Best Players In NFL As Of Now (2012)

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

My list in order

QB
Aaron Rodgers
Peyton Manning
Eli Manning
Tom Brady
Dree Brees

HB
Adrian Peterson
Arian Foster
MJD
Ray Rice
Marshawn Lynch

WR
Calvin Johnson
Andre Johnson
Larry Fitzgerald
Greg Jennings
Roddy White

TE
Vernon Davis
Jason Witten
Antonio Gates
Rob Gronkoski
Tony Gonzalez/Jimmy Graham

DE
Julius Peppers
Haloti Nagata
Justin Smith
Jared Allen
Mario Williams

DT
Vincent Wilfork
Kyle Williams
N. Suh
Jay Ratliff
Randy Starks

OLB
Demarcus Ware
Daryl Smith
Clay Mathews
Sean Witherspoon
Lance Briggs

MLB
Patrick Willis
John Beason
Karlos Dansby
Brian Cushing
Curtis Lofton

CB
Brent Grimes
Nnamdi Asomguah
Darrelle Revis
Champ Bailey
Brandon Flowers/Joe Haden

S
Ed Reed
Troy Polomolu
Eric Weddle
Kenny Phillips
Eric Berry/Kam Chancellor

Didn't bother to do OL, FB or special teams.

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkrich83

I put very little if any faith in advanced stats when it comes to the NFL. Particularly with defensive players.

I was just throwing that out there in case people didn't watch him or just judge cbs off of interceptions. If you watch him (don't know if you do or dont) you see him shut people down. Heck just watch him against Megatron.

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by iAM-IncReDiBLe-

I was just throwing that out there in case people didn't watch him or just judge cbs off of interceptions. If you watch him (don't know if you do or dont) you see him shut people down. Heck just watch him against Megatron.

It's hard with defensive players, particularly if you're just watching the TV feed. Did he really do that well against Megatron, or were there other factors schematically?

Again I like Grimes, I just don't have him in my top 5.

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

Yea besides for one play where the lions ran a fake reverse that fooled everyone an got Calvin a huge chunk of yarda, he was basically shut down by Grimes. That's why some fans started calling him optimus Grimes.

[TheNumber35]

I remember that game...and that play, it was about the only good thing that happened for Detroit all game.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Top 5 at each position in no particular order(Consistency is the key for me):

QB:
Drew Brees
Tom Brady
El. Manning
Aaron Rodgers
Philip Rivers(if Manning shows no ill effects from the Neck, then he goes here)But I also have him here because he's put up great numbers and kept his team in contentions while playing with garbage at WR and his number 1 target battling Foot Injuries the last few seasons

RB(tough one to do):
Adrian Peterson
Chris Johnson
LeSean McCoy
Maurice Jones-Drew
Ray Rice

FB(Difficult one to do since most teams utilizing extra TEs in their sets and use them sometimes)
Vonta Leach
John Kuhn
Lawrence Vickers

WR:

Larry Fitzgerald
Andre Johnson
Greg Jennings
Calvin Johnson
Reggie Wayne

TE:

Antonio Gates
Tony Gonzalez
Jason Witten
Vernon Davis
Jimmy Graham/Rob Gronkowski(Toss up between the two)

OL:

Joe Thomas
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
Nick Mangold
Josh Sitton
Carl Nicks

DT(3-4/4-3)
Jay Ratliff/Ndamukong Suh
Vince Wilfork/Kevin Williams
Casey Hampton/Justin Smith
BJ Raji/Haloti Ngata
Kyle Williams/Darnell Dockett

DE:
Julius Peppers
Jared Allen
Justin Tuck
Trent Cole
Mario Williams

OLB(Was hard as **** trying to separate 3-4 and 4-3 OLBs):
Demarcus Ware
Clay Matthews
Terrell Suggs
Cameron Wake
Lance Briggs

ILB:
Patrick Willis
Ray Lewis
Jerod Mayo
London Fletcher
Jon Beason/Lawrence Timmons(Toss up)

CB:
Darrelle Revis
Champ Bailey
Corey Webster
Johnathan Joseph
Leon Hall

SS:
Troy Polumalu
Patrick Chung
Kam Chancellor
Adrian Wilson
Bernard Pollard

FS:
Ed Reed
Ryan Clark
Michael Griffin
Nick Collins(Surprised people left him out)
Kenny Phillips

[ProfessaPackMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by iAM-IncReDiBLe-

Yea besides for one play where the lions ran a fake reverse that fooled everyone an got Calvin a huge chunk of yarda, he was basically shut down by Grimes. That's why some fans started calling him optimus Grimes.

So is this like when Ruben Patterson called himself the Kobe Stopper back in the day?

[DukeC]

Quote: Originally Posted by ProfessaPackMan

Top 5 at each position in no particular order(Consistency is the key for me): QB: Drew Brees Tom Brady El. Manning Aaron Rodgers Philip Rivers(if Manning shows no ill effects from the Neck, then he goes here)But I also have him here because he's put up great numbers and kept his team in contentions while playing with garbage at WR and his number 1 target battling Foot Injuries the last few seasons RB(tough one to do): Adrian Peterson Chris Johnson LeSean McCoy Maurice Jones-Drew Ray Rice FB(Difficult one to do since most teams utilizing extra TEs in their sets and use them sometimes) Vonta Leach John Kuhn Lawrence Vickers WR: Larry Fitzgerald Andre Johnson Greg Jennings Steve Smith Reggie Wayne TE: Antonio Gates Tony Gonzalez Jason Witten Vernon Davis Jimmy Graham/Rob Gronkowski(Toss up between the two) OL: Joe Thomas D'Brickashaw Ferguson Nick Mangold Josh Sitton Carl Nicks DT(3-4/4-3) Jay Ratliff/Ndamukong Suh Vince Wilfork/Kevin Williams Casey Hampton/Justin Smith BJ Raji/Haloti Ngata Kyle Williams/Darnell Dockett DE: Julius Peppers Jared Allen Justin Tuck Trent Cole Mario Williams OLB(Was hard as **** trying to separate 3-4 and 4-3 OLBs): Demarcus Ware Clay Matthews Terrell Suggs Cameron Wake Lance Briggs ILB: Patrick Willis Ray Lewis Jerod Mayo London Fletcher Jon Beason/Lawrence Timmons(Toss up) CB: Darrelle Revis Champ Bailey Corey Webster Johnathan Joseph Leon Hall SS: Troy Polumalu Patrick Chung Kam Chancellor Adrian Wilson Bernard Pollard FS: Ed Reed Ryan Clark Michael Griffin Nick Collins(Surprised people left him out) Kenny Phillips

The only problem I have with this list is Megatron not in your top 5. IMO, he's AT WORST the number 3 receiver in the league...then everyone else has a tie for 4th. I think the disparity is enough to argue that.