Top 100 Players of 2015
 

Anyone interested in this?

They air ten players a week every Wednesday at 9 o'clock on NFL Network. They've got the first ten up now. A few rookies and a ton of newcomers:

100. Randall Cobb
99. Calais Campbell
98. Adam Vinatieri
97. Joe Flacco
96. Jurell Casey
95. Emmanuel Sanders
94. CJ Mosley
93. Jason Witten
92. Aaron Donald
91. Julian Edelman90. Michael Bennett
89. Greg Olsen
88. Glover Quin
87. Demarcus Ware
86. Eric Weddle
85. Golden Tate
84. Terrell Suggs
83. Maurkice Pouncey
82. Haloti Ngata
81. Darren Sproles
80. Arian Foster
79. Marshal Yanda
78. Ryan Kerrigan
77. Matt Ryan
76. Sen'Derrick Marks
75. Mike Evans
74. Muhammed Wilkerson
73. Cam Newton
72. Kyle Williams
71. Julius Peppers
70. Tamba Hali
69. Bobby Wagner
68. Larry Fitzgerald
67. Tashaun Gipson
66. Deandre Levy
65. Justin Forsett
64. Charles Woodson
63. Jerry Hughes
62. Adrian Peterson
61. Jeremy Maclin
60. Eddie Lacy
59. Vontae Davis
58. Connor Barwin
57. Brandon Marshall
56. Lavonte David
55. Sheldon Richardson
54. Steve Smith
53. Marcel Dareus
52. Antonio Gates
51. Clay Matthews
50. Desean Jackson
49. Khalil Mack
48. Matt Forte
47. Trent Williams
46. Elvis Dumervil
45. Julius Thomas
44. Robert Quinn
43. Philip Rivers
42. Mario Williams
41. Kam Chancellor
40. Jason Peters
39. Cameron Wake
38. Brent Grimes
37. AJ Green
36. Tyron Smith
35. TY Hilton
34. Tony Romo
33. Von Miller
32. Odell Beckham Jr.
31. Jimmy Graham
30. Drew Brees
29. Lesean McCoy
28. Gerald McCoy
27. Justin Houston
26. Ben Roethlisberger
25. Joe Thomas
24. Ndamukong Suh
23. Joe Haden
22. Russell Wilson
21. Earl Thomas

Here's the link: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-top100-2015

Watching the highlights gets me excited for the season all over again.

How many Chiefs are we thinking make the top 100 this year? Last year we had five in Charles (8), Hali (37), Berry (50), Houston (57), and DJ (64).

Charles and Houston are locks. Both could justifiably be named in the top 10 but I'm guessing they'll both be snubbed by more marketable names like Watt and Bell/Lynch. I'm still thinking top 20 for JC and Houston, though.

Hali won't make it along with DJ and Berry for obvious reasons.

I think this will be the year Poe finally cracks the lineup. Maybe somewhere in the 80s.

Hudson might be deserving but **** that guy.

Maclin will likely be named somewhere in the 60s, I'd guess..?

Sean Smith could squeak on if they put a scrub like Julian Edelman on there but I highly doubt it. He'd need another season like he had last year to hope for that kind of recognition.

Anyway, thoughts?

I'd be thoroughly shocked if Catapano isn't top 8. I hear he's in the best shape of his life!

Charles and Houston won't both be top 20. Here are my bets:


Houston 16
Charles 24
Poe: 58

And that's about it

I would expect Kelce to be on there. Keep in mind this reaches a fantasy audience and everyone knows who he is by now.

Good to see Emmanuel Sanders get snubbed like that. **** him with AIDS

There's literally a 0 percent chance Kelce makes the top 100.

It'll be interesting to see how that plays out.

They say this list is a ranking of the top 100 players heading into the 2015 season- not how they performed last year. But, obviously, the most important basis you have for making that designation is what they did in the previous year. Kelce's production in the 2014 season doesn't warrant a top 100 selection, but his arrow is pointing wayyyyyy up so they could justify throwing him on there based on potential.

I don't think they will, but I'm saying I could see them doing it.

A guy with 22 sacks is going to be higher than 16. Top 10 easily. Possibly top 5.

On second thought, I have to agree with you about Charles. As far as the national pundits are concerned, he had a "down year" (heh) that was "plagued by injury".

He still scored 14 TDs which is more than any other RB not named Lynch, but idiots like to look at total rushing yards as the definitive factor in gauging a RBs effectiveness. I think he was like 15th or something in that category.

I'm thinking the RBs will be ranked 1) Leveon Bell 2) Marshawn Lynch 3) Demarco Murray (he'll probably light shit up in that new offense) 4) Lesean Mccoy (total bullshit) and then Jamaal as the 5th ranked RB. They might throw in someone like Eddie Lacy, Jeremy Hill or Justin Forsett ahead of Charles just to annoy me.

If he does - which would rank him ahead of Randall Cobb and Emmanuel Sanders - Goodell should immediately drug test every player who voted.

Top 5 is wishful thinking, IMO. Not that he doesn't deserve it, but this is an offensive league. We've probably got 3 of the top 5 set in stone from QBs alone (Rodgers, Brady, Luck). Watt will most assuredly be ranked higher than Houston.

Who would make up your top 10?

Edelman was ranked ahead of both :spock:

The list is total bullshit but I enjoy critiquing it.

Does Adrian Peterson get ranked?

Holy Christ - I missed that.

What a joke.

Charles has never gotten the credit he's earned.