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Top 100 players in the NFL: Aaron Donald, Patrick Mahomes fight for top spot in 2019 rankings
Here are the 100 best players in the NFL, as voted on by CBSSports.com experts
by Jared Dubin
After going through our positional Top 10s over the past several weeks, you know we had to do a staff Top 100 here at CBS. (Not to be confused with Pete Prisco's Top 100, which can be found right here.)
This list was arrived at the same way as those: our panel of voters each ranked their top 100 players in the NFL, assigning them all a corresponding point total (100 points for No. 1, 99 points for No. 2, 98 points for No. 3 and so on.) The point totals for every vote-getting player (132 players received at least one vote) were then added up, then sent over to me to compile the consensus Top 100 for the staff.
Just as was the case for the positional Top 10s, the rankings below are the result of the aforementioned voting process, and thus do not reflect my personal Top 100. Before we get to said list, however, it does feel like we owe you a breakdown of the results.
1. Aaron Donald, DT, Rams
It would have been unheard of not that long ago for an interior defensive lineman to top a list like this. But Donald is an unheard of talent, so that makes a perfect kind of sense. He is coming off the best season of his spectacular career, and he's only about to enter his physical prime. This is a future no-doubt-about-it Hall of Famer, one of the best in the history of the game, and we get to watch him work. Enjoy it while it lasts.
81. Andrew Whitworth, T, Rams
The Rams are lucky Whitworth decided to come back for (at least) one more year, given the turnover they've experienced elsewhere on the offensive line. Still one of the best tackles in the game even heading into his age-38 season, Whitworth is as solid as they come.
82. Todd Gurley, RB, Rams
Perhaps the most difficult player on this list to rank, Gurley has the talent to be considered one of the 10 or so best players in football. But the injury issues that plagued him toward the end of last season have only sounded worse and worse since then, so he ended up ranking in the 80s.
87. Jared Goff, QB, Rams
If we'd voted on the Top 100 after Week 12 of last season, Goff would have ranked a whole lot higher. At that time he had completed 68 percent of his passes at 9.3 yards per attempt, while throwing 26 touchdowns against just six interceptions. But he and the Rams' offense took a step backward over the final third of the season, and so he lands toward the back end of this list. The ceiling is still extremely high for Goff, though, given the talent around him and the man calling the plays.
Top 100 players in the NFL: Aaron Donald, Patrick Mahomes fight for top spot in 2019 rankings
Here are the 100 best players in the NFL, as voted on by CBSSports.com experts
by Jared Dubin
After going through our positional Top 10s over the past several weeks, you know we had to do a staff Top 100 here at CBS. (Not to be confused with Pete Prisco's Top 100, which can be found right here.)
This list was arrived at the same way as those: our panel of voters each ranked their top 100 players in the NFL, assigning them all a corresponding point total (100 points for No. 1, 99 points for No. 2, 98 points for No. 3 and so on.) The point totals for every vote-getting player (132 players received at least one vote) were then added up, then sent over to me to compile the consensus Top 100 for the staff.
Just as was the case for the positional Top 10s, the rankings below are the result of the aforementioned voting process, and thus do not reflect my personal Top 100. Before we get to said list, however, it does feel like we owe you a breakdown of the results.
- 52 offense: 14 QB; 8 RB; 14 WR; 3 TE; 13 OL (7 OT, 4 OG, 2 OC)
- 48 defense: 13 EDGE; 12 IDL; 6 LB; 10 CB; 7 S
- 55 NFC: 17 East; 12 North; 15 South; 11 West
- 45 AFC: 7 East; 10 North; 12 South; 16 West
1. Aaron Donald, DT, Rams
It would have been unheard of not that long ago for an interior defensive lineman to top a list like this. But Donald is an unheard of talent, so that makes a perfect kind of sense. He is coming off the best season of his spectacular career, and he's only about to enter his physical prime. This is a future no-doubt-about-it Hall of Famer, one of the best in the history of the game, and we get to watch him work. Enjoy it while it lasts.
81. Andrew Whitworth, T, Rams
The Rams are lucky Whitworth decided to come back for (at least) one more year, given the turnover they've experienced elsewhere on the offensive line. Still one of the best tackles in the game even heading into his age-38 season, Whitworth is as solid as they come.
82. Todd Gurley, RB, Rams
Perhaps the most difficult player on this list to rank, Gurley has the talent to be considered one of the 10 or so best players in football. But the injury issues that plagued him toward the end of last season have only sounded worse and worse since then, so he ended up ranking in the 80s.
87. Jared Goff, QB, Rams
If we'd voted on the Top 100 after Week 12 of last season, Goff would have ranked a whole lot higher. At that time he had completed 68 percent of his passes at 9.3 yards per attempt, while throwing 26 touchdowns against just six interceptions. But he and the Rams' offense took a step backward over the final third of the season, and so he lands toward the back end of this list. The ceiling is still extremely high for Goff, though, given the talent around him and the man calling the plays.
