NFL Network continued it's march to the league's top player of 2017. The players ranked 70-61 were announced last night.
70. Kirk Cousins, QB
69. Jay Ajayi, RB
68. Geno Atkins, DT
67. Greg Olsen, TE
66. Xavier Rhodes, CB
65. Jordan Reed, TE
64. Casey Hayward, CB
63. Chris Harris, Jr.
62. Cameron Wake. DE
61. TY Hilton, WR
Jay Ajayi, Xavier Rhodes, Casey Hayward, and TY Hilton made the list for the first time. Cameron Wake returned after missing last year due to injury.
Geno Atkins' drop of 39 spots from last year is a surprise as he's always great. For some reason Greg Olsen dropped 29 spots. He's one of the top three tight ends in the game and easily a top-50 player. It was also a surprise to see him a couple spots behind fellow tight end Jordan Reed. As with Harrison Smith's reveal last week, Xavier Rhodes is ranked way too low. But, that's just me.
It's been said many times here that the best thing about the NFL Network's Top-100 list reveal is the player commentary. The use of teammate duos in these commentary bits seems to be making a more prominent presence. Sam Acho and Pernell McPhee of the Chicago Bears, Vontaze Burfict and Vincent Rey of the Cincinnati Bengals, and Doug Baldwin and Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks were great. It was amusing/embarrassing when Acho had to help his teammate with the name of the Dolphins' running back. McPhee didn't seem to know that the back was named Jay Ajayi.
Next week we get to the middle of the list.
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