crazy good. Zack Martin is underrated STILL and asked to do a thankless job. IMO he elevated other very good players around him to look great when really it starts with him. On his way to be a top 3 OL man all time IMO. This list put his team's RB and C above him when he is the guy who made them look that good.
The only thing about them I don't like is they go strictly by their own grades and those often fail to factor in the impact other players have making a job on a certain player easier or harder. For instance they grade Matt Ryan #5 overall when in reality IMO they need to say "yes he was great but his job was made very easy this year by that crazy good cast".
Sometimes their grades give players around other good players a bump and drag players surrounded by bad players down.
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