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Welcome to ranks 60-51 for the r/NFL Top 100 Players of the 2023 Season!
Players whose average rank landed them in places 60-51 are on this portion of the list revealed today. Players are associated with the team they finished playing for at the end of the 2023 season
Below you will see some write-ups from the community summarizing the players’ 2023 season and why they were among the best in 2023. Stats for each player are included below. Additionally, their ranks from previous years are available for y’all to see
METHODOLOGY
Link to more detailed writeup on our methodology
- Step 1: A Call to Rankers right after the Conference Championship games
- Step 2: Rankers from each team nominated players to rank, with a 11 game minimum threshold. Players are associated with the team they played for in 2023
- Step 3: The Grind. We instructed users to tier positions groups into T25, T50, etc based on 2023 regular season play only. This took several weeks as the rankers tiered each position group and discussed them. There were no individual player threads and no arbitrary position caps. Just questions and rankings.
- Step 4: Users submitted their own personal Top 125 lists.
- Step 5: User lists were reviewed by myself, u/MikeTysonChicken and u/mattkud. The rankers were expected to answer questions about their lists. They were allowed to make any changes to their list, and were not forced to make any changes
- Step 6: The Reveal… where we are now!
And without further ado, here are the players ranked 60-51 in the r/NFL Top 100 Players of the 2023 Season!
#60 - Sam LaPorta - Detroit Lions - Tight End
Previous Ranks
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Written by: u/musefan8959
With the 34th pick in the 2023 NFL draft, the Detroit Lions selected Sam LaPorta. Tight end, Iowa. Sam LaPorta quickly proved what a reliable target he would be for Goff. The first two highlights here in week 2 against Seattle was a preview of the kind of player LaPorta would be. He is tough, great at making tight, contested catches, and he has fantastic field awareness especially for a rookie where he is going to fight for a first down. LaPorta has an exceptional ability to say to the first defender to make contact with him “I do not wish to be tackled yet, thank you though.” Here’s just another fun play to watch that showcases Laporta’s abilities And LaPorta didn’t just have a great rookie season that showed that he has a lot of promise. He had a historic rookie season. With 86 receptions, he broke the rookie tight end reception record. He also joins the company of tight ends Gronk and Ditka to be only the third tight end to score 10+ touchdowns in their rookie year. LaPorta and Gronk both with 10, and Ditka holding the record with 12. LaPorta is a player I’m sure Lions fans are excited to watch for years to come.
#59 - Brock Purdy - San Francisco 49ers - Quarterback
Previous Ranks
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Written by: u/MC_Stimulation
What a story Brock Purdy is. His 2022 run felt like a movie, he came on the scene and completely took over the NFL headlines, winning and winning, playing good football, and proving that evaluating QB’s in the draft is much more of a crapshoot than people care to admit. Then tragedy struck. Haason Reddick hit Purdy’s arm in the 2022 NFC Championship game and Purdy was left unable to throw with a torn UCL in his right elbow. A devastating loss and end to the season left 49ers fans unsure of what was to come in 2023, would Trey Lance once again take the reins? The 49ers bringing in Sam Darnold also muddied the situation. There were even rumors of the 49ers reaching out to Tom Brady to have one last ride! What was the plan? But, as usual, the 49ers FO were tight lipped, ignored the media, and knew what they were gonna do. They were all in on Brock Purdy.
They made the right choice.
Brock Purdy was statistically the most impressive QB of the 2023 season, leading the league in Passer Rating, Yards per Attempt, Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt, Yards per Completion, TD%, as well as being top 5 or better in Passing Yards (5th), Passing TD’s (3rd), and Completion Percentage (2nd amongst starters of 10+ games played). He absolutely lit up the league this year and, if not for a very unfortunate game against Baltimore, likely would have received serious MVP considerations.
Brock had many plays that former Niners QBs just couldn’t make. His shifty run against the Steelers in Week 1 would have been a run of no gain or throw away in the Jimmy G era. His TD against Seattle likely would have been a checkdown or a sack in the old era. Plays like this also shows that Purdy maneuvers in the pocket like a Vet and finds the open man.
Is Brock a system QB? Is he only good because of Shanahan and the squad around him? There will always be doubts and criticism surrounding him because of his size, his draft spot, and the team around him. But at the end of the day, Brock Purdy has shown that he can drive the bus for the 49ers, and people might just have to get used to him playing QB for 49ers for the foreseeable future.
#58 - Danielle Hunter - Minnesota Vikings - EDGE Rusher
Previous Ranks
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
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| 81 | N/A | N/A | 20 | 32 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Written by: u/Nijo32
Danielle Hunter entered the 2023 season facing numerous questions. Would he hold out for a new contract? How would he fit into Brian Flores’ aggressive scheme? Was his play regressing after debilitating injuries in 2020 and 2021? Hunter answered each of these questions in resounding fashion, putting forth a milestone season filled with career bests.
Hunter reported to Vikings camp at the end of July, inking a one-year deal upped his guaranteed money and nixed the possibility of a franchise tag in the offseason. The outlook was clear: this was a contract year for Hunter, and he’d need to deliver to earn the bigger payday he was seeking.
Complicating matters in Hunter’s contract season was a dramatic scheme change. Gone was the Ed Donatell scheme that sat in zone and relied on winning individual match-ups to create pressure out of 4-man rushes. Gone too were Hunter’s premier rushing mates, Za’Darius Smith and Dalvin Tomlinson. Instead, Hunter would now be creatively deployed in Brian Flores’ ultra-aggressive, maniacally-blitzing defense, , in an attempt to overhaul 2022’s 31st ranked defense.
Hunter took to the new scheme immediately. Rather than predictably rushing Hunter from the same wide alignment (98.5% of rushes in 2022), Flores innovated; Hunter played nearly 150 snaps from a 4i / 5 / Box pre-snap position in 2023, all while his teammates unpredictably blitzed or dropped around him. He also flipped sides more than ever in his career, with a 71.2% / 28.8% split in 2023. The result was an uptick in true one-on-one matchups he could feast on, and feast he did. Hunter posted career bests in sacks (16.5, 5th in NFL), TFLs (23, T-1st), and tackles (83, 2nd amongst edges). Hunter’s volume snaps popped in part due to the iron man season he put forth, quelling any fears that injuries had left his best days behind him. His 1,004 snaps played were second only to Maxx Crosby, and his production was equally impressive as both a pass rusher and run defender. In addition to the TFLs, his 50 stops (defined as a tackle constituting a failure by the offense) ranked 3rd amongst edge rushers. And while volume stats are impressive, Hunter’s efficiency holds up impressively in spite of playing nearly twice as many snaps as some of his peers. His PFF pass-rush-productivity score ranks 20th amongst edges, while his run stop rate ranks 14th. He also finished 6th and 11th on Brandon Thorn’s True Sack and True Pressure rankings, respectively, which grade every single sack and pressure for quality (i.e. beating an elite tackle is worth more than being a free rusher on a broken play). So while Flores’ scheme certainly helped unlock Hunter’s monster season, it was far from empty calories.
As a Vikings fan and former defensive end, there is so much about Hunter’s game to appreciate. He’s a physical specimen who may as well have been built in a lab, with the most impressive [arms](…profootballnetwork.com/…/Danielle-Hunter-Landing……
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