NFL Network continued their countdown of the NFL's Top 100 Players for 2017, as voted by the players. With last night's reveal we arrived at the midpoint. Here are the players ranked 60-51 on the list.
60. Dez Bryant, WR
59. Josh Norman, CB
58. Zack Martin, G
57. Jameis Winston, QB
56. Cliff Avril, DE
55. Ndamukong Suh, DT
54. Janoris Jenkins, CB
53. Amari Cooper, WR
52. Gerald McCoy, DT
51. Andrew Luck, QB
Jameis Winston at #57 was an initial surprise but he's definitely an ascending quarterback. His ranking is going to be elevated simply because of the position that he plays. I'd rank Winston ahead of fellow throwers Kirk Cousins and Alex Smith. Cousins made his appearance on the list last week at #70. Alex Smith was #81. Maybe Jameis Winston's place on the list shouldn't be so surprising after all.
Zack Martin, Jameis Winston, Cliff Avril, Janoris Jenkins, and Amari Cooper made the Top 100 for the first time. The thing that I find most striking about the list so far is the fairly high number of first-timers on it. 27 of the first 50 players are new to the list. Joey Bosa (#100) made it as a rookie. It's a good bet that Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott will pop up somewhere in the Top 50 and join Bosa as rookies on this list. It feels like the NFL is in the process of turning over it's talent. This Top 100 list is showing that.
Next week we get the first ten players of the Top 50.
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