So I'm assuming the top ten are (in no specific order): JJ Brady Peyton Rodgers Peterson C. Johnson Willis Aldon Smith Arian Dumerville
Thanks. Looks like two episodes starting at 7. For some reason they're doing a preview Wednesday night.
http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexan...-part-of-nfl-networks-top-10-players-of-2013/ No secret any longer that we will indeed have two players considered among the ten best as voted by their nfl peers...Foster with legendary vision, and JJ Watt just plain becoming a legend...can't wait
Arian Foster shared this on Facebook. It lists the top ten players featuring Foster and Watt. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap10...rs-of-2013?campaign=Facebook_writers_rapsheet
If this was a positional ranking, I wouldn't mind putting Foster high. But I think quite a few players in other positions should be ranked over him. Basically the top tier QBs and top tier pass rushers. And perhaps the best 1-2 OTs. But I guess with any list skill positions likely get a bump, and players that were good 2 years ago also get a bump. So overall this isn't surprising. Last year I thought Foster was good enough to be in discussion for MVP. This year, I feel the Texans would not have had much of a dropoff(if at all) if we replaced Foster with a variety of other RBs. A lot of the difference in production really had to do with touches.
JJ Watt was a freak. It is almost hilarious how good he was, to the point where it is unrealistic to expect another season like that from him again.
would it be too much to ask for one casualty free season? bum hamstring fine, dislocated shoulder ok but please nothing season ending. You can't win a superbowl, even if you have erin roygers, if the defense doesn't play lights out.
I was discussing with a friend earlier about the Texans defence and what they will need to do to rise back to the elites (2011 form). Every great defence has those stars that make plays over the years: The Ravens (Reed, Suggs, Lewis, Ngata), The Steelers (Harrison, Hampton, Polomalu, Lamarr Woodley?), The 49ers (Willis, Smith, others I am forgetting), etc. For the Texans, they can with Watt (obvious), Cushing (great ILB), JJoe (shutdown corner), and Reed. Last year, Cushing was out, JJoe had two sports hernias and was clearly limited, and Reed was not on the team. They need a bounceback year, and it shouldn't be too unrealistic to hope for one. I hope.
Watt had a better season than Peyton. I dont know how Peyton is no.2 I would prefer Brees, Rodgers or Brady over him, any day.
ESPN did their top 100 offensive & defensive players. Spoiler Offense 1. Aaron Rodgers 9.92 2. Calvin Johnson 9.89 3. Adrian Peterson 9.87 4. Tom Brady 9.57 5. Peyton Manning 9.51 6. Drew Brees 9.21 7. Larry Fitzgerald 9.17 8. Rob Gronkowski 9.15 9. A.J. Green 8.90 10. Joe Thomas 8.84 11. Jimmy Graham 8.84 12. Andre Johnson 8.71 13. Julio Jones 8.63 14. Arian Foster 8.48 15. Ray Rice 8.41 16. Ryan Clady 8.37 17. Eli Manning 8.29 18. Vernon Davis 8.27 19. Roddy White 8.25 20. Tony Gonzalez 8.22 21. Jason Witten 8.22 22. Matt Ryan 8.20 23. Brandon Marshall 8.19 24. Ben Roethlisberger 8.14 25. Joe Staley 8.12 26. Percy Harvin 8.07 27. Marshawn Lynch 8.03 28. Dez Bryant 8.01 29. Wes Welker 8.00 30. Jamaal Charles 7.95 31. Nick Mangold 7.94 32. Mike Iupati 7.89 33. Duane Brown 7.84 34. Victor Cruz 7.84 35. Demaryius Thomas 7.79 36. Reggie Wayne 7.73 37. Frank Gore 7.70 38. LeSean McCoy 7.67 39. Logan Mankins 7.65 40. Joe Flacco 7.65 41. Andrew Luck 7.63 42. Colin Kaepernick 7.63 43. Carl Nicks 7.62 44. Jahri