Top Player Lists

So if I were gonna make this list, I'd have my big four... Allen, Mahomes, Lamar. That's a big three. Excuse me. And to me, the next tier is Love, Herbert, and Burrow. ... Now if I were gonna do a ranking, I would probably have Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert ahead of Jordan Love.

Chase, Chase, Jefferson, Pooker... I'm going with those three... I said Chase first

For me, Pookah and Chase are no brainers... Yeah, for me, it's Pooka chasing Jedda

I'm going Uh, Pooka, Uh, Chase, and CD.

Josh Allen, number one. That means Patrick Mahomes is number two. Matthew Stafford, reigning MVP, number three. Joe Burrow, number four. Lamar Jackson rounds out the top five. Dak Prescott, number six. Justin Herbert, number seven. Drake May, eight. Jared Goff, nine, and Caleb Williams, 10.

I'm gonna go from 10 to one. K? Number 10 is Jordan Davis of the Philadelphia Eagles... Number nine is Milton Williams of the New England Patriots... Number eight is Zach Allen of the Denver Broncos... Number seven is Dexter Lawrence... Number six... Quinton Williams... Derrick Brown, who's number five... Number four is Chris Jones... Number three is Jalen Carter... Number two is Jeffrey Simmons... And number one was Leonard Williams.

I'm a Stiles, number 10... Number nine, Cedric Gray from the Tennessee titans, and number eight, Jordan Brooks for the Miami Dolphins... Number seven, Aziz Alshayir. Number six, Carson Swessinger. And number five, Devin Lloyd... Number four, Zach Vaughn, and number three... This is Fred Warner... my final tier that's called move over, Fred... Number two, Ernest Jones, and number one, Jack Campbell.

Devin Lloyd, number 10. Edron Cooper, number nine. Carson Schwesinger, number eight. Diane Henley, number seven. And Jordan Brooks, number six... We have Ernest Jones coming in at five, Roquan Smith at four, and Jack Campbell making his jump in here to number three... This is not Fred Warner, but he's good. It's Zach Vaughn... Mine is, Fred Warner... Clearly the number one linebacker in the NFL.

My first tier is just called first. I'm gonna be early on Sunny Styles and Arvel Rees... it's Devin Bush at eight Foyol... Foyol Oluokin, Jamie and Sherwood, and Ernest Jones... Earned it in 2025. Carson Swashinger at four and Jordan Brooks at three... Jack Campbell is sitting at number two for me... It's Fred Warner in the and still category. Number one, it's Fred Warner. He's the best linebacker in football.

One, Bijon Robinson. Two, Jameer Gibbs. Three, Saquon Barkley. Four, Christian McCaffrey. Five, Jonathan Taylor. Six, Derrick Henry. Seven, James Cook. Eight Devon Achan, Kenneth Walker at nine, and Breece Hall at ten.

My list would be Mahomes, Lamar, Josh, Burrow, Deck, Stafford, Love, and then I don't care... But that would be my top seven.

But I will go Mahomes. I will go, certainly, Lamar, Allen, Burrow, Dak, Stafford.

Already have Sonny Styles at number one, Johnny Newton at number two, and Trey Amos at number three for our breakout candidates list on the defensive side of things here in 2026... Mikey Sainter still he's he's three a... Number four, Joshua Joseph's defensive lineman, the rookie.

What you know Mahomes, by the way, is gonna be fifty eighth on this list. Oh, it's gonna be it's gonna be so egregiously bad

It's it's Jeremiah Love sneaks into the top 10 of running backs, for, for 2026... Then Hall, McCaffrey, Henry, Taylor, Cook, H. Chan, Barkley, Gibbs, and Bijon.

So my tenth ranked running back for this season is one player by himself, Jeremiah Love... James Cook... lands him in the Leonard Williams tier at number nine... Number eight, Breece Hall. Number seven, Devon A chain... It's Derek Henry at number six... We got Christian McCaffrey at number five, Jonathan Taylor at number four, and Saquon Barkley at number three... Number two, Jahmier Gibbs. And number one, Bijon Robinson.

it is gonna go Kyron Williams at number 10... Kenneth Walker is number nine... he's sitting there at number eight for me... I went with Saquon bark Barkley at seven, Derrick Henry at six, and James Cook at five... I'm going Devon h Chain at number four... Jonathan Taylor... And Jameer Gibbs... It's Bijon Robinson for me

So number 15 is Chase Brown. Number 14 is Jeremiah Love. Number 13 is Javonte Williams. Number 12 is Deandre Swift, and number 11 is Kyran Williams... Number 10, Travis ETN. Number nine, Kenneth Walker. And number eight, Breece Hall... this is number seven, Derrick Henry, and number six, Saquon Barkley... This is number five, Devon Achain, number four, James Cook, and number three, Christian McCaffrey... Number two, Jameer Gibbs, and number one, Bijon Robinson... He would have been number three. Push everybody down a spot. Kenneth Walker would have been number 10. Travis ETN would have been off my list.

Rosenthal's picks: Lamar Jackson second, "I'm gonna go Joe Burrow forth", "I'm gonna take Herbert sixth overall", "I'm going to go with Dak Prescott next" (eighth), Brock Purty tenth, Trevor Lawrence twelfth, "I'll pair him with Caleb Williams next at fourteen", Bo Nix sixteenth, Jalen Hurts eighteenth, "I have Kyler Murray next at twenty", Tyler Shuck twenty-second, Bryce Young "at twenty four", "Malik Willis at twenty six", Mac Jones twenty-eighth, Kirk Cousins thirtieth, Jacoby Brissett thirty-second.

Ledyard's picks across the 32-quarterback draft: Josh Allen first overall, Mahomes third, Drake May fifth, Stafford seventh, Jordan Love ("he'd be eighth for me") ninth, Jared Goff eleventh, Jayden Daniels thirteenth, "CJ. Stroud is the guy" fifteenth, Sam Darnold seventeenth, Baker Mayfield nineteenth, Daniel Jones twenty-first, "Fernanda Mendozo" twenty-third, Cam Ward twenty-fifth, Jackson Dart twenty-seventh, Geno Smith twenty-ninth, "Aaron Rodgers thirty-first".

And in a list like this bread Warner one, he's my new number one here. Nick Bosa, George kill Christian McCaffrey, Trent Williams.

I would go Bijan, Gibbs, Taylor.

Number 10, Dexter Lawrence... Pela Carter is number nine on mine. Number eight is Osa Odigazuwa... problem causers... Kobe Turner... he moves up to number seven... Vita Vea, and number five, Zach Allen... standard bearers. This is Chris Jones at number four, Leonard Williams at number three... game wreckers. Number two, Quinton Williams and number one, Jeffrey Simmons.

Kobi Turner... give me him with the number 10... number nine, Leonard Williams... Quentin Williams is sitting at eight... it's Jalen Carter... Zach Allen is the stand alone tier for me... Old but still elite... Cameron Hayward... Dexter Lawrence... Chris Jones (I had him at three)... My number two player... is Byron Murphy... Jeffrey Simmons is the best defensive tackle in football.

Tucker has produced a consensus rankings of the top 10 as, agreed upon by voting for KC Sports Network. It's Jeffrey Simmons, Chris Jones, Quinton Williams with the Craig Stout bump. Big decks, Byron Murphy, Leonard Williams, Jaylen Carter, Zach Allen, Vita Vea, and Cameron Hayward have all achieved the top 10.