1.) Tom Brady
2.) Drew Brees
3.) Matt Ryan
4.) Aaron Rodgers
5.) Ben Roethlisberger
Tom Brady is not only the best quarterback playing right now, he is the greatest to ever play the position. Drew Brees manages to throw for nearly 5000 yards every year, regardless of his bad running game, porous offensive line, and journeyman recievers. I am not personally a huge fan of Matt Ryan, but the Falcons had an all-time great offense last season and the success of that has to be put on Matty Ice's shoulders the same way the blame lands there. Rodgers has suffered from injuries and missed games over the last couple years, but has enough pedigree to last on the top 5 list for one more year. He needs to recapture his form to be considered great. Big Ben is in the twighlight years of his career, yet he is still extremely effective. With little recieving talent outside of Antonio Brown, Big Ben is able to lead a high profile offense year-in and year-out.
1.) Le'Veon Bell
2.) David Johnson
3.) Ezekiel Elliott
4.) Jay Ajayi
5.) LeSean McCoy
Le'Veon Bell and David Johnson should be more like 1a and 1b for top runningbacks. Each have extremely high usage percentage, yet consistently return great gains. Bell is the tougher runner, and has one of the most unique rushing styles in the NFL with his hesitation moves. David Johnson is the better reciever, as he recently stated he is targeting 1000 recieving yards next season. It is not yet Zekes time, however that may be fast approaching. Running behind the best offensive line maybe ever, Elliott burst onto the scene his rookie year. Barring a sophmore slump, Elliott should push to overtake the aging and oft-injured runningbacks in front of him. Ajayi burst onto the scene last season as well, yet does not have a prolific offensive or even a good offensive line. Ajayi offers little as a reciever, but as his 1200 rush yards and 4.9 YPC suggest, he is extremely tough to bring down as a runner.
1.) Antonio Brown
2.) Odell Beckham Jr.
3.) A.J. Green
4.) Julio Jones
5.) DeAndre Hopkins
Simply put, AB has done this for longer and with more success and less help than nearly anybody on this list. With his #2 Bryant suspended an entire season, Brown was consistently double teamed yet still topped the 1000 yard mark and the 100 catch mark. He is good. Odell Beckham Jr. seems to be the next great young wide reciever. He has made Eli Manning look like a good quarterback in recent years, and has done so without any wide reciever opposite him to take away the pressure. With Sterling Shepard and Brandon Marshall now in the mix, I fully expect OBJ to have a monster season again this year. A.J. Green may be the most physically dominating reciever currently in the NFL. Even with a noodle armed QB, Green still gets his. He turns 50-50 jump balls into 70-30 contested catches. Jones has all the talent in the world, and proved what he can do when healthy last season. His biggest problem is staying healthy, as he has dealt with severe foot injuries throughout his career. Deandre Hopkins puts up yards and touchdowns, but until he gets a competent QB he can never move past #5 on this list.
1.) Rob Gronkowski
2.) Greg Olsen
3.) Travis Kelce
4.) Jordan Reed
5.) Hunter Henry
Gronk is far and away the best active TE in the league right now, but it is a relatively easy argument to call him the best TE ever. Gronk is way above pace to break all the major tight end records including yards and touchdowns. Greg Olsen is not the player he once was, but is still better than almost everyone else in the league. He is a strong run blocker and an imposing force in the passing game. Kelce has been cursed to play with noodle arm QB Alex Smith, and likely won't overtake the top 2 players until Mahomes takes over and allows him to stretch the field. Jordan Reed is a tremendous and fast reciever, yet offers little in the pass game. Henry is just entering his sophmore season, but he injected life into the San Diego offense last season.
1.) Tyron Smith
2.) Joe Thomas
3.) Donald Penn
4.) Taylor Lewan
5.) Terron Armstead
Tyron Smith and Joe Thomas are the top tier franchis left tackles in the NFL. After them, there are 10+ players making a claim to make the list. Young guys Taylor Lewan and Terron Armstead edged out necomers like Ronnie Staley and Taylor Decker.
1.) Lane Johnson
2.) Mitchell Schwartz
3.) Rick Wagner
4.) Bryan Bulaga
5.) Morgan Moses
With Lane Johnson, Carson Wentz looked like Carson Palmer. Witout Lane Johnson, Carson Wents looked like Ben Carson, or some other unathletic person with the name Carson. Johnson makes his whole team better, simply put. Schwartz was highly coveted last free agency period, and he again proved why. Schwartz is one of the top overall lineman in the NFL. Wagner was not good 3 years ago, but has turned it around over the past 2 years and finished as PFF's #4 RT last season. Bulaga has been consistently great since entering the league, he just needs to stay healthy. Moses took a little while to develop, but now anchors the right side of one of the strongest lines in the NFL.
1.) Kelechi Osemele
2.) Zack Martin
3.) Marshal Yanda
4.) Gabe Jackson
5.) Richie Incognito
While Kelechi Osemele was PFFs top rated lineman this past season, and one of the top rated players overall, Zack Martin makes a great case of being the #1 guard in the NFL by being the best lineman on the best line in NFL history. Gabe Jackson is entering his third season in the NFL, yet he is responsible for the revitalization of the Raiders running game. Incognito spent some time out of the league thanks to BullyGate, yet he has reemerged as one of the premier guards in the entire league.
1.) Travis Frederick
2.) Alex Mack
3.) Rodney Hudson
4.) Max Unger
5.) Matt Paradis
It's Travis Frederick, then everyone else. Mack was instrumental in helping the Falcons run game succeed last season, yet struggled with injruies. Hudson forms a great 1-2 combo with Gabe Jackson, and should only improve as he is still young. Unger has battled injuries but is quite effective when healthy.
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