Top 100 NFL Players of 2013 #60-51

70-61 is here

NFL Net List:
60. J.Allen DE Minnesota (much higher on my list)
59. D.Johnson ILB KC (still to come on my list)
58. V.Cruz WR NYG (look below)
57. D.Martin RB TB (not on my list)
56. T.Suggs OLB Baltimore (coming soon)
55. J.Pierre-Paul DE NYG (already appeared)
54. J.Peppers DE Chicago (look below)
53. C.Bailey CB Denver (already appeared)
52. V.Jackson WR TB (already appeared)
51. R.Wilson QB Sea (not on my list, he'd just miss)

My List:
60. T. Polamalu S Pittsburgh
59. A.Luck QB Indianapolis
58. R.Wayne WR Indianapolis
57. R.White WR Atlanta
56. J.Peppers DE Chicago
55. E.Thomas S Seattle
54. V.Cruz WR NYG
53. J.Haden CB Cleveland
52. J.Joseph CB Houston
51. B.Cushing ILB Houston

Athlete of the Month, May 2013

April was here.

Clayton Kershaw.  Runners-up: Clay Buchholz, Matt Harvey, Miguel Cabrera

Five Months Down

Jan - Colin Kaepernick
Feb - Joe Flacco
Mar - LeBron James
April - Justin Upton
May-Clayton Kershaw

The 150 Best Players in NFL History Part 2

Part 1 is here.

The numbers are approximate value, games, and value per game.

220. Darren Sharper S 120 205 .585

That puts Sharper right above BY; 16^th overall.

219. Orlando Pace T 120 170 .706

The total value pops him above Simms.

218. Wilber Marshall OLB 120 179 .670

Right ahead of Jimmy Smith

217. Rich Gannon QB 120 157 .764

Look at the value/game on Gannon.  He’s right ahead of Barber.

216. Dick Butkus ILB 120 119 1.008

Our first player to crack 1; Butkus cruises into number one.

215. Mark Brunell QB 120 193 .622

Just below Swilling

214. Erich Barnes CB 120 177 .678

Just ahead of Marshall.

213. Grady Alderman T 120 204 .588

Right ahead of Sharper

212. Roy Winston OLB 121 191 .634

His career value gets him above Schafrath

211. Larry Wilson S 121 169 .716

Right below Briggs, despite the career value advantage.

210. Bill Romanowski OLB 121 243 .498

Lowest value/game yet, career value gets him above Greene.

209. John Riggins RB 121 175 .691

Right below Pace.

208. Bobby Boyd CB 121 121 1.000

Dead at 1, that puts Boyd first overall.

207. Troy Aikman QB 121 165 .733

Gets ahead of Briggs but no further.

206. Roger Wehrli CB 122 193 .632

Doesn’t quite clear Stabler. 

205. Jim Taylor RB 122 132 .924

Third overall. 

204. Eddie Meador S 122 163 .748

Right ahead of Gannon.

203. Ralph Neely T 122 172 .709

Just behind Briggs

202. Walter Jones T  122 180 .678

Right below Pace

201. Cornelius Bennett OLB 122 206 .592

Total value gets him ahead of Biletnikoff

That knocks off the first 40 as we count down the top 240 in overall value to find the best 150 players ever.

 

1.       Bobby Boyd

2.       Dick Butkus

3.       Jim Taylor

4.       Jim Parker

5.       Lance Alworth

6.       Lenny Moore

7.       Antonio Gates

8.       Eddie Meador

9.       Rich Gannon

10.   Tiki Barber

11.   Dave Robinson

12.   Troy Aikman

13.   Lance Briggs

14.   Ralph Neely

15.   Larry Wilson

16.   Orlando Pace

17.   Walter Jones

18.   John Riggins

19.   Phil Simms

20.   Erich Barnes

21.   Wilber Marshall

22.   Jimmy Smith

23.   Howie Long

24.   Ken Stabler

25.   Roger Wehrli

26.   Roy Winston

27.   Dick Schafrath

28.   Pat Swilling

29.   Mark Brunell

30.   Cornelius Bennett

31.   Fred Biletnikoff

32.   Lyle Alzado

33.   Grady Alderman

34.   Darren Sharper

35.   Bryant Young

36.   Steve Wisniewski

37.   Alan Faneca

38.   Kevin Carter

39.   Bill Romanowski

40.   Kevin Greene

 

The 150 Best Players in NFL History, Part I

Let's do This again.

 

We’ll search for the top 100 NFL players ever by combining approximate value with approximate value per game.  We’ll take the top 240 in AV all time to create the list. It won’t give us the top 240 players ever, but I’d be comfortable with it as a list of the top 100.  Hell, let’s say 150, just for fun. 

240. Lenny Moore RB 118 AV 143 G .825

So that’s position (WR), total value (118) games played (143), and value/game .825

We’ll count from 240-1 to get total value, computing value/game as we go, and then deciding how to combine those two metrics to come up with our ongoing list of the best 100 players ever.

239. Dick Schafrath T 118 176 .670

See – their total value is the same but Moore’s per game value is significantly higher, therefore Moore ranks higher on the all time list.  238 players left.  Like that.

238. Phil Simms QB 118 164 .720

Right in between the two is Simms.

237. Antonio Gates TE 118 147 .803

Gates goes into the season right behind Moore.  His value/game will fall, but his total value will rise, we’ll see where he eventually lands. 

236. Lance Briggs OLB 118 156 .756

Griggs probably has more career left than Gates; right now he’s just below on the list. 

235. Fred Biletnikoff WR 118 190 .621

Lot of games played, that puts Biletnikoff at the bottom of the overall list.   

234. Lance Alworth WR 118 136 .867

Bambi’s first on the list. 

233. Steve Wisniewski G 119 206 .578

We’re up a point, but down far enough in per game that it doesn’t help Wisniewski.

232. Pat Swilling OLB 119 185 .643

I’ll still take Schafrath’s game value over Swilling’s total value.

231. Jimmy Smith WR 119 178 .669

Did he just go to jail?  Right ahead of Schafrath.

230. Dave Robinson OLB 119 155 .768

Right ahead of Briggs. 

229. Jim Parker G 119 135 .881

Parker goes to number one overall. 

228. Howie Long DE 119 179 .665

Look at that – Howie’s below Smith.

227. Kevin Greene OLB 119 228 .522

Greene goes to the bottom of the list. 

226. Lyle Alzado DE 119 196 .607

Just an inch behind Biletnikoff

225. Tiki Barber RB 119 154 .773

Ahead of Robinson

224. Kevin Carter DE 119 224 .531

Just above Greene

223. Alan Faneca G 119 206 .578

Faneca=Wisniewski

222. Bryant Young DT 120 208 .577

BY is right behind Alzado.

221. Ken Stabler QB 120 184 .652

Just a tick below Howie.  Raiders back to back.

20 down 220 left.  We’re building the 150 greatest football players ever.

 

1.       Jim Parker

2.       Lance Alworth

3.       Lenny Moore

4.       Antonio Gates

5.       Tiki Barber

6.       Dave Robinson

7.       Lance Briggs

8.       Phil Simms

9.       Jimmy Smith

10.   Howie Long

11.   Ken Stabler

12.   Dick Schafrath

13.   Pat Swilling

14.   Fred Biletnikoff

15.   Lyle Alzado

16.   Bryant Young

17.   Steve Wisniewski

18.   Alan Faneca

19.   Kevin Carter

20.   Kevin Greene

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