Evans 7.60 45. Vincent Jackson 7.59 46. Robert Griffin III 7.57 47. Russell Wilson 7.54 48. Matt Forte 7.52 49. Russell Okung 7.51 50. Maurice Jones-Drew 7.49 51. Doug Martin 7.43 52. Mike Wallace 7.43 53. Marshal Yanda 7.41 54. Maurkice Pouncey 7.40 55. Dwayne Bowe 7.40 56. Hakeem Nicks 7.38 57. Max Unger 7.33 58. C.J. Spiller 7.33 59. Matt Kalil 7.25 60. Anthony Davis 7.24 61. Jake Long 7.22 62. Tony Romo 7.21 63. Torrey Smith 7.21 64. Randall Cobb 7.17 65. Marques Colston 7.14 66. Jordy Nelson 7.10 67. Trent Williams 7.08 68. Chris Johnson 7.06 69. Antonio Gates 7.06 70. Ryan Kalil 7.06 71. Steve Smith 7.05 72. John Sullivan 7.03 73. Mike Pouncey 7.03 74. Chris Myers 7.02 75. Alfred Morris 7.00 76. Steve Johnson 7.00 77. Greg Jennings 6.97 78. Michael Crabtree 6.97 79. Sebastian Vollmer 6.93 80. D'Brickashaw Ferguson 6.89 81. Jason Peters 6.84 82. Eric Decker 6.83 83. Anquan Boldin 6.79 84. Trent Richardson 6.79 85. Andy Levitre 6.76 86. Ben Grubbs 6.75 87. Steven Jackson 6.75 88. Evan Mathis 6.68 89. Nate Solder 6.67 90. Andrew Whitworth 6.63 91. Heath Miller 6.63 92. Jonathan Goodwin 6.60 93. DeSean Jackson 6.60 94. Matthew Stafford 6.57 95. Antonio Brown 6.57 96. Michael Roos 6.56 97. Jay Cutler 6.52 98. Jordan Gross 6.51 99. Miles Austin 6.51 100. Cam Newton 6.48 Defense 1. J.J. Watt 9.82 2. Von Miller 9.35 3. Patrick Willis 9.27 4. Darrelle Revis 9.08 5. DeMarcus Ware 8.90 6. Clay Matthews 8.83 7. Geno Atkins 8.80 8. Richard Sherman 8.70 9. Haloti Ngata 8.53 10. Aldon Smith 8.50 11. Justin Smith 8.50 12. Vince Wilfork 8.48 13. Jason Pierre-Paul 8.48 14. Jared Allen 8.25 15. Julius Peppers 8.22 16. Ndamukong Suh 8.22 17. Earl Thomas 8.12 18. NaVorro Bowman 8.12 19. Patrick Peterson 8.09 20. Cameron Wake 8.09 21. Charles Tillman 8.03 22. Luke Kuechly 7.98 23. Terrell Suggs 7.95 24. Eric Weddle 7.79 25. Champ Bailey 7.69 26. Jairus Byrd 7.62 27. Lance Briggs 7.56 28. Brian Cushing 7.54 29. Elvis Dumervil 7.54 30. Tamba Hali 7.48 31. Eric Berry 7.47 32. Sean Lee 7.45 33. Troy Polamalu 7.40 34. Joe Haden 7.37 35. LaMarr Woodley 7.35 36. Brian Orakpo 7.34 37. Jerod Mayo 7.32 38. Mario Williams 7.31 39. Brandon Flowers 7.27 40. Chris Long 7.27 41. Dashon Goldson 7.21 42. Ed Reed 7.21 43. Johnathan Joseph 7.16 44. Antonio Cromartie 7.15 45. B.J. Raji 7.15 46. Brandon Browner 7.13 47. Kevin Williams 7.10 48. Derrick Johnson 7.08 49. Kam Chancellor 7.04 50. Lardarius Webb 6.97 51. Gerald McCoy 6.95 52. Justin Tuck 6.95 53. Henry Melton 6.89 54. Ryan Clark 6.89 55. Charles Johnson 6.87 56. Ahmad Brooks 6.85 57. James Laurinaitis 6.85 58. Anthony Spencer 6.84 59. Daryl Washington 6.82 60. Brandon Carr 6.82 61. Jay Ratliff 6.79 62. Lawrence Timmons 6.79 63. Cortland Finnegan 6.79 64. Donte Whitner 6.77 65. Chad Greenway 6.76 66. Michael Johnson 6.74 67. Bobby Wagner 6.71 68. Charles Woodson 6.69 69. Paul Kruger 6.69 70. Antoine Winfield 6.66 71. London Fletcher 6.65 72. Dannell Ellerbe 6.65 73. Ryan Kerrigan 6.63 74. Cliff Avril 6.60 75. Aqib Talib 6.60 76. Nick Fairley 6.58 77. Robert Mathis 6.58 78. Trent Cole 6.58 79. Darnell Dockett 6.54 80. Asante Samuel 6.54 81. Tim Jennings 6.51 82. Kyle Williams 6.50 83. Ike Taylor 6.50 84. Leon Hall 6.50 85. Chris Clemons 6.48 86. Sean Weatherspoon 6.48 87. Justin Houston 6.47 88. Devin McCourty 6.47 89. Carlos Dunlap 6.47 90. Dwight Freeney 6.47 91. Muhammad Wilkerson 6.44 92. Tramon Williams 6.44 93. William Moore 6.44 94. Morris Claiborne 6.40 95. Harrison Smith 6.35 96. Osi Umenyiora 6.35 97. Mark Barron 6.35 98. Lavonte David 6.32 99. James Harrison 6.32 100. Marcell Dareus 6.31